It’s Time to Start Taking Your Spring Allergies Seriously
It’s not your imagination—spring allergy season really is getting worse every year. (Thanks, climate change.) Pollen seasons now start 20 days earlier and last 10 days longer than they did…
How to Spot a Gross Motor Delay in Your Child
When a child fails to meet their developmental milestones when it comes to big muscle groups, it can be cause for concern and an indication that your child may have…
What to Do If You Just Can’t Poop
This post is part of our Home Remedy Handbook, a tour of the landscape of home remedies from the iffy to the doctor-approved. Read more here. If you’ve ever been…
The Best Ways to Relieve Itchy Skin Without a Prescription
This post is part of our Home Remedy Handbook, a tour of the landscape of home remedies from the iffy to the doctor-approved. Read more here. Whether your itchy skin…
Why It Matters If You Have ‘Dense’ Breast Tissue
Photo: Chompoo Suriyo (Shutterstock) The FDA announced that a new regulation will require mammogram facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts. Thirty-eight states (and D.C.) already have…
The 7 Deadly Sins of Giving First Aid
Photo: Microgen (Shutterstock) If you think of CPR as a combination of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and chest compressions, your first aid knowledge is outdated. In most situations, compression-only CPR is the…
How to Tell If Your Cat’s Teeth Are Hurting
Photo: Monika Surzin (Shutterstock) Maintaining healthy teeth is obviously important for us, but the same is also true for our cats. Although we may not think about a cat’s dental…
How to Reset Your Post-Pandemic Parental Health Anxiety
Photo: Tomsickova Tatyana (Shutterstock) You hear your child cough on the way downstairs for breakfast, and the mental calculations start: Was that a one-off cough or a legit symptom? Should…
How to Avoid the Nasty Norovirus Stomach Bug
Photo: shisu_ka (Shutterstock) Nobody likes a stomach bug. There’s the nausea, vomiting, diarrhea—and if you’re lucky, you get all of the above. And if this particular stomach bug happens to…
Stop Using These Eyedrops Immediately, CDC Says ?
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is urging people to stop issuing and using EzriCare Artificial Tears while they investigate dozens of bacterial infections that…