An Age-By-Age Guide to Talking to Kids About Drugs
This post is part of our “Big Talks” series—a guide to helping parents navigate the most important conversations they’ll have with their kids. Read more here. As parents, we often…
Your Complete Guide to Home Remedies: Safe, Dangerous, Fake, and Everything in Between
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. There’s a saying that…
Here’s What Will Probably Cause the Next Pandemic
Image: ETAJOE (Shutterstock) In the opening of HBO’s The Last of Us, a couple of scientists on a 1960s-era interview show debate the possibility of a fungus-driven pandemic destroying humanity.…
Why Antibiotics Don’t Work on Colds
Photo: fizkes (Shutterstock) If you’ve been sick with a cough and a sniffly nose for a few days, you might show up at the clinic desperate for something that will…
These Pharmacies May Soon Start Stocking Abortion Pills
Photo: JHVEPhoto (Shutterstock) Last week, the FDA announced a change to how the abortion medication mifepristone may be prescribed—one that’s been a long time coming. Before the rule change, you…
Pharmacies Can Sometimes Refill Your Prescriptions Early
Photo: Soru Epotok (Shutterstock) You may have heard advice (from us, even!) to pack extra medications when you go on vacation, or to stash a generous supply in your emergency…
How to Spot a Shady Online Pharmacy
Photo: i viewfinder (Shutterstock) There are a variety of apps and sites available these days that can help you fill your prescriptions—and even get you prescriptions for things like birth…
How to Get the Best Prices on Your Prescriptions
Photo: Kristen Prahl (Shutterstock) Medication can be notoriously and prohibitively expensive in the U.S. Lack of price regulation, exclusivity rights, and general capitalistic forces contribute to this, but there are…
Why Safe Drug Disposal Matters (and How to Do It)
Photo: Evan Lorne (Shutterstock) Do you have a cabinet in your bathroom or kitchen somewhere that’s full of medications you don’t use? Those antibiotics you should have finished but didn’t,…
How to Avoid the TSA Bothering You When Traveling With Prescription Medications
Photo: luchschenF (Shutterstock) For the most part, air travel involves dealing with one hassle after another. From getting to and from the airport, to dealing with unruly or unreasonable fellow…