Catch up on the latest health legislation, honest discussions about our bodies, and “I Have” essays from women’s personal experiences. Whether mental or physical The Frisky discusses each disease, concern, or condition to encourage open conversation.
Startling things: The top 10 percent of adult drinkers account for around 60 percent of alcohol sales. They drink 10 drinks a day. This is according to Philip J. Cook’s “Paying the Tab,” based on findings from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). As Christopher Ingraham points out at the Washington […]
I have shared with you all lovelies before that I have PTSD and, because of it, suffer from pretty crushing anxiety sometimes. I’m pretty much on top of it during my waking hours, but lately (i.e. increasingly since May) that daytime anxiety just feels like it’s getting pushed to the nighttime. Here are all the […]
U.S. News had a panel of health experts — including doctors and professors from Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and the University of Chicago — look at popular diets and rank their quality in terms of short-term and long-term weight loss, easiness to follow, nutrition, safety, and benefits for diabetes and heart health. The overall winner? The […]
According to this piece in The Atlantic, these are the risks of getting insufficient sleep: It makes you “dumber and less able to concentrate” You’ll misremember things, have false memories, or not remember things at all You’ll be more suggestible You’ll be less able to remember motor sequences Apparently it’s possible to trick yourself into […]
Whether we notice it or not, we all face the occasional visit of a nagging voice inside our heads that questions whether we’re good enough. You know the one — it turns up when you’re face to face with your ex, putting yourself out there creatively or just looking at yourself in the mirror. That […]
There’s now one more reason to make sure you’re having safe sex. Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by bacteria are generally treated with antibiotics, but some of those medications are getting less and less effective. Essentially, this means some STIs are becoming untreatable. The infections causing extra worry these days are gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis. The World Health Organization […]
Dear Loud Sneezer In My Office, How are you? Good, I hope. I just wanted to bring something to your attention. Every time you sneeze, the air is momentarily sucked out of the office, and we are swallowed into your black hole of sound. Okay, so the “office” is a coffee shop and you and […]
It’s universally acknowledged, if not necessarily heeded, that both tanning by sunlight and by booth can cause skin cancer, and now we’re being warned that something so seemingly innocuous as a spray tan could very well be our next death wish. Is there any safe way to get a tan anymore? Not so, if a […]
Do you remember the times as a kid when you went to the playground park and there were huge air castles or trampolines you could have endless fun? Who didn’t love jumping around doing backflips, front flips and hundreds of other weird flips on a trampoline? Another thing you probably remember is that even with […]
