Prepared, not panicked: Europe arms itself for the next big health emergency
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The Island Without Time – The Atlantic
When the sun rises on May 18 in the small Norwegian fishing village of Sommarøy, located above the Arctic Circle, it doesn’t set again until July 26. Later in the…
Why Do We Do Such Weird Things When It Gets Dark?
It was close to 9 p.m., Christmas Eve, and I was in a car with my family in the Swiss countryside. Down a succession of ever quieter and narrower roads,…
How to Respond to ‘How Are You?’ When You’re Not OK
If you would have seen Nora McInerny at her 35-year-old husband’s funeral, you might have thought she’d never looked better. That was the consensus “according to so many people,” she…
What My Health Risk Assessment Showed Me (and How It Can Help You Too)
I used to think that serious disease was either genetic, unavoidable, or something that appeared suddenly later in life. You went to the doctor when something felt wrong, ran tests,…
The Botched Rollout of Trump’s Autism Miracle Drug
If President Donald Trump wanted Americans to take away one message about autism, it was this: Blame Tylenol. During his September press conference on the subject, Trump warned pregnant women…
The Risk of Trump’s Marijuana Order
For more than 50 years, America’s official position on marijuana has been seen as nonsensical. By classifying pot as a Schedule I drug, the federal government has lumped it with…
9 Signs You’re Not Getting Enough Protein
Protein plays a critical role in nearly every process in the human body, from metabolism and hormone regulation to maintaining muscle mass and healthy skin. Yet research suggests many people—particularly…
DIY Herbal Throat Spray Recipe
Once upon a very terrible time, all my kids got a stomach bug at the same time… while I was gone. We don’t get sick often, but it was terrible…
Measles’ Most Deceptive Trait – The Atlantic
In the early 1960s, American childhood was not what it is today. Many children spent hours playing unsupervised in the streets; they rode around in cars without seat belts, then…
How to Make MAHA’s Plan for Children’s Health Actually Work
The Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement is full of theories about how to transform the wellbeing of Americans. Its strategy report issued this fall has 128 of them, in…
The Most Feared Person at the NIH Is a Vaccine Researcher Plucked From Obscurity
When Donald Trump nominated Jay Bhattacharya to be the director of the National Institutes of Health, a shake-up seemed inevitable. Typically, the agency—a $48 billion grant-making institution and the world’s…
The Big-Tobacco Playbook Comes for Your Oreos
Without fail, any corporation accused of conspiring against public health will be compared to Big Tobacco. When oil companies downplayed the threat of climate change, they were allegedly following in…
A Pill for Sexual Desire Reaches a New Group of Women
On Dec. 15, Sprout Pharmaceuticals received approval to use its pill, Addyi (flibanserin), to treat low sexual desire in women who are past menopause.Addyi works by addressing neurotransmitters like dopamine,…
High Protein Greek Yogurt Bagels (Perfect For Breakfast!)
My kids are old enough that they can make their own breakfast now, but we still enjoy eating together as a family. Learning how to cook is a great skill…
The six midlife symptoms that could put you at high risk of dementia
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