Apple’s New Night Mode Doesn’t Mean You Should Take Your Tablet To Bed
At last week’s Apple launch event, the company unveiled Night Shift, a new feature of the iOS operating system that changes the color of the light emitted by iPads and iPhones as evening falls....
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Theranos Is Wrong: We Don’t Need More Blood Tests
Theranos Founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes speaks onstage during the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in October 2015. Michael Kovac / Getty Images for Vanity Fair Over the last few months, the...
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Probiotics Won’t Fix All Your Health Problems
Illustration by Anna Kovecses Probiotics are having a moment. The tiny buggers are marketed as health enhancers for adults, for kids, and even for dogs (in a beef flavor, of course). You can now pop a...
View ArticleHow More Kids Could Avoid the Dentist’s Drill
Whether or not to floss has been the dental question of the summer. There’s not a lot of strong evidence to support its ability to prevent tooth decay or gum disease, though dentists point out that...
View ArticleWhat A Doctor Calls A Condition Can Affect How We Decide To Treat It
Want to see a group of parents shudder? Whisper that your kid has “pinkeye.” That one little word evokes images of ocular goop cutting a swath through a pre-K class like a lion through a herd of...
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How Harmful — Or Helpful — Are E-Cigarettes, Anyway?
Wanna vape? E-cigarettes are gaining popularity, and they’re prompting all sorts of public health questions. A lot of the concern revolves around kids and teens, especially since nicotine may have...
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How Early Is Too Early To Get A Colon Screening?
Last week, the American Cancer Society published new guidelines that call for colorectal cancer screening to begin at age 45 — five years earlier than the group had previously recommended. But some...
View ArticleWe Know Breast Density Is Linked To Cancer Risk. But Now What?
In most states, when a woman gets the results of a mammogram, she also by law receives information about breast density. That’s the degree to which a woman’s breasts are made up of ducts, glands and...
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Can You Stave Off A Cold With Willpower?
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): :sniffle: Maggie, Anna and Christie, I’ve gathered you all to discuss the kind of question that could change EVERYTHING (and one well-timed for flu season): When...
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It’s Easier Than Ever To Get The Recommended Amount Of Exercise
GETTY IMAGES If you’re sitting right now, stand up. Walk a few steps or wave your arms in the air. Maybe do a quick dance move. OK, finished? You just did something really good for your health and...
View ArticleHow The Stigma Against Obesity Harms People’s Health
If you’re one of the nearly 40 percent of Americans who are obese, you don’t need anyone to explain the associated stigma; you’ve probably experienced it in some form or another — jokes about your...
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Why People Who Brush Still Get Cavities
Our dental health changed with our diets. Ancient humans and their hominin ancestors really didn’t have much of a problem with cavities. In fact, finding an ancient skull with a cavity is such a big...
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