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    Transient Global Amnesia Is an Experience You’ll Never Forget

    Illustration by Iris Johnson John Birmingham, a magazine editor, was startled to find his wife, Lola -- dressed for work and for a birthday gathering...

    Stop Using the Medicine Cabinet. Oh, and Now Clean It Out

    Jan. 24, 2024 – If old bottles of prescription medicines and over-the-counter pain relievers are gathering dust behind your bathroom mirror, you’re not alone....

    Neuroticism Isn’t Funny and May Impact Your Health

    Jan. 22, 2024 – In the 1979 comedy Manhattan, Mary (played by Diane Keaton) tells Isaac (Woody Allen) to vent his frustrations so they can...

    The Good Bugs

    When Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey, she may have been doing more than filling her tummy."Curds" is...

    Is Havana Syndrome Real? Here’s What History Can Tell Us

    Illustration by Iris Johnson By Paul RogersIn 2016, CIA officers in Havana, Cuba, started having unexplained health issues. They reported a persistent piercing sound followed...

    Eight Examples of Why Tik Tok Is Not Great for Health Tips

    Jan. 16, 2024 – There is no shortage of reasons why getting health and lifeadvice from TikTok is a bad idea. We’ve scoured the site...

    Learning to Live With Chronic Migraine

    In the summer of 2005, Qasim Amin Nathari was giving the sermon for Jumuah (Friday prayers in the Muslim religion) to about 200 members...

    Prenatal Supplement Labels Not Always Accurate: U.S. Report

    Jan. 12, 2024 – The labels on prenatal supplements, commonly taken by people during pregnancy to promote maternal and fetal health, often misstate the...

    Insulin Injections at Home: What to Expect

    When you need insulin to manage your diabetes, that often means learning how and when to give yourself injections. The good news is that...

    F.D.A. Warned of Mental Side Effects from Asthma Drug, Singulair. Few Were Told.

    In early 2020, the Food and Drug Administration responded to decades of escalating concerns about a commonly prescribed drug for asthma and allergies by...

    F.D.A. Aims to Give Final Approval to Pfizer Vaccine by Early Next Month

    Different recommendations on boosters for different vaccines, they said, could confuse the public. Fully approving a vaccine and then authorizing a booster for it...

    Kids With Covid Recover Fast, but a Few Have Long-Term Symptoms

    Although most children with Covid-19 recover within a week, a small percentage experience long-term symptoms, according to a new study of more than 1,700...

    Where Covax, the Vast Global Vaccine Program, Went Wrong

    Dr. Seth Berkley, the chief executive of Gavi, the nonprofit at Covax’s heart, said insufficient early financing made supply shortages inevitable. When distribution problems...

    Covid Delta Variant Safety: Your Questions Answered

    Most experts say that they use a high-quality medical mask, like an N95 or KF94, when they fly. If you don’t have one, double...

    It’s Never Too Late to Learn to Ride Horseback

    “It’s Never Too Late” is a new series that tells the stories of people who decide to pursue their dreams on their own terms.Rose...