Five minutes on health TikTok is all it takes. A pair of scrubs. 鈥淒r.鈥� in the bio. And a confident voice assuring you they can detox your liver, balance your hormones, or fix your chronic illness,...
Each October, like clockwork, a dear friend of mine reminds me to begin taking vitamin D supplements鈥� just in time for the perils of daylight savings time. His reasoning? Its prophylactic effects...
In a way, time travel does exist. Just hop on a plane from Montreal to Vancouver, and you jump back three hours. Or better yet, fly in the other direction to Auckland, and find yourself 18 hours in...
If you鈥檙e anything like me, flying doesn鈥檛 exactly bring out your most relaxed self. I recently crossed the Atlantic and encountered a stretch of turbulence that had me gripping the armrest with...
Mistletoe has had a certain mystique about it since ancient times, probably on account of the curious way it grows.聽 The plant is a 鈥渉emiparasite,鈥� meaning that it can either grow in soil, or, more...
Having recently moved to Prague, I have spent many of my weekends in the Czech countryside. Life there is slow, with a usual day involving a long walk in the forest as the main event. I am often...
From grocery stores to our medicine cabinets, dates stamped on products carry a subtle authority. These "best before" or "expiration" dates guide our consumption, influence our purchasing decisions...
Approximately half of the homes in the UK do not have a tumble dryer. My flat is lucky enough to have a 2-in-1 that washes poorly and dries worse, so we mostly hang wet clothes from a drying rack...
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