A new survey focusing on America’s sleep patterns may shed some light on why we’re all so darn tired all the time.Not surprisingly, the research revealed that most Americans believed they weren’t getting what they determined to be enough sleep, or enough deep sleep.NEARLY HALF OF AMERICANS WOULD TAKE THIS MUCH OF A PAY CUT FOR…
It's been around two months of quarantine for many of us. The urge to get out and enjoy the summer is real. But what's safe? We asked a panel of infectious disease and public health experts to rate the risk of summer activities, from backyard gatherings, to a day at the pool, to sharing a…
about one-third of the population— were infected around the world." data-reactid="37" type="text">It’s worth it to look back at what sports looked like during the 1918 influenza pandemic, commonly called the Spanish flu. That pandemic lasted 15 months and killed an estimated 50 to 100 million people worldwide, including approximately 675,000 Americans, according to HISTORY. More…
Old cigarette ads often made outrageous claims about cigarettes, including, infamously, that they could cure asthma. (They can't.) So the rumors that smokers might be at lower risk for contracting COVID-19 seem similarly specious. Oddly, such rumors seemed to be rooted in a grain of truth. (We'll get to that later.) Still, Salon spoke with three…
Wearing a face mask or a face covering is the going to be the new normal during the coronavirus pandemic, experts say. But do you have to wear them all the time? It's voluntary to wear one, but local and federal health officials strongly recommend covering your nose and mouth in public to help slow the…
Laurence Olivier, Wuthering Heights (1939) United Artists Laurence Olivier’s performance embodies Heathcliff’s dichotomy of hard and soft. Oliver’s presence on screen is distinguished and sympathetic, given his deep, dark eyes, knife-sharp jaw, and a background in Shakespearean productions that made him a household name. In the 1930s, masculinity was in a crisis (Isn’t it always?).
4 min read The following story contains spoilers for The Pitt season 2, episode 6, "12:00 P.M." LIKE SO MANY other viewers of The Pitt, I watched the show's first season in a binge. And for a show that's so fast-paced and where each episode truly bleeds directly into the next, that felt right. For
6 min read Kimmie Ng, M.D., a Boston oncologist, started noticing an alarming trend in her work a few years ago. Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s—runners, CrossFitters, lifelong nonsmokers—were streaming through her door at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They all appeared lively and strong—yet there they were, battling colorectal cancers, a family of