Galina Zhigalova/Getty Images In the emergency room, I clutch my left side with both hands and close my eyes. Looking around me at the other people in pain makes my own worse. I was sent here from urgent care, where the doctor felt my abdomen and noticed that although I was feeling pain in my...
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Ew, How Did My Feet Get So Crusty? Doctors Break It Down & Offer Tips
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images It shouldn’t make sense. It’s winter. We’re indoors most of the time. Our big treks are from the kitchen to the couch. And yet, our feet. Our poor, poor souls/soles (sorry, had to). They look like they’ve just run a marathon… barefoot… in the snow. How? Take your pick of things to blame:...
FDA Approves New Hormone-Free Copper IUD, Miudella
Sebela Women’s Health Inc Great news for anyone with a uterus in the market for a new hormone-free birth control option! On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Miudella, a copper intrauterine system from Sebela Women’s Health Inc. This marks the first new hormone-free, copper contraceptive device that will come to the U.S....
A New Report Finds 40% Of Kids Have Their Own Screen By 2 Years Old
Thanasis Zovoilis/DigitalVision/Getty Images Screen time for children under 8 years old has reached nearly two and a half hours a day (2:27 hours) according to a new report, which took a look at post-pandemic media usage trends. If you were a pandemic parent, you probably suspected that months of lockdowns and online school changed how...



