Wellness Advice
A Hearing Testing … Over the Phone?
Is the National Hearing Test that’s done over the phone—or now online—a good way to get your hearing checked?
Yes, actually. The National Hearing Test (NHT) is considered a reliable...
The No Flush List
My husband and I have a running “debate” about him tossing dental floss in the toilet (he says that’s fine, I say that’s a no-no) and me flushing hair...
How Fruit Lost Its Flavor
I remember as a child, biting into a peach or a slice of melon and practically swooning over the sweet, juicy taste. These days it seems like all the...
‘Eat Locally, Think Globally’: It All Began With Joan Gussow, 1928–2025
Before there was Michael Pollan, there was Joan Gussow—writing, teaching, and sounding the alarm about the industrial food system as early as the 1970s, three decades before The Omnivore’s...
Is ‘Old Person Smell’ Real?
I’ll never forget hugging my grandparents as a child and catching a whiff of something reminiscent of mothballs and musty wet leaves. Now that I’m in my early 80s,...
Getting Relief From Rosacea
I think I have rosacea. How can it be controlled?
More than 16 million Americans (and some 425 million people worldwide) have rosacea, a chronic inflammatory skin condition characterized by...
Onscreen Smoking Makes a Comeback (and Why That’s Not Cool)
As someone who grew up in the 1950s, my impressionable years were full of messages that promoted smoking. My father smoked. I saw TV ads where “doctors” endorsed Camels...
Blepha-What? Tips for Controlling a Common Eye Condition
My eyelids are often red, itchy, and puffy. Why do you think that is, and what advice do you have to get some relief?
This sounds like a pretty common...
Got Covid Symptoms? Should You Still Test Yourself?
It’s been almost six years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, and a lot has changed about the way we view the illness. We now have vaccines and...
The End of the Routine Urinalysis?
Your recent 'Ask the Experts' article about using urinalysis to diagnose urinary tract infections made me realize that my doctor no longer includes a routine urinalysis in my annual...
