How to Check the Air Quality Near You
Whether you’re concerned about wildfire smoke from Canada or other pollutants that make the air less breathable, it’s a healthy...
Science / Health
What a Therapist Wants You to Know About Remote Therapy
I felt like a thawing glacier. Still chilly, I contacted my colleague, Jo-e Sutton, a certified holistic health practioner. She surprised...
How Chronic Illness Patients Are ‘Hacking’ Their Wearables
In the months after giving birth to my son in March 2019, my Fitbit started recording some unusual heart rate...
Google Is Using AI to Make Hearing Aids More Personalized
Google plans to apply artificial intelligence to this problem to better identify, categorize, and segregate sound sources. In simple terms,...
How to Create Your Optimal Bedtime Routine
Routines, even when not fully followed, provide a guiding structure to the chaos of human life. I shower in the...
You’ve Been Choosing Your Goals All Wrong
If you’re getting ready to set your yearly goals for 2023, stop. Chances are, you’re going about building and breaking...
How to (Finally) Break That Bad Habit
James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, adds that looking at data can be a good starting point. “For fitness habits, it could...
How to Use Google Health Connect
Just about every major health and fitness category is covered, including activity, sleep, nutrition, body measurements, and vital statistics like...
How to Find Your Vaccine History—and Store It Safely
If you want to update an incomplete IIS record, you can request vaccination records from prior health care providers, local...
Apps and Gadgets to Help You Cope With Tinnitus
When the house falls silent in the dead of night, or after the kids have gone to school in the...
13 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear
For nearly two years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued complicated—and occasionally contradictory—guidance on when you...
12 Face Masks Your Kids May Actually Wear
For nearly two years, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued complicated—and occasionally contradictory—guidance on whether or...
Where to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine, and What to Expect
Vaccination sites let you make an appointment so that you can be sure you're not in for a long wait...
How to Find a Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment in Your Area
A government-provided vaccination site, such as a community health center or public health department, may be a safer bet if...
