I took a survey course of complementary and alternative medicines at the med school I used to work for. The course was organized by a pharmacist and a surgeon, and every guest speaker took care to honestly discuss the science and physiological theory underlying their modality. Of all the practices we covered,…

I switch to enell a few years ago, and didn’t notice an increase in heat, but the alternative was two bras - an underwire sports bra for support, and a compression bar on top. As a bonus, the enell is far easier to remove when hot and sweaty - just unhook and you’re free. No struggling with wet spandex!

My cat gets her hairball prevention treats when I go to bed. She sits at the foot of the bed waiting while I brush my teeth. It’s the only “trick” she knows.

I imagine there is also a lot of CTE from sub-clinical/undiagnosed concussions.

If you’re car camping, that should work reasonably well, assuming the air mattress fits in your tent. I do find that I get cold on an air mattress, compared to a sleep pad. The air in the mattress is the same temp as ambient air. We’re used to insulation from a solid mattress, and lose that with an air mattress..

I used to get terrible headaches after Saturday morning runs in the summer. My running group started at 7am in the summer to beat the crazy NC heat, and we would run 4-6 miles. I drank tons of water afterwards, and usually went out for breakfast so I assumed I was consuming plenty of salt. I started bringing a small…

Not just for babysitting either - if you want to interact with kids at all, its worth knowing the basics.

We do have a la carte options - you can buy (or rent) individual movies and TV shows (episode or season) on Amazon without a Prime membership. I keep a Hulu+ subscription for just a handful of shows that I want to watch the next day - It just occurred to me while ready this article, but it would probably be cheaper to…

I have family in W’burg, and go to Busch Gardens at least twice a year. Apollo’s Chariot is my second favorite ride in the park (Lochness is #1 for sentimental reasons). After the Fabio incident, they installed nets/screens to keep birds away from the ride.

The placement of unintentional poisoning is a really big deal.* Prior to 2014, motor vehicle crashes had been the #1 cause of injury deaths for adults up to age 65. We’ve seen huge increases in opioid overdoses, which accounts for almost all of the increase in unintentional poisoning.

I love the “hack” for slicing a watermelon where he slices a watermelon.

They’re reporting her condition as stable, so it’s probably not life threatening, but the police can’t talk to her due to her injuries. Given the location within the car (her in front, child in back), it wouldn’t surprise me if she was hit in the head/face.

No, very young children cannot adequately understand gun safety. In fact, I’ve seen footage from a gun safety study where they taught kids a song about gun safety, then left the kids in a room with a real-looking hand gun. The kids remembered the song - so well that they sang the tune while pointing the gun at each…

IIRC, Kirk also will not do stage/screen kissing unless the characters are married.

My mom was among the first women permitted to wear pants on campus at her undergraduate school - in 1968.

Thanks for posting this - I just posted similar info in response to comments re. mesh bumpers. I will also add that having a fan in the baby’s room may help by increasing air flow and helping move CO2 away from baby’s face. It doesn’t take a much - a ceiling fan on low or an oscillating fan in the corner.

The jury is still out on mesh bumpers - they might also pose a SIDS risk. The risk isn’t just from obstructed airways - one of the hypotheses about the cause of SIDS is that baby’s don’t have the lung power to circulate air around their faces when they exhale, so they end up re-breathing the same oxygen depleted air…

I few years ago, I ended up in a middle seat on a SEA-DTW flight. I volunteered my seat on my original SEA-ATL flight, and was rerouted through DTW on an itinerary that got me home 30 minutes earlier, plus $400 richer, but the middle seat was the only option left. No big deal, I can live through that. I got to my seat…

Completely random stranger is also an option.

With a Baltimore City jury, it honestly won’t hurt that much. There’s a pretty big Muslim community here, plus the city is 60% Black. I think it’s more likely for a jury here to judge you harshly for being *too* clean cut.