Water nausea, as it turns out, is actually a lesser-understood phenomenon, so I spoke with Dr. Supriya Rao — who is quadruple board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, obesity medicine, and lifestyle medicine — to further explain these experiences. As Rao puts it, there are several reasons why one could experience nausea after drinking water, and…
Close to 20 million people are likely to have died during the last three years, says the WHO.
Most cannabis products that you can buy legally list the amount of THC they contain. However, if you’re consuming an edible that isn’t packaged, it’s almost impossible to tell how much THC, the psychoactive ingredient, is in food, drink, or smoking products. Generally, the likelihood of experiencing uncomfortable effects is higher if you’re a first-time…
Now 18 years old, Noble is still getting used to using a wheelchair. She needs help with most activities like getting into bed, using the bathroom, and cooking. Among the tasks she’s gained enough strength to do on her own is her makeup routine, which she told BuzzFeed News has given her “so much power…
ARFID is different from eating disorders that cause people to restrict calories due to a fear of gaining weight or because they have a distorted body image. Instead, people with the eating disorder might have sensory issues or they might have experienced a traumatic event that leads to an avoidance or restriction of food. “I…
George Resch, who goes by TankSinatra on social media, recently mentioned that he had an addiction to the over-the-counter nasal spray Afrin. “I have been congested for a year,” he said on the podcast Meme Daddies. How does that happen? Plenty of over-the-counter medications — those that are sold on pharmacy and grocery store shelves…
With all the changes in cosmetic surgery trends — from lip injections to implants and filler removal — we asked plastic surgeons about the process of dissolving fillers and whether there are any risks associated with the reversals that are making headlines. This is what experts recommend that people know before getting procedures so that…
Experts, including psychologists who specialize in body image, agree — making comments on someone’s appearance can be harmful, even if you think you have good intentions. Since you may not know what someone is going through, making comments about a person’s body, whether it’s the size, shape, or just about anything else, is not only…
Ear seeding is the more than 2,000-year-old practice of sticking seeds from the Vaccaria plant onto specific points on the inside and outside of your ears. Today, most practitioners use tiny metal beads attached to adhesive stickers. The Chinese medicine treatment, formally known as auricular acupressure, is basically acupuncture without the needles: a plus, given…
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