Health Archive

MUST READ: A dying boy’s heart gave life to another dying boy. Twenty-three years later, their families met. - "MUST READ." I don't think I've ever said that here. And how unlikely it is that I'd say it about an article in...the Harvard Gazette. I get the Gazette early

My first essential purchase for the new year: Room Humidifiers - Here we go again. Winter. Living/working from home. Not going out much. Not seeing many people. As we start year 3, we’re smarter. We take vitamins and supplements and check our

NAC (N-Acetyl Cysteine) - The next few months are a perfect storm. Unbreathable air. A spike in Covid-19 as cooler weather has us gathering indoors and idiots get away with refusing to wear masks.

Never Too Hungover: Hangover Prevention Drink - I drink so rarely that, when pressed, I tell a joke. (I am Jewish. I can tell it. If you’re not Jewish, you really can’t --- though you can laugh

Nutritional Yeast - In something I’m writing that might grow up to be a novel, we’re on Nantucket, where even the new money is less vulgar than it is in the Hamptons. Think:

Oh, no. It’s back. These are my survival tools. - Omicron has my full attention. And --- not to be an alarmist, or anything like that --- it should have yours. We haven’t come this far to die now, or

Pu-erh Tea - SAVEUR: The gourmet magazine makes an interesting point: "Pu-erh’s earthy depth and strong body make it a perfect candidate for a coffee replacement." Alice Waters drinks Pu-erh tea. And swears by

Rejuvenation: Beauty, Diet, Home, Spirit - Rejuvenation. It’s what we do after long holidays. Because you watched all ten hours of Making A Murderer. Ate. Drank. And now you have resolutions. The gym. A neater home.

Rejuvenation: Vitamins, Minerals, Water, Tea - A 2014 study of sewage water in Europe revealed that London is the continent’s cocaine capital. Benzoylecgonine, the main chemical in cocaine, didn’t get into the sewage water because a

Self-Care for Summer - It was cold cold cold, and then it was suddenly 85 degrees. How did summer take us by surprise? In fact, we know. Our weather is erratic. Has been for some

Short days, long nights. COVID. Politics. A recipe for Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Would light therapy brighten your winter? - Days are shorter, nights longer. Then there’s COVID-19, sure to spike with the cold and more indoor contact. At the same time, because of the cold, we'll enjoy less contact

Surviving the Next Wave: Experts say a million may be dead by April. Don’t want to join them? Consider this Survival Guide. - Now comes the winter of our discontent. 245,000 dead in 9 months? That was just a preview. Here’s the feature: Last week, the country had more than 784,000 cases, more than

Surviving the pandemic: Déjà vu all over again - The class clown and his two friends throw spitballs that hit the blackboard six inches from the teacher’s head. She’s steaming. “Who did this?” she demands. The jerks don’t speak

SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC: First, let’s keep ourselves healthy - The world as we know it ended at 9 PM on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. A virus killed it. Of course it had some help: When Donald Trump spoke, he made factual

SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC: Hand Soap! - If Donald Trump has his way, you’re going to die --- but not before he gives you another tax cut. The less bad news: Coronavirus will be a global pandemic. No

SURVIVING THE PANDEMIC: Healing your head - MUSICAL INTERLUDE Yo-Yo Ma: Dvořák – Going Home” (from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World") “In these days of anxiety, I wanted to

The Delta variant: It’s moving faster. It’s deadlier. It either is or is close to the most infectious agent on the earth in recorded medicine. - Infuriating, isn’t? You did everything right. Stayed home. Masked everywhere. Gained weight, walked it off. Tipped delivery people generously, donated to food banks, cheered essential workers at 7 PM. Said goodbye

The Fitbit Wireless Activity & Sleep Wristband - I first heard about the Fitbit in a New Yorker piece by David Sedaris. It’s a one-joke story. Sedaris buys a Fitbit, aims to walk 4 miles a day, and,

The Flu - Charles Blow, New York Times columnist, on Twitter: “This is a most horrible day. One of my closest friends in the world lived in Dallas. He was battling the flu.

The N95 Mask: This upgrade from the cloth mask you’re using is 20 months overdue. - You’re vaccinated. You wear a mask when you’re in a closed space with people who may not be vaccinated or masked. Your kids wear masks at school. What can you do