Take a Facebook break
In the movie "The Social Network," a fictional depiction of the founding of Facebook, tech entrepreneur Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, remarks, "We lived on farms, we lived in cities, and now we're going to live on the Internet!"
Turns out, living on Facebook isn't as healthy as living on a farm...
Humidifier time; ibuprofen and HBP
Q: I want my folks to upgrade their humidifier. Their apartment complex just got a new boiler; the heat is relentless, and my dad had nosebleeds last week. How do I help them find the best one? - Josh F., Queens, New York
A: For optimal comfort and health, you want your home to have a relative humidity in the 30 to...
Pain, the opioid epidemic and how health care has to improve
Opioid addiction is a national epidemic - and so is chronic pain. Could there be a relationship? In 2015, 2 million Americans had a substance-use disorder involving prescription pain relievers. By the end of the year, more than 33,000 people had died from opioid overdoses involving...