Author: Michelle Korhonen
These days, the options for dietary supplements are virtually limitless. And whatever substance you want to ingest, you can find it in gummy form. Omega-3? You bet. Vitamin C? Absolutely. Iron? Calcium? Zinc? Yes, yes, and yes. There are peach collagen rings and strawberry-watermelon fiber rings. There are brambleberry probiotic gummies and “tropical zing” gummy worms that promise to put you in “an upbeat mood.” There are libido gummies and menopause gummies. There are gummies that claim to boost your metabolism, to reinforce your immune system, to strengthen your hair, your skin, your nails. For kids, there are Transformers multivitamin…
Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House hide caption toggle caption Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House Dr. Uché Blackstock is the author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons With Racism In Medicine. Diane Zhao/Penguin Random House When Dr. Uché Blackstock was a medical student at Harvard, she had a near-death experience that gave her a sobering outlook on the state of medical care in the U.S. Suffering from excruciating stomach pain, Blackstock took herself to the E.R., where, after hours of waiting, she was told she had a…
The judging for the 12th annual Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest, organized by the Underwater Photography Guide, recently concluded, and the winning images and photographers have been announced. Suliman Alatiqi was awarded Best in Show for an image of a crab-eating macaque foraging among Thailand’s Phi Phi Islands. The contest organizers have once again shared some of the winners and honorable mentions, shown below, from 14 categories. Captions were written by the individual photographers and have been lightly edited for style and clarity.
Aya McMillan says a gentle touch at the right moment was exactly what she needed. Aya McMillan hide caption toggle caption Aya McMillan Aya McMillan says a gentle touch at the right moment was exactly what she needed. Aya McMillan This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 2017, right after she turned 39, Aya McMillan was diagnosed with breast cancer. The news came shortly after a series of devastating losses, including the death of her dog and…
The Ron DeSantis campaign for president ended the same way it began: as a punch line.What started with a disastrous launch event using the Twitter Spaces audio-chat service in May sputtered to a finish yesterday afternoon with a video uploaded to the social platform, which has since rebranded as X. The Florida governor, in both his scripted remarks and his social-media posts yesterday, misquoted former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. “It is,” Justin Reash, the executive director of the International Churchill Society told me, “one of the most commonly used misattributed quotes of Churchill in existence.”So recurrent is the misquotation,…
Mifepristone is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Mifepristone is a medication typically used in combination with misoprostol to bring about a medical abortion. Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Over the past several months, a handful of community pharmacies in states where abortion remains legal have begun to take advantage of a new rule that allows them to fill prescriptions for the abortion pill mifepristone. Prior to the rule change, which was finalized last January by the Food…
In 2009, the English author and critic Julie Myerson published The Lost Child, a memoir that lays bare the details of her teenage son’s drug addiction and their subsequent estrangement. The book incited a vehement debate about Myerson’s adequacy as a mother that seized British media. Other writers claimed that she had violated her son’s privacy and his right to tell his own story. One critic suggested that by writing the book she was “perpetuating the abuse of a young man that began when she and her husband exiled him from their lives.” Another called the book “a betrayal of…
Vice President Harris speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter meeting in Washington on Jan. 18, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP Vice President Harris speaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ winter meeting in Washington on Jan. 18, 2024. Jose Luis Magana/AP Vice President Harris is kicking off a tour on Monday — the 51st anniversary of landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade — to draw attention to new restrictions on abortion, an issue that Democrats hope will fire up voters for the presidential election in November. Harris plans to hit about…
From a climate perspective, 2024 is beginning in uncharted territory. Temperatures last year broke records not by small intervals but by big leaps; 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded, and each month in the second half of the year was the hottest—the hottest June, the hottest July, all the way through to December. July was in fact the hottest month in recorded history. Already, experts predict that 2024 is likely to be even hotter. But these heat records, although important milestones, won’t hold their title for long. “Getting too excited about any given year is a bit of a…
Anthropologist Carla Handley, center, meets with Wario Bala, right, to present the results of a DNA study she conducted seven years ago in his community in northern Kenya. Rebecca Siford hide caption toggle caption Rebecca Siford Anthropologist Carla Handley, center, meets with Wario Bala, right, to present the results of a DNA study she conducted seven years ago in his community in northern Kenya. Rebecca Siford Anthropologist Carla Handley is sitting cross-legged in a mud-walled house in a Kenyan village called Merti. She’s meeting with a man dressed in a flowing blue robe and a woven cap of red and…