Tag: Lifestyle

Zero-Waste Cooking

There was a time when every scrap counted, and nothing went to waste. During the Great Depression and both World Wars, food was scarce and prized. Families learned to make do with less and make the most of what they had. Stale bread became breadcrumbs and bulked up meatloaf, sausages, and meatballs. Thrifty home keepers…


New Studies Link Fluoride to Reduced IQ and ADHD in Children

In this series, we explore the contentious findings surrounding fluoridation of the U.S. public water supply and answer the question of whether water fluoridation poses a risk and what we should do about it. Previously: Decades of research have raised concerns about the safety of water fluoridation. In 2006, the National Research Council urged further…


Restrictions on Ivermectin Dropped in Australia

Australian medical practitioners can now prescribe ivermectin for COVID-19 among other diseases under new rules confirmed by the nation’s therapeutic goods authority. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed on May 3 that the prescribing of oral ivermectin will no longer be limited to specialists such as dermatologists, gastroenterologists, and infectious diseases specialists. The move—which takes…


Quirk and Craic: One Day in Dublin

It’s a city that looms large in the imagination—even if you don’t happen to be Irish. Leprechauns and shamrocks. James Joyce and Oscar Wilde, the River Liffey meeting the Irish Sea, U2 and The Dubliners. And of course pubs pouring Guinness, rollicking with song and energetic conversation and maybe a little dance, late into the…


The Art of Companion Planting, Part 2: Vegetables and Herbs

Think of your garden as a family, and plant it similarly to seating guests at a Thanksgiving dinner (which will hopefully feature some of your fall harvest!). You can seat Aunt Samantha anywhere and she’ll liven up the table. You want to put Aunt Olivia near the nieces she never gets to see so they…


Subarctic Scotland: A Visit to Shetland

If you squint your eyes a little, and really use your imagination, you can still see them. Huge wooden hulls built for long voyages in frigid, often-violent waters. Sail unfurled, perhaps snapping in a stiff wind. A long ship built to navigate what even today remain some of the world’s most difficult seas. As I…


Airports Are Finding Guns in Luggage. Here’s the Legal Way to Fly With a Firearm

By Alexandra Skores From The Dallas Morning News Dallas—The number of guns found at Texas airports is surging, according to the Transportation Security Administration’s 2022 data. So if you want to fly with your firearm, here’s the safe and legal way to do so, according to TSA officials. “You can travel with a firearm in…


How to Clean an Outdoor Rug to Remove Mildew, Dirt and Stains

Outdoor rugs are a low-maintenance, cost-efficient way to beautify any outdoor living space. But if neglected, outdoor rugs can accumulate grimy buildup over time. Most people remember to wipe down tables and chairs when hosting a backyard play date, garden party or barbecue. But chances are your colorful rug gets no love. Outdoor rugs, carpets…


Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Facilities to Drop Universal Mask Policies

In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…


Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Workers Drop Universal Mask Policies

In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…