Los Angeles Times, print edition Concern about a newborn’s bacterial flora is not a topic you’re likely to hear discussed in the waiting room of the maternity ward — but that may change. A new study has found that the way in which babies are delivered exposes them to...
Los Angeles Times The therapist-patient relationship is crucial to people battling depression, addiction, weight gain and diabetes. But that relationship might not always have to be in person to be effective. Over the last decade, numerous hospitals and clinics have...
Evenbrite We’re crouched on rubber mats, our legs apart, knees bent, and butts shaking as “Twerk” by City Girls and Cardi B blares through a set of speakers. A pulsing mass of nearly 100 women of all ages, shapes, and sizes, we’re gathered together on a Sunday morning...
Eventbrite Despite our current worldwide pandemic, the last two months have been some of the busiest for Bow Market, a retail and food space in Sommerville, MA. “We have tons of different kinds of shoppers coming through,” says Leah Pringle, the venue’s event...
Eventbrite By the time quarantine is over — whenever that may be — would you rather be able to brag about watching all five seasons of Outlander or finishing all 1,079 pages of David Foster Wallace’s notoriously lengthy and complex tome, Infinite Jest?...
Eventbrite When can virtual shopping feel authentic? When there’s more to it than just shopping. Renegade Craft knows this. For the last 17 years, they’ve orchestrated art- and design-focused events across the country, in cities like San Francisco, Denver, Chicago,...
Abilify treats depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia, but it can also lead to compulsive gambling, shopping, eating, and sex. OK Whatever Last week, Fareed Khalil* bought a figurine for $150. The week before that, he spent a similar amount on a...
A lymphoma survivor investigates disease scamming — a growing trend of faking health tragedies to rake in donations. OK Whatever Most people didn’t know that I had cancer. They didn’t know why I stopped going to school or why I was suddenly absent from basketball...
It’s no secret that humans develop aches and pains in the normal course of spending time on the planet, but while many people pooh-pooh it and carry on, Lulu Bhanda yoga teacher Kira Ryder notes that sometimes these changes can have a big impact. “The small details we...