“The risk of a collision between a car and a bicyclist or pedestrian is especially high at night,” Jana Price, Ph.D., senior human performance investigator at the National Transportation Safety Board, tells SELF. In addition to following driving best practices (you can brush up on that here), it’s important to increase visibility to reduce your […]
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us have been eating outdoors at restaurants in an effort to enjoy some semblance of normality while avoiding indoor areas, which generally pose a higher risk for coronavirus spread. But now that winter and colder temperatures are here, businesses have started to enclose those outdoor areas, thus turning them […]
Planned Caesarean delivery can be the safest option for women who have had a Caesarean in the past, according to new research in PLoS Medicine. Attempting a vaginal birth was linked with a small but increased chance of complications for mother and baby compared with repeat Caesareans. The findings come from more than 74,000 births […]
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Is hookah smoking safer than smoking cigarettes? Answer From J. Taylor Hays, M.D. Hookah smoking is not safer than cigarette smoking. Also known as a narghile, shisha, or goza, a hookah is a water pipe with a smoke chamber, a bowl, a pipe, and a hose. Specially made tobacco is heated, and the smoke passes […]
Tumblr, a site long known for its independent creative communities, has announced it will be banning adult content on Dec. 17 — which happens to be the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, a day set aside to memorialize the many losses felt by a particularly at-risk community. It can’t be stated clearly […]