Health & Wellness

Institutional Care for People with Neurodiversity

from Second Opinion

Men get maximum health benefits if they log 300 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous exercise, while women need only 140 minutes, a new study shows.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

This week, Yale professor of psychology Paul Bloom offers another perspective on retirement.

Midweek Reset: The Retirement Myth

This week, Yale professor of psychology Paul Bloom offers another perspective on retirement.

from Life Examined

How can I nurture my bisexuality in a straight passing relationship? How do I reconcile my sexual fantasies with my beliefs? Plus learning new bedroom skills.

Are My Sexual Fantasies Misogynistic?

How can I nurture my bisexuality in a straight passing relationship? How do I reconcile my sexual fantasies with my beliefs? Plus learning new bedroom skills.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

On the fourth anniversary of the WHO declaring COVID a pandemic, what does the illness look like today, and what do we now know about long COVID?

COVID: A look back on the last 4 years and what to do now

On the fourth anniversary of the WHO declaring COVID a pandemic, what does the illness look like today, and what do we now know about long COVID?

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Casper ter Kuile, author and co-founder of Nearness, discusses the meaning and value of building community, coming together, and practical tips for forging meaningful connections.

How to build community in an age of isolation

Casper ter Kuile, author and co-founder of Nearness, discusses the meaning and value of building community, coming together, and practical tips for forging meaningful connections.

from Life Examined

Surviving in the mountainous rainforests of Uganda.

Batwa indigenous people of Uganda

Surviving in the mountainous rainforests of Uganda.

from Second Opinion

Most human bodies today are filled with microplastics. The tiny particles are even found in arteries. That could have major cardiovascular risks, a new study suggests.

How microplastics affect cardiovascular health

Most human bodies today are filled with microplastics. The tiny particles are even found in arteries. That could have major cardiovascular risks, a new study suggests.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Residents want a nearby landfill — where a chemical reaction is happening underneath — to shut down to preserve their health. Months later, it’s still operating.

Hear from sick neighbors of the infamous Castaic landfill

Residents want a nearby landfill — where a chemical reaction is happening underneath — to shut down to preserve their health. Months later, it’s still operating.

from KCRW Features

How do I navigate casual dating? How do I get over my ex? And is dating possible when I’m asexual?

It’s been six months since my breakup. How do I get over my ex?

How do I navigate casual dating? How do I get over my ex? And is dating possible when I’m asexual?

from How’s Your Sex Life?

MIT cognitive scientist and author Tali Sharot delves into the science behind habituation and how breaking up habits and routines can help reset our brains.

‘Re-sparkling’: The science behind embracing variety and rejecting habituation

MIT cognitive scientist and author Tali Sharot delves into the science behind habituation and how breaking up habits and routines can help reset our brains.

from Life Examined

On a national level, Uganda has made progress in health outcomes, but certain populations have been left behind.

Prevention in Uganda

On a national level, Uganda has made progress in health outcomes, but certain populations have been left behind.

from Second Opinion

Dr. Akilah Cadet joins Myisha to offer some relief for confronting chronic pain and intimacy.

Ask Myisha: How to navigate sex and dating while dealing with chronic pain

Dr. Akilah Cadet joins Myisha to offer some relief for confronting chronic pain and intimacy.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Out-of-pocket costs for Paxlovid have shot up for Medicare patients, and programs to help get the COVID-alleviating drug for less aren’t well known.

$1,400 for Paxlovid? Some COVID patients have sticker shock

Out-of-pocket costs for Paxlovid have shot up for Medicare patients, and programs to help get the COVID-alleviating drug for less aren’t well known.

from KCRW Features

This week, Anna Lembke, addiction specialist at Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic , and author of “ Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence ,”…

Midweek Reset: Are you addicted?

This week, Anna Lembke, addiction specialist at Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic , and author of “ Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence ,”…

from Life Examined

How to deal with sex and chronic pain? When to bring up a mental health condition in a relationship? And the best and worst parts of dating with a disability.

Dating with a disability: ‘We all deserve pleasure,’ says Dr. Akilah Cadet

How to deal with sex and chronic pain? When to bring up a mental health condition in a relationship? And the best and worst parts of dating with a disability.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Poet and essayist Ross Gay shares stories of joy and theorizes that the experience of joy might possibly be the best tool for uniting and depolarizing us as a people.

Inciting joy: Poet Ross Gay on gardening, grief, and basketball

Poet and essayist Ross Gay shares stories of joy and theorizes that the experience of joy might possibly be the best tool for uniting and depolarizing us as a people.

from Life Examined

Classic medical care is a start but not always enough to ensure good health.

Why can’t I prescribe a person a home?

Classic medical care is a start but not always enough to ensure good health.

from Second Opinion

Where to watch feminist porn? Do women actually like roleplay? Holly Randall, host of the Holly Randall Unfiltered podcast, talks porn literacy and shares her hot takes on porn tropes.

Need alternatives to Pornhub? Holly Randall wants to show you the way

Where to watch feminist porn? Do women actually like roleplay? Holly Randall, host of the Holly Randall Unfiltered podcast, talks porn literacy and shares her hot takes on porn tropes.

from How’s Your Sex Life?

Los Angeles Times columnist Todd Martens and author Matthew Fray open up about their painful journeys through heartbreak and divorce and offer insights into personal growth and what it…

Heartbreak and divorce: reflections on endings, healing, and self-discovery

Los Angeles Times columnist Todd Martens and author Matthew Fray open up about their painful journeys through heartbreak and divorce and offer insights into personal growth and what it…

from Life Examined