health sciences
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How to Protect Your Ears From Tinnitus, Because the Damage May Have Already Begun
Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve stayed fit and (relatively) sane through daily walks around my neighbourhood, listening to my favourite true crime podcasts and K-pop songs. One afternoon in the spring of 2020, however, I started to hear a ringing in my right ear. I had developed tinnitus: the perception of sounds in…
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5 Questions You Should Be Asking Your Pharmacist Every Time You Start a New Prescription
Starting a new prescription medication may not seem like a big deal, but when you think about it, you’re introducing a new substance into your body, and should go in as informed as possible. Ideally, your health care provider would have gone over any potential side effects of the medicine with you, but there’s more…
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How to Know If You’re Brushing Your Teeth Too Hard
My mother’s dental history reads like a horror novel: multiple fillings, root canals, implants, jaw surgeries, gum tissue grafts, and full veneers. Emotional costs aside, the financial investment has been massive. As a result, she drilled the importance of twice-daily brushing and flossing into me from a young age. It’s clearly paid off: I’ve never…
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How to Clean Your Teeth When You Don’t Have a Toothbrush
Travel products site Minimus reports that 18% of surveyed travellers have admitted they often forget to pack a toothbrush. (Glad to hear I am not the only one). It’s worse when you get to your destination late, you can’t easily get to a store to buy a replacement, and your hotel doesn’t offer them to…