In more good COVID news that’s not exactly surprising, new research supports the idea that eating healthy helps keep you healthy. A September 2021 study published in the journal Gut found that folks eating more plant-based foods had lower risk and lower severity of...
As we move through the next stages of the pandemic — hopefully soon to some kind of new normal — one of the things many folks struggle with is getting their sleep back on track. The past year has given us lots of excuses reasons to lose sleep. It’s time to start...
This piece was originally written in May 2020. It remains sadly relevant most of a year later. —Dr. Orna Good hygiene is one key way we can protect ourselves during the current pandemic. And hygiene applies to both the physical (washing our hands) and the...
After 2020’s apocalyptic wildfires, clean air has never felt more important. While the smoke was still thick, I spent days researching air-purification options. Which air filter you choose depends on a couple of factors: what you need to filter, how big an area...
In late July 2020, a friend invited me to pick newly ripened elderberries in her Portland yard. She’s got two — just two! — of the shrubs growing, and she can’t keep up. Knowing how coveted they are as medicine, she didn’t want them going to waste. I eagerly...
I’ve loved popcorn since I was a small child. Maybe it was the association with movies (the watching of which became my undergraduate major.) Or maybe it’s just the combination of crunchy, salty and fatty — a flavor combination we’re hardwired to favor. But popcorn...