I remember removing ticks from my childhood dog. It's not easy as the heads tend to detach easily from the body and stay stuck on the skin if you don't do it correctly!

I thought the hanging skin thing happened because the weight loss was too quick, and that if weight loss is slow and natural then the skin will adapt. But I guess you're saying that's not the reason?

Well, that's an interesting factoid about drop-side cribs! I only knew about these from movies. I wonder if all the accidents were due to improper use or if the baby actually lifted the door up.

I'm constantly surprised by the sheer variety of pumpkin types. And they're quite tasty if you know how to use them in a dish.

I like your articles. Well-written and well-researched. From experience, many parents use phones or tablets as pacifiers for their raucous children when they're very young, and then start depriving them

Yes, those dates totally ruined it for me too, forcing us at school to memorize them and such. As with most subjects at school, they're teaching history the wrong way. Just having us watch documentaries

I share your non-interest in history. For you it was Dan Carlin, for me what did it was things like this latest war, or reading Bill Bryson, or watching documentaries about specific eras prompted by some

When I was a kid I wondered why people who wear glasses don't just wear contacts. Later I understood the general principle that in matters of health, the less invasive the better.

That's what I used to do! It's a great way of going about it! I too started (back on steemit) by writing about things I already knew, then it got boring doing that, so I started learning and writing at

Bananas are indeed famous for their potassium, and it turns out that's what has the beta-blocker effect - you only mentioned this toward the end, so I didn't know that you were talking about potassium

I don't even have a microwave anymore, but I'm still curious about this. It seems the solutions are easy: use ceramic or some such. As to nutrients getting lost, that happens with lots of cooking methods.

We import a fruit that we call a 'pear apple' (in English it's Asian pear), but I wonder whether it's the same as this one, as externally it looks different. I always thought it was a modern hybridized

Obsession can probably be defined scientifically, but can love? What does it mean to say things like 'Genuine love is loving people for whom they really are'? Is there anybody who loves people this way?

Morning running/jogging also helps with sleep and anxiety.

Water is indeed weird! The philosopher Locke tells the story of the King of Siam who was told by a Dutch ambassador that water in Holland becomes hard enough in winter to support the weight of an elephant,

I read today that the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics recommends that women become plant-based a year before getting pregnant! To rid the body of mercury, PCBs, and other toxins found in animal foods.

Hippocrates said that all disease begins in the gut. Autoimmune diseases will probably be solved by a gastroenterologist rather than an autoimmunologist.

Not having sex is 100% :P

I find vacations very tiring! I wish you a good rest!

I knew about this from cats, and for that reason I never suspected it was a psychiatric disorder. I wonder if it's the same with cats!