In a standup set at the Netflix is a Joke Festival earlier this year, comedian Ron Funches shared the secret to how his wife won his heart while they were dating. “My wife kept asking me if I was drinking enough water,” Funches recounts. She would offer him water when he picked her up for a date, and leave a bottle next to the bed when she left in the morning. He realized her concern about his hydration showed that she cared about his well being.
All due respect to Funches’ wife (I for one was taking notes), but it turns out our modern preoccupation with drinking water is somewhat misguided. Evidence behind the eight-glasses-a-day rule is weak, and in fact there is no medical standard for how much we all should be drinking. "The best advice is to listen to your body," says sports medicine specialist Tamara Hew-Butler. "If you get thirsty, drink water. If you're not thirsty, you don't need to drink water."
Twenty-nine years old and living in New York City, Jacquelyn Revere got a call that changed her life. It was from her mother’s friend, back in Los Angeles. The friend said Revere’s mother, Lynn, had gotten lost on what should have been a quick drive home. When Revere learned Lynn had dementia and could no longer take care of herself, she moved back across the country to become her mother’s caregiver.
An only child without the financial resources of older caregivers, Revere felt stressed and isolated. So she started a TikTok channel, @momofmymom. Revere brings a feeling of lightness and fun to everyday routines. For example, in one video, she makes up an upbeat song to encourage her mother to get out of the car and walk across the parking lot to her adult day care center. At first, mom resists leaving the car. But by the end of the video, she’s dancing down the center’s hallway.
How researchers are working to diagnose illness from the sound of a person's voice
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Someone who speaks low and slowly might have Parkinson's disease. Slurring is a sign of a stroke. The voice can offer clues to detect autism, depression, and even some types of cancer. Everything from your vocal cord vibrations to your breathing patterns offers potential information about your health, says laryngologist Dr. Yael Bensoussan.
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