HEALTH & WELLNESS

Making extremely specific playlists helped with my cabin fever

When it comes to quarantine coping mechanisms, there’s nothing I won’t try at least once. …

Turns out I’ve been doing my skincare routine wrong this whole time

One of the things I’ve been focusing on more recently is my skincare routine. Now…

Sorry to interrupt your food delivery, but that ‘compostable’ takeout container may have toxic chemicals

UPDATE: Some local manufacturers and sellers have since released statements to reassure consumers that their…

medical dramas
Why do we love watching medical dramas so much?

Medical dramas make up a good amount of my DNA as a television viewer. I’ve…

Did you know that Aug. 7 to 14 is World Mask Week?

Face shields may be the new quarantine accessory favored by many now with the government…

anxiety dream
Have you been getting these common anxiety dreams lately?

Isn’t the cycle of how stress affects our sleep a bit ironic? Being stressed can…

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Overwhelmed doctors want Metro Manila back to ECQ but gov’t isn’t having it

The doctors are in but not for long, as the Philippine College of Physicians, a…

Activists experience burnout, too—and it’s called compassion fatigue

Only the most apathetic can turn a blind eye to the reality of society’s injustices…

LOOK: Face masks feature Lumban, Laguna’s hand embroidery tradition—and it’s less than P500

“Wear your heritage” has been a rallying cry in the past years with a push…

Quarantine fatigue has me missing the most mundane things

On the hundredth day of community quarantine, I went out of the house for the…