How Much Water Do I Actually Need to Drink Every Day?

Water has gone beyond simply being good for us: reusable water bottles have become a statement unto themselves, signaling our health- and environmental-consciousness to the world. We’re so conditioned to constantly guzzle water that some people panic if they don’t have it on their person at all times. But how much…

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Author: Adam Dachis and Elizabeth Yuko

What to Do If You Think Your Child Is Color Blind

Little kids are learning so much in their earliest years. They’re learning to walk and talk and identify all sorts of things—people, animals, numbers, letters and colors. And it turns out that the way we use colors in English—typically prenominally, or before nouns—doesn’t help. We tend to say, “There’s a blue car,”…

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Author: Meghan Moravcik Walbert on Offspring, shared by Meghan Moravcik Walbert to Lifehacker

How to Get Free HIV Prevention Medication

Medications called PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, can lower the risk of contracting HIV by 97%. They’re recommended for anyone at high risk of exposure to the virus, including people with an HIV-positive partner. These medications can be expensive without insurance, but today the government announced a program to…

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Author: Beth Skwarecki on Vitals, shared by Beth Skwarecki to Lifehacker