HB Mag Health Research Team

Rancid oil does not always announce itself with a dramatic smell. Sometimes it just tastes slightly off, or leaves a faint bitter or crayon-like note in food that used to taste clean. The most reliable way to tell if canola oil is bad is to smell and taste it: fresh canola oil is nearly odorless … Read more

Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic used almost exclusively to treat and prevent urinary tract infections. It works by concentrating in urine rather than in the bloodstream, which is why it targets the bladder and lower urinary tract so effectively — and why it does not work for infections anywhere else in the body. It has been … Read more

Cigarettes deliver a mix of toxic chemicals directly into your bloodstream with every puff, and they damage nearly every organ in the body over time. The damage starts within seconds of the first inhale and builds with each cigarette smoked. There is no safe number of cigarettes, and no organ system that escapes harm. What … Read more

A double trigger is a two-step approach used during an IVF cycle to help the eggs finish maturing before they are retrieved. The first step uses a medication containing hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). The second step adds a GnRH agonist, which is a different type of hormone medication. The two shots are given close together, … Read more

A cracked tooth can be surprisingly hard to identify because the damage is often invisible to the naked eye. The most common signs are a sharp, fleeting pain when you bite down or release a bite, sensitivity to hot or cold that comes and goes, and discomfort that you can’t quite pinpoint to one exact … Read more

Black diarrhea is almost always a sign that blood has been broken down somewhere in your upper digestive tract, usually the stomach or the first part of the small intestine. When blood spends enough time in the gut, digestive acids and bacteria turn it from red into a thick, black, tar-like substance. That is different … Read more