Author: Erin Elizabeth

For those of you who don’t know, Vaseline is made from Petroleum. And if you’ve ever put gasoline into a car, then you’ll know that gas is made from Petroleum as well. So, Vaseline is made from the same substance as the stuff you put in your car. Vroom. How on earth- and quite frankly, why on earth- did we start using petroleum on top of our bodies? And how did it become the go to for eczema and tender baby bottoms? Turn out, in the 1800s workers on oil rigging platforms discovered that if they smeared the residue found...

On May 26th, federal health officials approved a new drug-oozing implant for Americans struggling with addiction to heroin and painkillers. The implant is able to curb craving and withdrawal symptoms for six months at a time. The Probuphine device hopes to help as communities all over the U.S. attempt to deal with a wave of addiction to opioids. Opioids are pain meds that reduce the intensity of pain signals reaching the brain and affect those brain areas controlling emotion. Medications in this class include hydrocodone (e.g., Vicodin), oxycodone (e.g., OxyContin, Percocet), morphine (e.g., Kadian, Avinza), codeine, and other related drugs....