Jessie Sebor

FACT CHECKED WEBINARS Learn about your medications and treatment options straight from independent experts. WATCH The rise of remote work, constant smartphone use, and the industrialization of the natural world have all pushed Americans toward a shared reality: we are spending more of our lives indoors, with fewer opportunities to interact with nature than perhaps ever before.

FACT CHECKED People rarely think about their hearing when it’s working well; it’s only when something feels off that we start to take notice. Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic physical conditions in the United States, and the risk increases steadily with age: less than 1% of infants are born with hearing impairment, but about 15% of people 18 and older report difficulty hearing.

Fact Checked FACT CHECKED SSRIs — among the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S.— have seen a steady rise in use since their debut in the 1980s. This class of medications is considered the first-line drug therapy for conditions including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more. The most commonly prescribed SSRIs include fluoxetine, sertraline, paroxetine, fluvoxamine, citalopram, escitalopram and vilazodone.