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Phil Blechman

Phil Blechman is a writer and editor based in New York City. He has written for BarBend, FireHouse, WWE, and more. When not gripping knurling in the gym, he is a trading card game hobbyist and theatrical playwright/director.

Older woman writing a handwritten letter by hand, a task tied to handwriting and cognitive decline research.

What Your Handwriting Might Reveal About Brain Health

Cognitive Health

Toddler picking up cookie dough scraps off the kitchen floor, testing the five second rule

The Five-Second Rule: Does It Actually Hold Up?

Frozen raspberries dusted with ice crystals, an example of how canned and frozen fruits and vegetables lock in nutrients right after harvest

Are Frozen and Canned Fruits and Veggies as Healthy as Fresh?

a brain scan highlighting a core brain structure, representing PTSD talk therapy research on trauma-affected neural pathways

Why Talking About Trauma Doesn’t Always Help — and What Brain Scans Reveal

Cognitive Health

a man experiences hormonal weight gain in his belly

What Is Hormonal Weight Gain? Signs, Causes, and How to Lose It

Hormonal Health

Colorful silicone plates and cutlery

Does Silicone Have Microplastics? What the Research Actually Says

Personal Growth

how to remove microplastics from your body comes down to staying away from them as best you can in the first place

How to Get Microplastics Out of Your Body: What Works and What’s Hype

Hormonal Health

a woman practices vagus nerve breathing to calm her nervous system

What Is the Vagus Nerve — and Can Breathwork Really Stimulate It?

a woman meditates using box breathing to calm the nervous system

Box Breathing: The Navy SEAL Trick to Calm Yourself Down

Clear glass filling with clean water, representing the goal of choosing water filters for microplastics to keep drinking water safe

The Best Water Filters for Microplastics

Personal Growth

ditching plastic water bottles is how to avoid microplastics

How to Avoid Microplastics: The Swaps That Actually Matter

Personal Growth

Hot pasta and takeaway meals in plastic containers, a common way microplastics in your kitchen end up in food

8 Kitchen Items Shedding Microplastics Into Your Food

Personal Growth

many woman approaching menopause and going through menopause ask their doctors is HRT safe

Is HRT Safe? The FDA Just Reversed a 20-Year Warning

Hormonal Health

Cyclospora outbreak can cause stomach upset

Cyclospora Outbreak: The ‘Explosive Diarrhea’ Parasite Hits 18 States

many postmenopausal woman ask does hrt help with weight loss, and it can when combined with Zepbound

Does HRT Help With Weight Loss? A New Study Says It Boosts Zepbound

Hormonal Health

an apob blood test for cholesterol may be more accurate than LDL

Your Cholesterol Test May Be Misleading — Is an apoB Test Better?

Hormonal Health

a close look at semaglutide, which many people wonder is compounded semaglutide safe

Is Compounded Semaglutide Safe? A Researcher Bought It From 49 Sites to Find Out

Hormonal Health

a woman assesses her menopause brain fog

Menopause Brain Fog Is Real — Here’s What Scientists Just Saw in the Brain

Cognitive Health

an older person holds wegovy because wegovy is now covered by insurance through medicare

Is Wegovy Covered by Insurance? What Medicare’s New $50 GLP-1 Coverage Means

Hormonal Health

a pregnant woman holds her belly after taking tylenol during pregnancy

Science Says: Tylenol During Pregnancy Does Not Cause Autism

Hormonal Health

Titans' stadium, which used to be home to former NFL star Chris Johnson who recently revealed his ALS diagnosis at the age of 39

Chris Johnson, 3-Time NFL Pro Bowl Running Back, Diagnosed With ALS

Cognitive Health