Estrogen: For women, the dramatic decrease in the hormone estrogen after menopause can increase the likelihood of illnesses like heart disease and issues like vaginal dryness. Maintaining a healthy weight is important, says endocrinologist Cynthia Stuenkel, MD, of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine; it can keep your heart (and other organs)…
One of the things enterprise storage and destruction company Iron Mountain does is handle the archiving of the media industry’s vaults. What it has been seeing lately should be a wake-up call: Roughly one-fifth of the hard disk drives dating to the 1990s it was sent are entirely unreadable. Music industry publication Mix spoke with…
The vehicles listed below are ranked within their category in order of their fuel economy results from CR’s tests when they were new. If you’re a CR member, this article and the list below are already available to you. But if you haven’t signed up, click below and become a member to access this list…
There is a lot of uncertainty about the cost of electronic products, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops, in the coming months due to newly imposed tariffs by the Trump administration. Prices will most likely go up, but it’s too early to say by how much. If you’ve been planning on upgrading your Apple MacBook,…
I’m here at my neighborhood bar to feel … something. What that feeling is supposed to be, I don’t quite know. Buzzed, perhaps. Maybe tipsy. But only, I’m told, the best parts of being tipsy: relaxation, conviviality, a light yen for human connection. The chance to forget, for one moment, the unrelenting terror of being…
We’ve listed them in order of their Overall Score, which is a combination of all those factors. Though we tested more expensive all-wheel-drive versions of some of these, we also recommend the more affordable front-wheel-drive versions, if they’re sold that way. Some of these models have our Green Choice designation, which highlights vehicles with the cleanest emissions….
Car thefts increased by 9.2 percent in 2020, according to a preliminary report by the NICB, with more cars stolen than in any other year in the past decade. The NICB says the economic downturn, loss of juvenile outreach programs, and limited public safety resources are probably contributing factors. Car thieves are opportunistic and look…
CR’s experts say that checking your oil is an important preventive maintenance task on cars that have a dipstick, the long metal strip that extends into the oil pan from near the top of the engine. Most new cars also have an electronic oil level sensor, but that may alert you only when the oil…
When it comes to winter driving, most people know the importance of having good tires to provide a sure-footed grip for ice and snow. But a question that often comes up in the winter months is whether lowering the tire pressure can give you even better traction in the snow. Off-roaders and beachgoers sometimes reduce…
For starters, set up a unique, strong password for every online account, including email accounts, retailer accounts, and, yes, social media accounts. (A password manager can help.) Use two-factor (aka multifactor) authentication to add another layer of protection. Next, remember that the more information you put out on social media—say, the names and ages of…