SINGAPORE: A traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner has been suspended for three months after needles from an acupuncture treatment were left in a patient's head and toe after the session.

“I want to emphasize the ‘-ish’ part — not to be dry but to increase the number of dry days,” she said. The designation, sometimes also referred to as “sober curious,” has caught on ...

If you have dry skin, you know the agony of finding a new moisturizer, only for it to do nothing for your dehydrated skin. The key here is ultrahydrating ingredients like glycerin and hyaluronic ...

The annual ritual known as Dry January is upon us. The monthlong ode to teetotalism started as a British health campaign in 2013, but it is now fully embedded in our American culture of self-branding.

Dry conditions across Southern California set the stage for a series of deadly wind-driven wildfires that burned thousands of homes and other structures in the Los Angeles area in early January 2025.

Since it was started in 2013 by the charity Alcohol Change UK, the Dry January challenge has significantly grown in popularity, becoming a very popular new year’s resolution. In 2023 ...

This article is part of Dry January, Straight Up, your no-BS guide to cutting out alcohol for 31 days—or longer. SELF will be publishing new articles for this series throughout January.

Experts are concerned about a potential pitfall of Dry January, saying it could cause unhealthy withdrawal symptoms in participants who may not realize they have a drinking problem. “Events like ...

As millions of people embark on Dry January, where they give up alcohol for a month, Dr Peter Rice, chair of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, says: “Alcohol profoundly affects the brain ...

This is largely down to Dry January, when people give up alcohol for the month, and the related idea of “Damp January”, when people instead just cut down on their drinking. The idea of Dry ...

Dry January, the popular challenge of giving up alcohol for the first month of the year, has become a health trend embraced by millions, but does it really work, or is it just another fleeting fad ...

Saying “no thanks” to alcohol for 30 days during Dry January can make you sleep better, according to experts. (Getty Images) ...