Elizabeth Hlavinka

Email: ehlavinka@salon.com

Woman with her arms folded in the cold in an ice bath
Breathing not-so-easy: Can meditation and ice baths really set your mind and body free? Elizabeth Hlavinka
Group Of Friends Meeting Together
Different, not broken: Asexual people still reckon with erasure from their doctors Elizabeth Hlavinka
Woman handing sanitary pad to other woman
The taboo against menstruation has serious health consequences Elizabeth Hlavinka
Blue Origin logo NASA logo
Space is becoming more commercialized. Can regulations keep up? Elizabeth Hlavinka
Bad psychedelic trip, concept
People use drugs like Xanax to halt a bad psychedelic trip — but "trip killers" also come with risks Elizabeth Hlavinka
Close-up of Ozempic needle injection pen
"Faux-zempic": Behind the rise in fake weight loss drugs that are hospitalizing some people Elizabeth Hlavinka
Close up view of a female killer whale swimming in blue water
We've got orcas all wrong and it's killing them Elizabeth Hlavinka
Tick Reaching For Human Leg
Like long COVID, Lyme disease can become chronic — and patients are just as dismissed and desperate Elizabeth Hlavinka
Chuck Schumer; Xylazine
Attempts to ban an emerging drug threat are repeating the mistakes of the drug war, experts caution Elizabeth Hlavinka
Medical nanorobot
Micro-medical machines like "The Magic Schoolbus" are being developed, but safety concerns remain Elizabeth Hlavinka
Woman holding open prescription pill bottle
Over-priced drugs are driving people to "rogue" online pharmacies — sometimes with deadly results Elizabeth Hlavinka
NASA Red Dwarf Planet concept
Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets Elizabeth Hlavinka
Chimpanzee
These 5 animals have culture. Here’s what they can reveal about our shared evolutionary experience Elizabeth Hlavinka
Ketamine depression treatment
For some, the drug ketamine can be a lifesaver. But recent shortages have made it hard to get Elizabeth Hlavinka
girl practicing EFT or Emotional freedom technique
Some swear tapping pressure points melts away anxiety. Does it actually work? Elizabeth Hlavinka