Andrea Muraskin

1 week ago | wgbh.org | Andrea Muraskin

June 16, 2025 Dr. David A. Kessler has always been in the business of keeping people healthy – but by his own admission, he hasn’t always applied that to himself. Kessler’s problem was with food. In medical school, greasy French fries and salted roast beef helped him stay up studying and researching late at night. Over the years, his weight fluctuated.

2 months ago | mprnews.org | Andrea Muraskin

If you feel like your seasonal allergies are getting worse every year, it's not just you. Warming from climate change is making the pollen season longer, and more people are going to the doctor each year looking for relief, according to a recent research review published in the journal The Laryngoscope.

Mar 15, 2025 | npr.org | Emily Kwong |Andrea Muraskin

salted caramel scoop of ice cream flinging from scooper Maren Caruso/Digital Vision/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Maren Caruso/Digital Vision/Getty Images You probably know the feeling of having a hearty meal at a restaurant, and feeling full and satisfied … only to take a peek at the dessert menu and decide the cheesecake looks just irresistible. So why is it that you just absolutely couldn't have another bite, but you somehow make an exception for a sweet treat?

Feb 3, 2025 | kenw.org | Andrea Muraskin

The food was top-notch, the atmosphere was cozy and my date aimed to entertain. I love a good personal story, so I invited him to relate one that he'd referenced in his profile. Good fodder for a first date, I thought. At one point in the story, as he recounted it, a goat butted its head into an outdoor toilet that he happened to be using, shoving the door open. "ME-EH-EHH!!" said my date, braying like a goat and thrusting his neck in a reenactment that seemed just a little too accurate.

Feb 2, 2025 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Andrea Muraskin

The food was top-notch, the atmosphere was cozy and my date aimed to entertain. I love a good personal story, so I invited him to relate one that he'd referenced in his profile. Good fodder for a first date, I thought. At one point in the story, as he recounted it, a goat butted its head into an outdoor toilet that he happened to be using, shoving the door open. "ME-EH-EHH!!" said my date, braying like a goat and thrusting his neck in a reenactment that seemed just a little too accurate.