Health-fitness
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My Tarot Card Dependency Controlled My Life
For years, Remy Ramirez didn't make a move without consulting her tarot deck. Through meditation and therapy, she was finally able to break her addiction...but only after being held captive to the cosmos.
By Remy Ramirez
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So What, Exactly, Is the Hymen, and What Does It Do?
Almost 500 years after the hymen was first “discovered,” the hymen myth—that its presence can prove or disprove virginity—remains widespread globally.
By Sophia Jones
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The Actual Amount of Weight You Could Possibly Gain in a Week
So, about that salad...
By Kenny Thapoung
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Your Life in Hormones
What the hell is going on with your hormones—and how can you harness them for happiness, health, fertility, brainpower, and energy?
By Gabrielle Lichterman
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The Best Running Apps for Beginners
If the only marathons you're interested in are Netflix ones.
By Jae Thomas
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Hooked on Laxatives: The Extreme Diet That Nearly Killed Me
For over a year, I lived on little more than bran cereal and laxatives.
By Anna Fields
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An Expert Answers All Your Questions About CBD
It's buzzy...and baffling.
By Laurel Leicht
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How Heroin Came for Middle-Class Moms
Women have moved from popping prescription painkillers to shooting up street drugs. And they're dying because of it in staggering, skyrocketing numbers.
By Hayley Krischer
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I Was One Of The Top Doctors In My Field. I Was Also An Opioid Addict.
Opioids have become a full-blown national crisis of epidemic proportions, killing 130 people each day. Drug overdose is now the number-one cause of death for Americans under 50. One doctor at the top of her game—who knew the risks better than anyone—almost became another statistic.
By Kayla Webley Adler
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The High Price of Living With Chronic Pain
Three women open up about how their conditions impact their bodies—and their wallets.
By Alice Oglethorpe
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Jenna Dewan, 39, Showed Off Her Toned Abs While Wearing Just A Bra And Underwear
“🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #hotmom.”
By Jennifer Nied
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Senator Klobuchar: "Early Detection Saves Lives. It Saved Mine"
Senator and breast cancer survivor Amy Klobuchar is encouraging women not to put off preventative care any longer.
By Senator Amy Klobuchar
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Why Women Reeling From Miscarriage Are Turning to the Web
Guilt. Powerlessness. Failure. Many women who have miscarried are intimately familiar with these emotions and bear a secret shame. But more and more, women who have suffered pregnancy loss are opening up online.
By Natalie Lampert
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I Was Forced to Choose Between an Abortion or a Mental Hospital
When Julie Mannix refused to get an abortion, her parents had her locked up in a mental hospital. This is the story of the child she fought to save—and how they made their way back to each other.
By Julie Mannix von Zemeck
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7 Signs You May Have Had COVID-19 Without Realizing It, According to Doctors
Pay attention to any lingering symptoms from that “bad cold.”
By Korin Miller
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A Test With No Answer
No procedure exists that can prove virginity, yet dangerously unscientific virginity tests occur regularly—even in the United States. Marie Claire, in partnership with the Fuller Project, investigates the controversial exams and the gray area surrounding them that endangers both patients and medical professionals.
By Sophia Jones
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How Do We Find Joy Again?
This year was tumultuous, trying, and, frankly, terrible. Yet we humans, resilient species that we are, can—and must—let ourselves feel happiness once more.
By Meena Harris
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What Running 22,000 Miles Taught Me About my Body
How marathons have changed Dorothy Beal's body, confidence, and self-care routine.
By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson
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After Years of Fertility Struggles I Had a Baby—and Then Twins 7 Weeks Later
M.M.LaFleur founder and CEO Sarah LaFleur shares her long, difficult, and surprising journey to parenthood.
By Sally Holmes
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Nike's New Maternity Line Is Changing the Game
Nike (M) launches this fall.
By Sara Holzman
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The Flamingo Pose Is Summer's New Stance You Need to Know About
Insert the non-existent flamingo emoji.
By Carly Cardellino
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My Hands and Feet Were Amputated After Childbirth
It's been very hard to accept that this is who I am now.
By Elizabeth Narins
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11 Best Cooling Sheets for a Better Night's Rest, According to a Sleep Doctor
Shop these top-rated sheets made from breathable, moisture-wicking fabrics.
By Maria Masters
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Living With Pure Obsessional OCD: What Happens When Your Thoughts Turn X-Rated
A new HBO Max show attempts to demystify and normalize the widely misunderstood anxiety disorder.
By Paola Singer
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The 5 Best Folding Treadmills
You can't beat the ease and convenience of these.
By Sienna Livermore
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Exclusive: First Large-Scale Telemedicine Abortion Service Launches in U.S.
On the heels of a Biden administration announcement that temporarily allows telehealth abortion, a new, first-of-its-kind telehealth service, Abortion on Demand, opens to help women get care.
By Susan Rinkunas
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These Blood Types Could Be More Vulnerable to COVID-19
What you need to know about new research.
By Rachael Schultz