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Jessie James Decker Opens Up About Living With Migraine
Read More: Jessie James Decker Opens Up About Living With MigraineJessie James Decker recalls walking out onto the stage to headline her own concert when a migraine attack hit. โEvery note I sang felt like my head was going to explode,โ she said. โIt was awful.โ This was just one of many times when Decker recalls feeling like she had no choice but to power…
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Jamie Lynn Sigler Talks Multiple Sclerosis, a New Memoir and Finding Acceptance in Midlife
Read More: Jamie Lynn Sigler Talks Multiple Sclerosis, a New Memoir and Finding Acceptance in MidlifeYou probably recognize actress Jamie Lynn Sigler from her role as Meadow on the award-winning drama, The Sopranos. On screen, life for the Sopranos family was complicated and often shrouded in secrecy. Off camera, Sigler was dealing with a secret of her own: She was living with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) โ a chronic disease…
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Paula Poundstone on the Healing Power of Humor
Read More: Paula Poundstone on the Healing Power of HumorWhen comedian Paula Poundstone steps on stage, sporting one of her well-known zoot suits, she takes the microphone and does what she does best โ make people laugh. What her audience may not realize, though, is that throughout her life, Poundstone has dealt with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a mental health condition that causes obsessive thoughts…
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Kate Walsh Wants You to Get Screened for Cancer
Read More: Kate Walsh Wants You to Get Screened for CancerFans of โGreyโs Anatomyโ and โPrivate Practiceโ know Kate Walsh as surgeon-extraordinaire Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery. But the actress has also dealt with some tough health issues off camera, including both of her parents having cancer. So, when Walsh learned about a new blood test that can screen for cancer before symptoms even appear, she…
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Bellamy Young Is Putting the Spotlight on Hepatic Encephalopathy
Read More: Bellamy Young Is Putting the Spotlight on Hepatic EncephalopathyNovember is National Family Caregivers Month. Award-winning actress Bellamy Young is known for playing strong characters on TV shows like โThe Other Black Girlโ and โScandalโ (hello, Ms. President!). These days sheโs also using the strength of her voice and personal experience to bring awareness to a serious condition called hepatic encephalopathy (HE) that can…
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HGTVโs Jenn Todryk Gets Candid About Managing Hashimotoโs Disease
Read More: HGTVโs Jenn Todryk Gets Candid About Managing Hashimotoโs DiseaseOn her hit HGTV television series, โNo Demo Reno,โ Jenn Todryk, 35, is known for her high-energy approach to remodeling homes without a total demolition. Through her blog and Instagram account, Todryk gets candid with her fans about her design work, family and how she lives with Hashimotoโs disease, a chronic autoimmune thyroid condition that…
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Nicole Ari Parker on Choosing to Protect Herself and Her Family from Covid
Read More: Nicole Ari Parker on Choosing to Protect Herself and Her Family from CovidHealthyWomen recently sat down with actor, mother and business owner Nicole Ari Parker to discuss the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid. The star of the new show โThe Refuge Playsโ has also been supporting health and wellness initiatives for many years. Here, she sheds light on vaccine hesitancy among people of color, the crucial…
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Deborah Norville Keeps Her Viewers Close and Her Doctors Closer
Read More: Deborah Norville Keeps Her Viewers Close and Her Doctors CloserFor more than 25 years, Deborah Norville, 65, has been on screen in living rooms across America as the host of the popular show Inside Edition, among other shows. And while sheโs spent much of her career informing the public, Norville never expected that someone would return the favor. In 2000, an eagle-eyed viewer, whoโd…
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Shameless: S. Epatha Merkerson on the Sweet Truth About Diabetes
Read More: Shameless: S. Epatha Merkerson on the Sweet Truth About DiabetesSeventeen years ago, when actress S. Epatha Merkerson was 50 years old, she attended a health fair in Washington, D.C., for NBC. At the time, Merkerson was playing the iconic Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on NBC’s “Law & Order.“ As a cameraman from an NBC affiliate followed and filmed her, she cooked a healthy meal…
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In a World of Pain
Read More: In a World of PainWhen Marin Hinkle tells you about her work, family and friends, you can hear the excitement and love in her voice. But behind that serene smile you see on television, in her roles on shows such as “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Two and a Half Men,” is a woman who struggles daily with agonizing…
