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My Routine Pap Test Led to a Cervical Cancer Diagnosis
Read More: My Routine Pap Test Led to a Cervical Cancer DiagnosisAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. In 2020, my then-teenage son and I were still getting used to a relatively new life. A few years prior, in my late 30s, I’d left my husband, moved from Washington to Utah and become a single mom. I was at a corporate…
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5 Easy DIY Protein-Packed, Energy-Boosting Juices And Shakes
Read More: 5 Easy DIY Protein-Packed, Energy-Boosting Juices And ShakesNeed a bit more energy? A protein boost? Try these DIY recipes. Juices and smoothies, when composed with intention, can be more than just tasty beverages. They can deliver key nutrients that support immune function, muscle repair and steady energy release. From antioxidant-rich berries to plant proteins that supply essential amino acids, these blends give…
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Back-to-School Lunchboxes That Feel Manageable
Read More: Back-to-School Lunchboxes That Feel ManageableLife rarely slows down at the start of the year. Mornings become fuller, routines return, and families find their rhythm again as the school term begins. Somewhere between packed schedules and early alarms, the lunchbox quietly becomes part of the daily conversation. What to pack, how to keep it balanced and how to make it…
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Gut Check: What Is SIBO?
Read More: Gut Check: What Is SIBO?Digestion isn’t always glamorous to talk about, but it is important. And when things aren’t running smoothly, it could be your gut’s way of getting your attention. Your digestive tract is home to trillions of bacteria, or live microorganisms. Collectively, they make up what’s known as the gut microbiome. This ecosystem of bacteria primarily resides…
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6 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Morning Workout
Read More: 6 Ways You’re Unknowingly Sabotaging Your Morning WorkoutIf getting your sweat on in the wee hours of the morn is the only time you can fit it in, kudos to you for resisting the urge to hit the snooze button and skip out. Make setting your alarm and pulling yourself out of bed worth all the effort and avoid these morning exercise…
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Cervical Cancer Screening and At-Home HPV Testing
Read More: Cervical Cancer Screening and At-Home HPV TestingJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Good news for anyone with a cervix! New federal guidelines make it easier to get screened for cervical cancer. According to new guidelines adopted by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in January 2026, high-risk HPV testing has been identified as the preferred first step for cervical cancer…
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5 TikTok Health Trends: Heart or Hype?
Read More: 5 TikTok Health Trends: Heart or Hype?Welcome to the trend zone, friends. If you’re reading this, you’ve successfully scrolled away from social media to read about social media. Very meta, very demure. It’s true that social media is now a big part of everyday life for most of us. The amount of people on social platforms has doubled since 2017 with…
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Do You Have to Have Surgery for Endometriosis?
Read More: Do You Have to Have Surgery for Endometriosis?Endometriosis is a chronic disease that can cause: Severe pelvic pain Painful sex Infertility A reduced quality of life Although endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological conditions, women often struggle to get a diagnosis. 6 years = average time for women to get diagnosed 3 out of 5 women saw 3+ healthcare providers…
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The 3 Pathways of Estrogen Metabolism and Hormone Recycling with Dr. Betty Murray
Read More: The 3 Pathways of Estrogen Metabolism and Hormone Recycling with Dr. Betty MurrayYou’re doing everything right. You started hormone replacement therapy, you’re following your doctor’s protocol, but something still feels off. The brain fog lingers. The weight won’t budge. Maybe you’re even experiencing new symptoms you didn’t have before. Here’s what almost no one is talking about: the problem might not be the hormones you’re taking or…
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Happy Rabbit Thrusting Vibrator Review: What It’s Like To Use This Dual-Stim Toy
Read More: Happy Rabbit Thrusting Vibrator Review: What It’s Like To Use This Dual-Stim ToySo. Rabbit vibrators. They’re named that because of the two little “ears” that are designed to stimulate your clitoris, while the main shaft targets your G-spot to provide dual stimulation. Simple enough. And more than effective enough at producing orgasms. This blended pleasure provider combines internal and external sensations at the same time. What more…
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How To Work Out Safely During The First Trimester
Read More: How To Work Out Safely During The First TrimesterYou would never attempt to run a marathon without training. So why would you attempt to tackle labour and delivery – a marathon in itself – without preparing your body? Having a fit pregnancy has little to do with maintaining your figure and more to do with strengthening the key muscles used during birth. “Labour…
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Años de indigestión escondían un cáncer pancreático
Read More: Años de indigestión escondían un cáncer pancreáticoEnglish Tal como se relató a Shannon Shelton Miller Por casi cinco años, la indigestión era simplemente parte de mi vida. A medida que pasaron los años, empecé a despertar durante la noche con indigestión que hacía que vomite. Cada vez que comía ciertos alimentos, me enfermaba. Me dijeron que tenía celulitis cuando me hicieron…
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My Years of Indigestion Hid Pancreatic Cancer
Read More: My Years of Indigestion Hid Pancreatic CancerAs told to Shannon Shelton Miller For close to five years, indigestion was just a part of my life. As the years went on, I started waking up in the middle of the night with indigestion that caused me to throw up. Every time I ate certain foods, I’d get sick. I was told I…
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This Do-Anywhere Cardio Workout Is Perfect For All Levels
Read More: This Do-Anywhere Cardio Workout Is Perfect For All LevelsIf your motivation dips the moment you walk into a crowded gym, outdoor workouts might be exactly what you need. Training outside isn’t just a change of scenery; it delivers potent physical, mental and emotional benefits that indoor workouts can’t replicate. Need convincing? This all-levels outdoor cardio workout is worth the experiment. Why Working Out…
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4 Crazy (But Totally Doable) Sex Positions To Keep Things Interesting
Read More: 4 Crazy (But Totally Doable) Sex Positions To Keep Things InterestingDid you know that novelty ignites passion by increasing your brain’s levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter linked to romance and sex drive? So says biological anthropologist Dr Helen Fisher. Whether you’re both working from home and a little bored of each other or you’re just looking to add some extra zing, these crazy sex positions…
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What Is Mental Wellness and How Is It Different from Mental Health?
Read More: What Is Mental Wellness and How Is It Different from Mental Health?Mental health is a term most people recognize. Mental wellness, however, often causes confusion. Many people use these words interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing. Understanding the difference helps people take better care of their minds—not just when something feels wrong, but every day. Mental wellness is not about avoiding mental illness.…
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The Importance of Exercise and Nutrition While Using a GLP-1
Read More: The Importance of Exercise and Nutrition While Using a GLP-1GLP-1 medications for weight loss are having their moment — and for good reason. GLP-1 stands for glucagon-like peptide-1. They include brand names you may be familiar with like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound. GLP-1s were originally designed to help people with Type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar levels. But they are now approved…
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Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Sex Recession
Read More: Good Sex with Emily Jamea: The Sex RecessionEmily Jamea, Ph.D., is a sex therapist, best-selling author and speaker. You can find her here each month to share her latest thoughts about sex. I had spent about four months working with Lauren and Jason, a couple in their mid 50’s, on the sexual decline they’d suffered over the last decade of their relationship.…
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Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol and The Not So Popular Opinion On What To Do About It with Dr. Jack Wolfson
Read More: Cardiovascular Disease, Cholesterol and The Not So Popular Opinion On What To Do About It with Dr. Jack WolfsonHave you been told your cholesterol is too high? Are you lying awake worrying about heart disease while your doctor pushes statins? What if everything you’ve been taught about protecting your heart is backwards? I’ve been having this exact conversation with women in our community for years. As someone who lost my father to a…
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Why You Need Breathwork In Your Life, According To Mental Health Experts
Read More: Why You Need Breathwork In Your Life, According To Mental Health ExpertsAfter a stressful day, you arrive at yoga class, which your instructor starts with a brief breathwork exercise. You feel tense at first, but after a few minutes of steady inhales and exhales, you start to feel better – lighter, even. If this sounds like you, congrats, you’ve already started your journey to practising breathwork. Breathwork involves…
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Brindar asistencia a un ser querido con cáncer de próstata
Read More: Brindar asistencia a un ser querido con cáncer de próstata+ Infographic text No es fácil ver cómo un ser querido lidia con cáncer de próstata. Pero hay cosas que puedes hacer cada día para ayudarle. Dale bocadillos y alimentos nutritivos Estudios demuestran que comer saludablemente puede ser útil para esacelerar el progreso del cáncer . Motiva a tu pareja a que haga ejercicio El…
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Supporting a Loved One with Prostate Cancer
Read More: Supporting a Loved One with Prostate Cancer+ Infographic text It’s not easy to watch a loved one deal with prostate cancer. But there are things you can do each day to help support them. Provide nutritious meals and snacks Studies show that healthy eating can help slow cancer growth . Encourage your partner to exercise Exercising can help ease some prostate…
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SAD Light Therapy
Read More: SAD Light TherapyIf winter has you feeling 50 shades of blah — you’re not alone. Between the gray skies and the gray sludge and the paranoia that colors were something you just made up in your head, the dark days of winter can be rough. Although it’s perfectly natural to feel less than sunny in months with…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers about Living with Nasal Polyps
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers about Living with Nasal PolypsChronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the nose and sinuses that causes soft growths in your sinuses. Although these growths (nasal polyps) don’t usually hurt, they can interfere with your quality of life and cause unpleasant symptoms — especially for women, who are often hit harder by the condition.…
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As a Sickle Cell Disease Warrior, Hundreds of Blood Transfusions Have Saved My Life
Read More: As a Sickle Cell Disease Warrior, Hundreds of Blood Transfusions Have Saved My LifeAs told to Marnie GoodfriendJanuary is National Blood Donor Month. I’ve had sickle cell anemia since I was in my mother’s womb. My older brother also has the condition, but it affects us each differently. Once, when we were kids, he visited me in the hospital, where I was inpatient to receive a blood transfusion,…
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I Get Five Hours Of Sleep Each Night But Feel Totally Fine. How Bad Is That, Really?
Read More: I Get Five Hours Of Sleep Each Night But Feel Totally Fine. How Bad Is That, Really?There are countless sleep hacks, supplements and cosy pyjamas that may elevate your sleep game, but that doesn’t mean falling – and staying – asleep is easy. That’s why when some people feel totally fine with only a few hours of sleep under their belt, they assume it’s good enough – but that’s not exactly the case. Put simply, sleep…
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How to Exercise Safely Outdoors in the Winter
Read More: How to Exercise Safely Outdoors in the WinterIf you’re anything like me, when cold weather sets in, you’re more likely to feel like cozying up with a hot cocoa and a good book than venturing outdoors for a run. But, being a strength and conditioning coach, I know getting regular fresh air and sunlight is crucial for my physical and mental health,…
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Overactive Bladder, Prolapse and Leakage…Is Our Vagina Aging Well with The Vagina Coach Kim Vopni
Read More: Overactive Bladder, Prolapse and Leakage…Is Our Vagina Aging Well with The Vagina Coach Kim VopniYou Know That Moment When You Sneeze and Have to Cross Your Legs? Let me ask you something: Have you started planning your entire day around bathroom locations? Do you wake up multiple times every night feeling like you need to pee? Maybe you’ve noticed a little leakage when you laugh, cough, or do that…
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This Low-Impact Strength Workout Is Surpringly Sweaty
Read More: This Low-Impact Strength Workout Is Surpringly SweatyCan’t face the thought of a run? Well, here’s good news: fast and furious isn’t the only pace that will score you the physique of your dreams. In fact, slowing down – and even staying still – can make workouts more effective. With this quick, low-impact strength workout, you can get super sweaty and score…
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Living with Primary Hyperoxaluria
Read More: Living with Primary HyperoxaluriaTiffany Reid was just 18 months old when she passed a kidney stone for the first time. Many more would come during the next four decades of her life — along with multiple infections and bladder issues — despite Reid’s efforts to follow her healthcare providers’ advice to drink more water or change her diet.…
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11 Easy Fitness Resolutions You’ll Actually Stick To In 2026
Read More: 11 Easy Fitness Resolutions You’ll Actually Stick To In 2026Set ambitious New Year’s resolutions, quickly lose motivation due to the strict nature of said resolutions, give up completely: a familiar, well-documented arc for many of us – particularly when it comes to fitness-related goals. A YouGov survey exploring resolutions set for 2025 found that health and self-improvement dominated the list, with 45% of those setting goals…
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Want Total-Body Functional Strength? This Push-Up Challenge Is For You
Read More: Want Total-Body Functional Strength? This Push-Up Challenge Is For YouSimple, scalable and surprisingly powerful, the push-up is one of the most effective moves you can do with just your bodyweight. This push-up challenge strips fitness back to basics, using one deceptively tough exercise to build total-body strength, improve core stability, and boost confidence – no gym, gadgets, or complicated programming required. Whether you’re restarting…
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15 Really Unique Fitness Races You’ll Want To Add To Your Bucket List
Read More: 15 Really Unique Fitness Races You’ll Want To Add To Your Bucket ListWhoever thinks running is all about you, the road and lifting one foot after another may need to pick up an internet-enabled device. Running races, marathons, trail running and more have innovated far beyond you and the open road. New, unique fitness races for running now include elements like tourism, burpees, wildlife and more. Now,…
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What Our Intrusive Worries and Thoughts Are Trying To Tell Us with Dr. Yasmine Saad
Read More: What Our Intrusive Worries and Thoughts Are Trying To Tell Us with Dr. Yasmine SaadFor years, I’ve watched midlife women battle their own minds…fighting intrusive thoughts about money, aging, their bodies, and whether they’ve done enough as mothers. These thoughts feel relentless, consuming, impossible to escape. And the advice we’ve all received? Meditate them away. Replace them with positive affirmations. Push them down and move on. But here’s what…
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5 Amazing Things We Learned About Women’s Health This Year
Read More: 5 Amazing Things We Learned About Women’s Health This YearIt’s the end of the year, peeps — and what a year it was. We’re locking in and bringing good energy into the new year, so now is a perfect time to reflect back on some of the HealthyWomen stories and important things we learned about women’s health in 2025 that made us high-five the…
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Anxiety, Depression & Nervous System Regulation for Midlife Women with Dr. Kristine Gravino
Read More: Anxiety, Depression & Nervous System Regulation for Midlife Women with Dr. Kristine GravinoAnxiety, Depression & Nervous System Regulation for Midlife Women with Dr. Kristine Gravino If you’re lying awake at night with racing thoughts, feeling that familiar manic energy coursing through your body, or finding yourself constantly overthinking everything—you’re not alone, and you’re definitely not crazy. As someone who has navigated my own midlife health challenges, from…
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Drink and Be Merry — Minus the Booze — with these Holiday Mocktails
Read More: Drink and Be Merry — Minus the Booze — with these Holiday MocktailsFor some of us, the holidays are lit — and we’re not talking menorahs. Seasonal cocktails like egg nog, hot toddies and peppermint martinis shine this time of year at holiday gatherings. But don’t be surprised if you see more mocktails in the mix this year. The sober curious movement — choosing to drink less…
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A Deload Week Over Christmas Will Help You Hit Your Goals, Experts Say – Here’s How
Read More: A Deload Week Over Christmas Will Help You Hit Your Goals, Experts Say – Here’s HowHas the idea of taking a break from your fitness routine this Christmas left you with more fear than cheer? Good news. Rest days are a legitimate cornerstone of muscle recovery – a hard-earned chance to kick back and allow the past week’s gains to catch up with you, and never has there been more reason to do so…
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Polly’s Partner, Pete, Has Prostate Cancer
Read More: Polly’s Partner, Pete, Has Prostate Cancer+ Comic text Image Dialogue Polly and Pete sitting at a dining room table. Pete has an open binder in front of him. Polly has a notebook in front of her and she has a pen in her hand. Polly: We’ve got your list of medications and medical records in the binder. Now let’s write…
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What Is Osteoporosis and How Do You Treat It?
Read More: What Is Osteoporosis and How Do You Treat It?+ Infographic text What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens your bones. 8 million women in the U.S. have osteoporosis. 1 in 4 women over age 65 have the disease. “Osteo” means bone, and “osteoporosis” means porous bone. If you have osteoporosis, the natural holes in the bones get bigger, making them weaker.…
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What Are Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors?
Read More: What Are Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors?One of the best tools your body has for staying healthy is your immune system. This elaborate, protective force within you is designed to seek out and destroy enemy cells (things that don’t belong) such as viruses, bacteria and sometimes cancer cells. However, cancer can be tricky because some cancer cells learn how to hide…
