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Love your body
Read More: Love your bodyWe all have insecurities. In a world with so much pressure to be perfect, itโs no wonder so many of us are self-conscious about the way we look. I believe that when you accept and love your body, you have a greater tendency to nourish it more with healthier foods, proper rest and exercise. Thus,…
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Las mujeres de raza negra a menudo sufren en silencio durante la menopausia. Yo voy a seguir hablando.
Read More: Las mujeres de raza negra a menudo sufren en silencio durante la menopausia. Yo voy a seguir hablando.Relato de Shannon Shelton Miller Antes del 2020, la menopausia era una de esas etapas de la vida de las que realmente no sabรญa nada. Lo รบnico que escuchรฉ decir a mi madre al respecto fue, “me estoy sofocando”. Nunca escuchรฉ a mis abuelas hablar sobre la menopausia. Mi experiencia no es รบnica. Puesto que…
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A Conversation With Dr. Octavia Cannon About How Race Can Influence Menopause
Read More: A Conversation With Dr. Octavia Cannon About How Race Can Influence MenopauseAlthough menopause is a normal part of aging, many women can feel unprepared for the physical and mental changes that come with this stage of life. For many women of color, the menopausal transition can be even more intense, and researchers are working to find out why. We reached out to Octavia Cannon, D.O., an…
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5 Recipes Thatโll Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Meds
Read More: 5 Recipes Thatโll Reduce High Blood Pressure Without MedsGuess what? Your blood pressure (BP) is one of those health markers that you need to pay attention to. โEvery day, 215 people die from heart disease or stroke, which is primarily as a result of uncontrolled hypertension,โ explains Pamela Naidoo, CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA. Itโs unfortunately a disease which affects…
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How To Support A Loved One If You Think They Are Suicidal
Read More: How To Support A Loved One If You Think They Are SuicidalSuicide convos. Theyโre scary. And difficult. And with South Africa ranking 10th in global suicide rates, according to a World Population Review study, itโs likely to be a conversation you canโt (and shouldnโt) ignore. According to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), there are 23 known cases of suicide a day in SA,…
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Will Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Be More Effective at Combating Covid-19? 5 Questions Answered
Read More: Will Omicron-Specific Booster Shots Be More Effective at Combating Covid-19? 5 Questions AnsweredBy Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina On Sept. 1, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the use of updated COVID-19 booster shots that are specifically tailored to combat the two most prevalent omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5. The decision comes just a day after…
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Like Millions of Women, I Live With Chronic Pain โ and Iโve Had to Learn to Advocate for Myself
Read More: Like Millions of Women, I Live With Chronic Pain โ and Iโve Had to Learn to Advocate for MyselfFor more than 15 years, Iโve struggled to get treatment for multiple types of chronic pain. This journey has taught me how it feels to have my pain dismissed or ignored by the healthcare system and the hard lesson that I must be my own advocate with my medical team. Even though I grew up…
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Fire Up Your Workout Sessions With The HUAWEI FIT WATCH 2
Read More: Fire Up Your Workout Sessions With The HUAWEI FIT WATCH 2Picking the right smartwatch to track your fitness can be daunting, we know. You need to consider its compatibility, what type of sport the watch supports, whether the battery will last throughout your workout sessions and if you will have access to messages and important calls. Most importantly, you need a watch that will support…
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A Battery That Has Your Back, Literally
Read More: A Battery That Has Your Back, LiterallyFAQ: How long will my Garmin smartwatch battery last? Answer: Longer than most other smartwatch brands โ thatโs for sure! If you find yourself charging your smartwatch overnight, regularly, then know that your smartwatch is falling short. A smartwatch battery life that only lasts a day โ or even just a couple โ means that…
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Why The HUAWEI Watch GT 3 Pro Is The Best Smartwatch Of 2022
Read More: Why The HUAWEI Watch GT 3 Pro Is The Best Smartwatch Of 2022The EISA Best Smartwatch Product prize marks the HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Pro a frontrunner.ย And now, you can get your hands on this winner in SA. Hereโs why we love it. 1/ Itโs Collecting All The Awards RN The new HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Pro, which is now available for sale in SA (yay!),…
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6 Reasons You Could Struggle To Get Pregnant With PCOS & What You Can Do About It
Read More: 6 Reasons You Could Struggle To Get Pregnant With PCOS & What You Can Do About ItAccording to the World Health Organisation (WHO), infertility in women was ranked as the 5th highest and most serious global disability. Further to that, the Infertility Awareness Association of South Africa (IFAASA) confirmed that as many as one in six couples are impacted by infertility. Infertility occurs in both men and women with a number…
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Planned Parenthood Saved Me From Cervical Cancer
Read More: Planned Parenthood Saved Me From Cervical CancerAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector Growing up as the child of a Mexican, Catholic mother and a Palestinian, Muslim father, I lived by my parentsโ two strict rules: You donโt talk about sex. You donโt even think about having sex until youโre married. I followed the first rule so carefully, for so long. The…
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3 New Functional And Fashionable HUAWEI Wearables You Need RN
Read More: 3 New Functional And Fashionable HUAWEI Wearables You Need RNPSA! Three new HUAWEI functional wearables are now available in South African stores and HUAWEIโs online store, ready for you to up your fitness and fashion game. The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 2, the HUAWEI Band 7 and HUAWEI WATCH GT 3 Pro are a milestone in the evolution of fitness and health wearables devices.ย The…
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Get Firmer Thighs, Hips and Butt
Read More: Get Firmer Thighs, Hips and ButtAs women age, one of the unfortunate things that begins to occur slowly, especially after 40 and accelerates in the next decade, is a gradual loss of muscle. You wonโt notice this at first, or even for many years, expect maybe for a few hints. One of those hints includes a slowing of your metabolism,…
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13 Signs Youโre In A Toxic Relationship Or Friendship โ And How To GTFO
Read More: 13 Signs Youโre In A Toxic Relationship Or Friendship โ And How To GTFOFriends are allowed to make mistakesโat least, thatโs what you thought when your BFF forgot your birthday. But then she flaked on you again last week. She lied to you last month. And sheโs just plain disappointed you so many times recently that youโve lost count.ย If youโre starting to feel like your โbestieโ is no…
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Cervical Cancer Stages and Treatments
Read More: Cervical Cancer Stages and TreatmentsMedically reviewed by Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., MPH, FACOG
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healthy aging, HIV, Hivaids, Real women real stories, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti
I Believe Iโm Aging Faster Because I Have HIV
Read More: I Believe Iโm Aging Faster Because I Have HIVAs told to Erica Rimlinger In 1985, I read magazine articles about a new, medical mass murderer: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. It sounded awful but had nothing to do with my life. From everything Iโd read and seen on TV, this newly discovered condition afflicted gay men and drug users. That wasnโt me. I…
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The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Is The Car Of Our Dreams
Read More: The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Is The Car Of Our DreamsSaffers know and love Toyotaโs Corolla, thereโs not doubt about that. But the all-new Toyota Corolla Cross is on a whole other level and we love love love it!ย Hereโs everything you need to know and love about the Corolla Cross Hybrid. 1/ The Exterior Is Striking The Corolla Cross fuses the striking design of the…
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10 Vaccines Adults Should Get
Read More: 10 Vaccines Adults Should GetDid you know that adults need vaccines, even if they got all their vaccines as a child? Some vaccines you received should last your lifetime, while others need boosters years later. There are also a few vaccines that you might need once you reach a certain age or if you are in a particular situation.…
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Whatโs the Connection Between Chickenpox and Shingles?
Read More: Whatโs the Connection Between Chickenpox and Shingles?Edie Norton went through her first bout of shingles when she was just 28. Now 60, the Herndon, Virginia, technical editor recalled having an itchy rash around her waist for several weeks before seeing a dermatologist. โMy doctor took a skin sample of the rash to confirm that I had shingles,โ Norton said. Fortunately, Nortonโs…
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Put Yourself on the A-List This Summer
Read More: Put Yourself on the A-List This SummerMegan Thee Stallion sang about having a โhot girl summer,โ but my friends who are mothers are having more of a โhot car summer.โ My friend Lara added three extra hours to her daily schlep when her daughterโs sleepaway camp temporarily switched to day-camp hours because of a Covid-19 exposure. Laraโs daughter begged to continue…
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The Old-School Bodybuilding Legs Workout
Read More: The Old-School Bodybuilding Legs WorkoutThe fear is all too common โ and all too wrong. Weโre talking about the idea that training like a bodybuilder will soon have you looking like one, complete with huge, ripped muscles and cartoonish proportions. The reality is it takes efforts way beyond what most people could even imagine to forge the type of…
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Black Women Often Suffer in Silence During Menopause. Iโm Going to Keep Talking.
Read More: Black Women Often Suffer in Silence During Menopause. Iโm Going to Keep Talking.As told to Shannon Shelton Miller Before 2020, menopause was one of those lifestages I really knew nothing about. The most I heard my mother say about it was, โI’m having a flash.โ I never heard my grandmothers talk about menopause at all. My experience isnโt unique. As a hairstylist, I meet women every day…
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Take Our Quiz: Whatโs the Difference Between Bladder Cancer and a UTI?
Read More: Take Our Quiz: Whatโs the Difference Between Bladder Cancer and a UTI?This resource was created with joint support from Astellas and Seagen.
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HealthyWomen: 35 Years of Engaging, Educating and Empowering Women
Read More: HealthyWomen: 35 Years of Engaging, Educating and Empowering WomenAugust 17, 2022, is National Nonprofit Day. HealthyWomenโs original founder, Violet Bowen-Hugh, M.D., was a force of nature. Born and raised in Clendenin, West Virginia, Bowen-Hugh came from an underprivileged background, which inspired her to create a place where women, no matter their socioeconomic status, had access to reliable health information. As an academically gifted…
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The 10 Best Sleep Apps To Help You Fall Asleep Faster And Sleep Through The Night
Read More: The 10 Best Sleep Apps To Help You Fall Asleep Faster And Sleep Through The NightThereโs no better feeling than climbing into bed after a long, exhausting day and drifting off to sleep. But if your version of โdrifting offโ is more likeโฆ staring at the ceiling for 45 minutes and trying to count sheep, you may want to consider turning to your phone for a little help getting some…
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9 Bodyweight Exercises That Will Improve Your Mobility
Read More: 9 Bodyweight Exercises That Will Improve Your MobilityBodyweight training serves as your foundation and is the driver of all of your other strengths and skills.ย The ability to move and control your bodyweight isย very important for daily life. Without realising it you are performing variations of bodyweight exercises every day. The co-owner of Pride Fighting Academy, Jess Mouneimne takes us through nine bodyweight…
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How To Destress And Still Get Stuff Done
Read More: How To Destress And Still Get Stuff DoneAh, hustle. A word so charged, just hearing (or seeing) it probably makes you want to get stuff done. Truth is, while a go-go-go approach may seem like the fast track to checking all your professional boxes, youโre only setting yourself up to lose steam right before the finish line. โThink of your brain as…
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9 Things You Need to Know About Vitamin D
Read More: 9 Things You Need to Know About Vitamin DWe need enough Vitamin D to stay well and have healthy bones. Thereโs even some evidence that getting enough vitamin D can lower your risk of dying from cancer or getting Type 2 diabetes. But have you ever heard the saying, โtoo much of a good thing?โ When a British manโs overdose on vitamin D…
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Oxygen Challenge 8 Contest Finalists
Read More: Oxygen Challenge 8 Contest FinalistsCongratulations to our finalists for the 8th Oxygen Challenge Contest! We are simply blown away by the dedication and results our Oxygen family have achieved. One of them will become our overall Oxygen Challenge 8 Winner, and we will be recognizing four additional winners: Biggest Transformation Fittest Mom Best Masters Athlete (40+) Biggest Team Player/Motivator…
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Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, HIV, Prevention, Preventive health, Sex, Sexually transmitted infections, Stds, Sti, Trichomoniasis, Vaccines
Why Did Sexually Transmitted Infections Go up During the Pandemic โ and What Can We Do About It?
Read More: Why Did Sexually Transmitted Infections Go up During the Pandemic โ and What Can We Do About It?No one would blame you for assuming that the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) went down during the pandemic. After all, lockdowns prevented many of us from even talking to people outside our households โ much less going out and having sex. In fact, reported cases of STIs did go down during the early…
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Hereโs Why You Should Be Driving The Toyota Hybrid Range
Read More: Hereโs Why You Should Be Driving The Toyota Hybrid RangeWhen it comes to getting around, the all-new Toyota Hybrid range delivers style, power and that all-important fuel efficiency. From the launch of the iconic Toyota Prius, which awakened the world to the possibilities of combining petrol power with clean electrical energy, came a new future of smart cars. A future where South Africans have…
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Arm Blast to Sculpt Your Biceps
Read More: Arm Blast to Sculpt Your BicepsIf you want to tone, strengthen and firm you upper arm and forearm, you still have some time before summer ends! The alternate dumbbell curl is a premier arm exercise because it activates all of the muscle fibers, including the important supination properties of the arm. The end result is that your upper arm will…
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My journey with fillers began when I was 18. By my 20s, my face was permanently scarred from cosmetic procedures.
Read More: My journey with fillers began when I was 18. By my 20s, my face was permanently scarred from cosmetic procedures.As told to Erica Rimlinger I grew up in the UK, and for most of my teenage years, I couldnโt smile in photos. I was convinced I looked hideous. I covered my mouth when I laughed and turned my face when I felt someone looking too close. When I was 18 years old, I was…
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Omega JYM Fish Oil โ The Alpha of OMEGA-3s
Read More: Omega JYM Fish Oil โ The Alpha of OMEGA-3sHealthy Heart, Better Body* Omega JYM is the exclusive fish oil supplement specifically formulated by Jim Stoppani, Ph.D., owner and founder of JYM Supplement Science, to deliver the proper amounts of three important omega-3 fatty acids: docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA). Omega-3 fats may help promote cardiovascular health, promote healthy…
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How You Can Join The Nedbank Running Club Thatโs Improving Mental Health In SA
Read More: How You Can Join The Nedbank Running Club Thatโs Improving Mental Health In SASo you want to join a running club? Maybe you want to get active? Find your running tribe? Or do something that improves your mental health? Weโd like to introduce you to Nedbank Runified. Nedbank and the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) are running for better mental well-being in South Africa. Hereโs everything…
