Health-fitness
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I'm an Egg Donor. Why Was It So Difficult for Me to Tell People That?
Much like abortion, surrogacy, and IVF, becoming an egg donor was a reproductive choice that felt unfit for society’s standards of womanhood.
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The 20 Best Probiotics to Keep Your Gut in Check
Gut health = wealth.
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Simone Biles Is Out of the Team Final at the Tokyo Olympics
She withdrew from the event due to a medical issue, according to USA Gymnastics.
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The Truth About Thigh Gaps
We're going to need you to stop right there.
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Raven Saunders Is Getting Another Shot at Life—and the Gold
The Olympic shot putter almost didn't live to see the Tokyo Games. Now, she's gearing up to compete while advocating for mental health in the sports world and beyond.
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3 Women On What It’s Like Living With An “Invisible” Condition
Despite having no outward signs, they can be brutal on the body and the mind. Here’s how each woman deals with having illnesses others often don’t understand.
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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.
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I Used to Imagine Murdering the Men I Dated
Falling in love helped me finally figure out why.
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How I Mental Health: Manolo Blahnik
Here, how the fashion icon stays centered.
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CeCe Telfer Has Already Made History
Olympics or not, the track athlete is changing the future of sports forever.
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A COVID-19 Surge Is Decimating India's Health Care System—Here's How You Can Help
More than 200,000 have died of COVID-19 in India as the country battles a record high in new coronavirus cases.
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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.
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Dear Survivor: You Are Enough by Merely Existing
In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Rise founder Amanda Nguyen writes a love letter to her younger self.
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Dear Survivor: Tarana Burke Wants You to Hold On to Hope
"We need to heal—and in order to heal, we must have the capacity to hope that that work to end sexual violence IS possible."
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Eco-Anxiety Is Manifesting in New Moms in Crippling—and Sometimes Motivating—Ways
Waves of new mothers are experiencing intense distress over the state of the planet, but that anguish is also galvanizing them to create lasting change for future generations.
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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.
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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.
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The Best Yoga Mats for Comfort and Zero Slips, According to Yogis
Bring on the sweat.
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Friendship, Infertility & Moving Forward
There’s no rulebook for navigating your pregnancy while your best friend struggles to conceive. I learned that the hard way.
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Changemakers 2021: Working Toward Wellness
Physical and mental well-being cannot be separated. These changemakers are working to ensure you have both.
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Don't Miss Frida's Realistic Breastfeeding Ad That Aired at the Golden Globes
The commercial accurately depicts the struggles of breastfeeding.
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The 10 Best Weighted Hula Hoops to Dance Your Way to Your New Favorite Workout
Never skip a workout day again.
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6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Switching Your Birth Control
For starters, how’s your memory?
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The 5 Best Waist Trainers for Every Woman
These picks go beyond creating enviable curves.
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They Fled Domestic Violence in a Pandemic. Then Came the Winter Storm.
Domestic abuse survivors in Dallas are facing trauma on top of trauma.
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What to Know About B.1.1.7, the Coronavirus Variant That Could Soon Dominate the U.S.
It was first detected in Colorado in December—and has already spread to more than 30 states.
