Health-fitness
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My Eating Disorder Made Me Feel Like a Feminist Fraud
I was aware of the patriarchal systems that governed the world, and I was a confident young woman. So why wasn’t I acting like one?
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How I Came to Love My Body—a Decade After My Eating Disorder
Caroline Rothstein suffered her whole life. Then she chose to recover.
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Doctors Have Finally Ruled Menstrual Cramps Are as Painful as Heart Attacks
We could have told you that.
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The First-Ever Pill for Peanut Allergies Is Coming
This drug is literally life-changing.
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Thin? Fat? Who Cares? Wear the Yoga Leggings
A New York Times op-ed insinuated that heavier gym-goers should stick to sweatpants. Millions of women beg to differ.
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I Have MCS—A Disease Where Smells Make Me Sick
My multiple chemical sensitivities got so bad, I had to search for a new home.
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I Spent $850 on STD Testing
After an assault, I developed hypochondria.
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14 Celebrities Sending a (Beautiful) Message by Breastfeeding in Public
Because breastfeeding is a natural thing.
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Way of Gray Was One of the Most Popular #Fitspo Accounts—Then Fans Started Unfollowing
Turns out, people have a hard time with the truth.
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Behold: The Best Birth Control to Fix Your Terrible Period Cramps
It's time to give Aunt Flo the middle finger.
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Everything You Need to Know About HPV—Including What Your Doc Won't Tell You
The disease is common and potentially dangerous, but it doesn't have to be scary.
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Sexism Is Sending Women into Actual Clinical Depression
There's a gender gap in depression, thanks to all the gender gaps everywhere else in our lives.
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The 15 Best Body-Positive Moments of 2017
"Show me something natural like a** with some stretch marks."
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Meet LOOM, the Judgement-Free Wellness Hub for New Parents and Expecting Women
"There’s so much pressure for perfect parenting and perfect motherhood and we’re not trying to create space for that."
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A Complete List of Every Terrible Thing Stress Does to Your Body
Because it's National Stress Awareness Day and everything is awful!
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The Shrink Is In: How to Dress the Part for a Promotion and Stay Sane During the Holiday Madness
Resident psych Dr. Samantha Boardman has the answers.
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CEO Myra Biblowit
The new pink gold breast cancer awareness commemorative coin has a $5 value and will help raise funds for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation
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I Spent an Hour With Gwyneth Paltrow's Shaman
It was...emotional.
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If You Have Insomnia, Weighted Blankets Might Be the Key to Better Sleep
Here's why you should invest in one.
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14 Sneaky Reasons You're Tired All the Time
And how concerned you should be.
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Trump Is Letting More Businesses Opt Out of Providing No-Cost Birth Control
Hoard your pills, ladies.
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How to Get FREE Birth Control NOW
Under Obamacare, the full range of FDA-approved prescription birth control methods must be covered by every insurance plan, and without a co-pay.
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What to Know If You Suspect You Have PCOS
From common symptoms to short-term solutions.
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Meet the Extensionists: People Who Believe Immortality Is Possible
Forget about life after death. More and more, women around the country are seeking another kind of miracle: not dying at all.
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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.
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Could Acupuncture Get You Pregnant?
An investigation.
