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Pregnancy can be a wonderful time in a woman’s life, but it also causes many changes in the body. These changes can be quite overwhelming and unexpected at times. So it’s important for new moms to ...

8 Tips For Loving Your Body During And After Pregnancy

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It’s still bikini season, and that means it’s time for many women who are trying to lose weight to re-evaluate what is and isn’t working for their fitness and health goals. Luckily, two women who ...

Weight Loss for Life: The Health Journeys of Two Women

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If you’ve made the decision to lose weight, one of the first questions will be what you can do to lose weight more efficiently and effectively. You will also want to know how to gauge if the ...

Is Your Workout Routine Really Effective for Weight Loss?

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It’s summer, which means it’s the time that everyone feels entitled to comment on each other’s bodies, whether those comments are positive or hurtful. For women who are trying to lose weight, ...

10 Ways to Love Your Body While Losing Weight

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Growing up, I envied women who spoke of their “barely there” periods consisting of a couple days of light bleeding and spotting. I felt like I got the bloody end of the stick in life. While I ...

8 Best Ways to Treat Painful Heavy Periods

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If you have ever had any type of stress, or if you sit in front of a computer all day for your job, chances are you have experienced muscle tension sometime in your life, if not every day. In ...

8 Ways You Can Relieve Muscle Tension Caused by Your Desk Job

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Taking a break from work for your mental health can be necessary. After all, what are you without your mind? The harder part is coming back to work after a mental health crisis. Once you do ...

10 Tips for Returning to Work After a Mental Health Crisis

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Pregnancy can arguably be one of the happiest and most exciting times in a woman’s life, but getting pregnant after losing a baby can be quite challenging emotionally. In fact, women who become ...

9 Ways to Cope With Pregnancy After Loss

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Pregnancy loss is heartbreaking for all mothers who suffer this experience, and it takes time to recover from emotional and physical pain. However, some mothers also experience a less common ...

10 Facts Experts Want You to Know About PTSD After Pregnancy Loss

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I never knew there was such a thing as Bereaved Mother’s Day until last month, when I lost my first child before he was even born. I had searched for any online groups and pages dedicated to ...

8 Ways to Cope with Child Loss During Mother’s Day

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At first, you thought your partner was just overly confident, maybe a little cocky at times. But now after several months or even years, you’re starting to understand the reality — you’re in a ...

8 Signs It’s Time to Leave a Relationship With a Narcissist

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If diabetes runs in your family, you may find yourself preparing for the worst-case scenario of a diabetes diagnosis. But what happens if you are indeed diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 ...

Can Diabetes Be Reversed?

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Depression can make going to work seem like climbing Mount Everest. At the end of the day, the only option that makes sense is to rush home so you can pass out in bed from emotional ...

Working and Depressed? Here Are 5 Ways to Cope

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In a world full of advertisements, it can be difficult for the average person to keep within a budget and shop only for necessary items. In fact, my weekly mail consists of several credit card ...

Are You Addicted to Shopping? Here are 10 Warning Signs

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After eating a candy bar on a stressful day, I usually think to myself, "Well, I’m spending the night at the gym." But guess what — it rarely happens. By the time I’m out of work, I want to ...

10 Tips That Can Help You Get Back Into Your Workout Groove

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The only real tangible benefit of sitting all day in front of a computer at work is that you get a paycheck as a result, right? Even though you may know that sitting for long periods of time is ...

10 Ways Working at a Desk Job Can Affect Your Health

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If you’ve been feeling bloated for the last few days and decide to Google the possible causes, be prepared for the worst-case scenario: cancer. Most likely, it’s just something you ate causing ...

7 Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer: Watch Out For This Silent Killer

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It may be taboo to admit to even momentarily lusting after another person while in a committed relationship, but the temptation in everyday life is real. The Ashley Madison hack showed us all ...

Tempted to Cheat Online? 10 Ways to Resist the Urge

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Many people have been focusing on the invasion of privacy caused by the Ashley Madison hack or data breach. However, deep down we know what the true concern is for many committed couples — is my ...

After the Ashley Madison Hack: 10 Ways to Rebuild Your Marriage

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When it comes to infertility, there are a lot of misconceptions. For example, it might be easy to assume that your friend’s stressful job is preventing her from having a baby, or your ...

Misconceptions About Infertility: 10 Facts You Should Know

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After spending a few weekends at the pool, you may notice some changes in your skin. Don’t necessarily jump to the worst-case conclusion, but do make sure your skin changes don’t resemble any of ...

10 Signs of Skin Cancer You Should Look Out For

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Sponsored By: The Stork® OTC “Infertility is not just about not being able to get pregnant,” explained Heather Huhman, 31, the creator of the weekly podcast Beat Infertility. “It’s about not ...

Labor of Love: Staying Hopeful During Infertility

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Tired of feeling like a zombie in the mornings? It may be time for you to make some lifestyle changes so you can get more sleep at night. Here are 10 tips from health experts and everyday ...

Desperate for a Better Night’s Sleep? 10 Simple Ways to Get It

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It’s prime swimming time during the month of July in many different locations, which also means it’s time to show off that new swimsuit and beach body. If you’re keeping up with the latest ...

6 Reasons to Avoid a Brazilian Wax: 10 Safety Tips If You Go Ahead

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Hormonal imbalances during menopause are classically associated with hot flashes, fatigue and weight gain – physical symptoms that the body is experiencing change. However, physical changes are ...

How Does Hormone Imbalance During Menopause Affect Mental Health?

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We all need a break every now and then, especially those who are suffering from mental health disorders like depression and anxiety. Even if you’re just feeling a little overwhelmed and burnt ...

Burned Out? Take A Mental Health Day

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If you’re living with pain from your arthritis, there’s no reason to just suck it up anymore. There are a variety of options to help you relieve at least some of the pain. Depending on the type ...

Living With Arthritis Pain? 15 Ways You Can Get Relief

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Last week, you celebrated your 29th birthday for the 20th time. For the last three months, you’ve only had your period once. Snow is blanketing the ground and yet sweat is pouring down your face ...

What to Ask Your Doctor as Menopause Approaches

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It’s not enough to have a job now – you have to be passionate about it, too! But actually, being passionate about your job can help you feel better, at least according to a few working ...

How to Stir Up Your Job Passion and Learn to Love Mondays

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Many of us know what it is to have spent just a little too much money during a shopping spree for new clothes or on the latest technology. Admittedly, it feels nice to spoil ourselves. ...

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During National Mental Health Awareness Month, one woman’s battle with mental illness stands out. Rachael Farrokh, 37, has caught the attention of the media with her desperate situation, where ...

Woman Raises Money for Anorexia Treatment to Save Her Life

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Open relationships are an option for people who are perhaps less traditional than standard monogamous couples. Open relationships have been around perhaps as long as men and women have existed ...

Open Relationships: How Do They Work?

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Although STD Awareness Month has ended, keep in mind that the fight against stigma and the push for more effective treatments and cures is still ongoing. However, the stigma against sexually ...

Women Fighting Herpes Stigma Share Diagnosis Stories With Public

Equal Pay Day falls on April 14, 2015, this year and there is no better way to celebrate than to start asking for what you want in the workplace. That includes expressing your opinion regarding ...

8 Tips For Expressing Your Opinion at Work

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Media reactions to celebrity dermatologist Dr. Fredric Brandt’s tragic suicide may have created an unintentional opportunity to bring the issue of adult bullying into the spotlight. Several ...

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It’s easy to become discouraged after being diagnosed with an incurable virus like herpes. But for Dr. Kelly Martin Schuh, that diagnosis inspired her to continue on her path to becoming a ...

More Than a Diagnosis: Living a Full Life With Herpes

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“I am woman, hear me roar … I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.” These lyrics are from "I Am Woman," sung and co-written by Helen Reddy in 1975. Ever wonder why some lyrics are so ...

10 Self-Affirmations to Boost Your Confidence Daily

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Photo: Maggie Baumann at 9 months pregnant with her first baby Christine, 1986 (left). Baumann at 9 months pregnant with her daughter Whitney. Christine is holding her hand, 1987 (middle). Baumann ...

Starving and Pregnant: Lifting the Shame of Pregorexia

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This year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week was held February 22 to February 28, 2015. But let us not forget the goal of groups like the National Eating Disorders Association — that this ...

I Had No Idea: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2015

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Can women truly enjoy sex without love? The simple answer is a big fat YES, depending on the individual and circumstances. However, this answer is still widely debated. That's because women ...

Can Women Truly Enjoy Sex Without Being in Love?

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You may know some basic information about the human papillomavirus, but do you know how to bring up your diagnosis with your current sexual partner? Dr. Pari Ghodsi, a gynecologist and ...

10 Facts to Tell Your Partner About HPV

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What if depression was just a side effect of inflammation in the body? What if we felt emotionally crappy simply because our body was also down in the dumps? Some experts are suggesting that ...

Can Inflammation Cause Depression?

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It’s not too late to start the new year off with a more positive outlook on life. You can start making changes to your attitude today with the help of tips from people who have already done ...

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It’s not too late to start the new year off with a more positive outlook on life. You can start making changes to your attitude today with the help of tips from people who have already done ...

Start The New Year With a Positive Mindset: Try These 10 Tips

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Many women with type 1 diabetes are able to manage their condition thanks to insulin injections, but weight gain is an all too common side effect that may be considered taboo to talk about. ...

Recovering From Diabulimia: 2 Women Share Their Success Stories

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Before modern-day birth control pills and pain-relieving medications were on the market, women used to have their own natural remedies for all types of reproductive issues. If you’re looking ...

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Chances are you know someone with diabetes type 1 or the eating disorder bulimia nervosa. However, what’s more uncommon is having both conditions at once, which has been coined ...

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If you’re a Millennial and can’t remember the last time you visited the doctor’s office, it’s most likely time for you to make arrangements for some preventative health screenings. Unsure of ...

10 Important Health Checkups For Millennials

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I remember as a kid thinking how silly it was to even consider having a midnight snack, but now I understand how appealing it is to consume a sugary treat in the middle of the night when random ...

Does Eating at Night Cause Weight Gain?

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If you’re suffering from bad breath and have no idea why, a few experts are willing to share some reasons behind the smell of halitosis, and treatment options for getting rid of that unfavorable ...

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