Today, Google unveiled its annual Year in Search report, which analyzed search history to determine which queries were trending most in the United States in 2021. Topics span everything from skincare to celebrities, and of course, health. Even though the pandemic was at the forefront of our collective psyche, …
Read More »Being the Caregiver for a Loved One Can Be Hard—Here's How to Get the Help You Need
According to Rosalynn Carter, former first lady of the US, there are only four kinds of people in the world: "those who have been caregivers, those who are currently caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers." As a decades-long champion for the rights of US …
Read More »This Nurse Practitioner Served on the Frontlines of the AIDS Epidemic, and Now She's a Pioneer in Gender-Affirming Health Care
Why did you become a nurse practitioner? I'm from Waterbury, Connecticut, a small, industrial city that hit a bad spell in the '70s and '80s. It was voted one of the worst places to live in the nation. But I wouldn't be the person I am today without that place. …
Read More »Benzene, a Carcinogen, Found in Batches of Deodorants: Here's What You Need to Know
If your favorite antiperspirant or body spray has gone missing from store shelves, this may be why. Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced in late November that it was voluntarily yanking all lots of certain Old Spice and Secret antiperspirant and powder sprays from shelves due to the detection of benzene, …
Read More »Benzene, a Carcinogen, Found in Batches of Deodorants: Here's What You Need to Know
If your favorite antiperspirant or body spray has gone missing from store shelves, this may be why. Procter & Gamble (P&G) announced in late November that it was voluntarily yanking all lots of certain Old Spice and Secret antiperspirant and powder sprays from shelves due to the detection of benzene, …
Read More »A Diversity and Inclusion Leader Explains Why Employees Code Switch at the Office—And Why They Shouldn't Have To
Suezette Yasmin Robotham, a Brooklyn-based talent acquisition executive in the tech industry, knows the toll that code switching can take on her day-to-day routine. "Code switching comes in a lot of different forms. It can be the way you speak, your vernacular, hiding an accent, or not communicating or sharing …
Read More »A Diversity and Inclusion Leader Explains Why Employees Code Switch at the Office—And Why They Shouldn't Have To
Suezette Yasmin Robotham, a Brooklyn-based talent acquisition executive in the tech industry, knows the toll that code switching can take on her day-to-day routine. "Code switching comes in a lot of different forms. It can be the way you speak, your vernacular, hiding an accent, or not communicating or sharing …
Read More »Paulina Porizkova Celebrates Aging in Lingerie Photo: 'I've Never Liked the Way I Look More Than I Do Today'
Though she's spent most of her career on the catwalk, Paulina Porizkova has recently transitioned herself into a social media advocate/powerhouse of sorts with one main mission: To remind us all that "#sexyhasnoexpirationdate." On Wednesday, Porizkova did that again with a new photo of herself in lingerie, paired with another …
Read More »Paulina Porizkova Celebrates Aging in Lingerie Photo: 'I've Never Liked the Way I Look More Than I Do Today'
Though she's spent most of her career on the catwalk, Paulina Porizkova has recently transitioned herself into a social media advocate/powerhouse of sorts with one main mission: To remind us all that "#sexyhasnoexpirationdate." Paulina-Porizkova-Lingerie-Instagram-Post-GettyImages-1142933898 Porizkova's followers—celebrities and fans alike—praised her for her message. "All true. Beautifully said. Beautifully presented every …
Read More »Doctors Blamed This Woman's Chronic Cough on Acid Reflux—But a Mass Was Actually Pushing Into Her Lung
This article is part of Health's series, Misdiagnosed, featuring stories from real women who have had their medical symptoms dismissed or wrongly diagnosed. My story starts in 2014, when I was 29. That's the year doctors found a mass the size of a tennis ball in my chest. I'd gone to urgent care …
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