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Relationships

Friendship Breakup: Here’s How (and When) To Move On From a Friend

By Miranda Manier

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These 4 Sleep Behaviors Can Help You Live Longer, Says New Research

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The One Thing You’re NOT Doing with Your Paper Towels (But Should Be)

By Miranda Manier

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What Are Fitness Gummies and Do They Work?

By Van Van Cleave

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People Are Raving About Using Rosemary Oil to Promote Hair Growth–But Does it Actually Work?

By Van Van Cleave

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Take This Attention Span Quiz To Measure How Well You Actually Stay Focused

By Miranda Manier

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Infectious Disease

5 Long COVID Symptoms That’ll Help Explain the Way You’re Feeling

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Nutrition

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What Are Fitness Gummies and Do They Work?

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Can You Get Vitamin D Through a Window? Doctors Explain

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This Zero-Calorie Sweetener Was Just Linked to Heart Attack and Stroke

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Padma Lakshmi Reveals Her #1 Self-Care Secret: ‘I Just Treat Myself Like Somebody I Love’

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Digestive Health

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Travel

These Are the 2 Biggest Factors That Affect Sleep When You Travel, Says an Insomnia Specialist

These Are the 2 Biggest Factors That Affect Sleep When You Travel, Says an Insomnia Specialist

Traveler’s Diarrhea, Constipation & More: Clever Tips to Manage, from Wellness Pros

Traveler’s Diarrhea, Constipation & More: Clever Tips to Manage, from Wellness Pros

Why ‘Re-Entry Travel Anxiety’ Is Super Normal Right Now…Plus 5 Rules to Venture Ou...

Why ‘Re-Entry Travel Anxiety’ Is Super Normal Right Now…Plus 5 Rules to Venture Ou...

Nutritionists’ 8 Favorite Energy Bars for Travel

Nutritionists’ 8 Favorite Energy Bars for Travel

Flight Attendants Reveal How They Never Get Sick

Flight Attendants Reveal How They Never Get Sick

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Ever Get the ‘Sunday Scaries’? Psychologists List 5 Reasons This ‘Anticipatory Anxiety’ Happens

Get Some Sleep

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Tart Cherry Juice for Insomnia Is the Internet’s Latest Viral Trend—But Does It Work?

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I Took Magnesium to Help Me Sleep for a Month—Here’s What Happened

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Lindsey Vonn Gets Candid about a 10-Year Health Struggle: “The Stress Made It Even Harder”

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Can’t Sleep? A New Study Found This Solution Was More Powerful Than Melatonin

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

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The Best and Worst Diets for Your Cholesterol, Says UCLA Cardiologist

Hormone Wellness

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Should You Get Your Thyroid Hormone Levels Checked?

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Signs of a Thyroid Storm—and How to Know If You’re At Risk

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Hyperthyroidism vs. Hypothyroidism: What’s the Difference?

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The Thyroid Cancer Symptoms I Ignored—But You Shouldn’t

Healthy Aging

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Eva Longoria Just Shared Her Secret to Healthy Aging

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A 103-Year-Old Nun’s 10 Daily Secrets for a Long, Healthy Life

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One Major Effect of Belly Fat on Early Death Risk, New Study Finds

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What Your Facial Wrinkles May Be Trying to Tell You

Gain no Pain

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5 Subtle Signs Your Back Pain Means Something Serious, from a Spinal Surgeon

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Jennie Garth on Living with Chronic Pain: ‘These Are the Most Important Things to Me Right Now’

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‘Lots of People’ Find Relief in Brittney Griner’s Same Pain Treatment, a UCLA Doctor Says

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Dry Needling for Pain Relief: ‘I Tried It’

Hygiene, Habits, and Health

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Holly Robinson Peete Reveals a Health Struggle Most Women Won’t Talk About

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Here’s How Many Times You Should Actually Pee in a Day, a Urologist Reveals

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Here’s How Much Liquid Your Bladder Can Actually Hold, a Urologist Reveals

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How Often Should You Pee? 11 Causes of Frequent Urination

Relationships & Sexual Wellness

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7 Little-Known Erogenous Zones

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Breakup Sex: Are There Emotional Benefits?

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Here’s Why You Moan During Sex

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5 Health Benefits—and Risks—of Period Sex OBGYNs Want You to Know

Be Well, Stay Well

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What Lymphatic Drainage Massage Can and Can’t Do for Your Body

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Is Lockdown Hurting Your Immune System?

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7 Things You Think Boost Your Immunity—but Probably Don’t

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10 Proven Ways to Fight Inflammation