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Lawmakers React To Report of Widespread Non-Consensual Pelvic Exams
Molly Longman
Feb 19, 2020
Health Care
Here’s Why You’re Coughing Up Mucus — And How To Make It Stop
Molly Longman
Feb 13, 2020
Health Care
I Tested The Hangover Patch. This Is What Happened
Elizabeth Gulino
Feb 13, 2020
Health Care
Prednisone Is Trending After Ashley Judd Was ‘Face Shamed’
Twitter — ever a microcosm of human nature – showed both its heart and its teeth after Senator Elizabeth Warren, a presidential candidate, posted a vid
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Molly Longman
Wellness
How One Kenyan Woman Is Fighting Female Genital Mutilation
“All the cows in the world are gray, white, brown, or black, but have you ever seen a purple cow?” asks Kenyan activist Hellen Nkuraiya. You might pict
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Erika W. Smith
Health Care
Is Vaping Bad For Your Heart?
When you think about how vaping could hurt your body, your mind probably goes straight to your lungs. After all, there have been so many news reports over
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Molly Longman
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Mind
Billie Eilish Has One Piece Of Mental Health Advice & It’s So Imp...
Just days after making history as the youngest person ever to win Song Of The Year at the Grammys, Billie Eilish is making her Vogue cover debut. In the ac
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Erika W. Smith
Body
Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Disordered Eating & How She Copes...
One of the most impactful moments in Taylor Swift’s new Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, which came to Netflix Friday morning, occurs when she’s ri
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Molly Longman
Health Care
Help! Do I Have A Sore Throat Or Strep Throat?
You have a tickle in your throat. Okay, it’s more than a tickle — it’s kind of throbbing. You’re downing tea, popping zinc, and swallowing spo
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Molly Longman
Fertility Diaries
I’ve Spent $1,400 On Therapy To Help Me Cope With Not Getti...
Welcome to Refinery29’s Fertility Diaries, where people chronicle their joyous, painful, and sometimes complicated paths to parenthood. History: My husba
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You
Wellness
Truth Told: Why I Chose A Double Mastectomy At 26
When Sarafina found out that she tested positive for the BRCA gene, she knew exactly what she wanted to do. Despite many doctors telling her she was too yo
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Us
Health Care
Netflix Doc Reveals The Shocking Extent Of Aaron Hernandez’s Drug...
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for the new docuseries Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. In 2013, Aaron Hernandez’s life was looking pretty
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Molly Longman
Wellness
Tampon Sizes Are About Your Menstrual Flow — Not The Size Of Your...
You’ve probably heard some variation of this story: A woman asks her boyfriend to buy a pack of tampons for her while he’s at the store. Befuddled by a
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Erika W. Smith
Sex School
Is Your Birth Control Making You Tired?
Hormonal birth control has a lot of positives. It prevents pregnancy. It helps regulate your period. In some cases, it may even control acne. But like any
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Erika W. Smith
Health Care
Actually, You Don’t Need That Pelvic Exam At 15
Millions of cisgender girls and young women may have received unnecessary pelvic exams and pap smears, according to estimates in a new study published in J
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Molly Longman
Health Care
This Year’s Flu Season May Be The Worst One Yet
You might just want to rethink skipping that flu shot. This year, a ton of people in the U.S. have already caught the flu. In fact, the spikes in the numbe
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Elizabeth Gulino
Shopping
The Dental Care Set Your Self-Care Routine Is Missing
quip is a like a breath of fresh air — the gift you can give that will actually impact their wellness routine by improving their daily health habits.
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Emma Banks
Wellness
Can An Infrared Sauna Really Help You Detox?
Oh the weather outside is frightful, and I’m slowly stuffing my face with holiday cookies… that’s how the song goes, right? Either way, t
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Elizabeth Gulino
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Health Care
FCC Agrees On New Three-Digit Suicide Prevention Hotline Number, ...
Do you know the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s number off the top of your head? Kudos if you do (it’s 1-800-273-TALK), but understandab
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Elizabeth Gulino
Wellness
Why Is My Birth Control Pill Making Me Sick?
Just last spring, my pharmacy suddenly switched up my birth control brand. After taking the same exact pill every day for five years, I was a little shook
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Elizabeth Gulino
Mental Health Awareness
Chyler Leigh Opens Up About Her Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis
Chyler Leigh was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 10 years ago, but until yesterday she hasn’t spoken publicly about her experience living with the co
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Elizabeth Gulino
Health Care
Is Your Hair Dye Giving You Breast Cancer? What You Need To Know
We all know someone who’s come home from the salon with a hairdo that wasn’t exactly a dream. But the real nightmare may not end there — a new s
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Molly Longman
Wellness
How To Heal Your Inner Child — & Why You’d Want To
Most of the time, I feel pretty comfortable as an adult. I love having a job. I love earning a paycheck that I can spend however I want (after, you know, b
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Elizabeth Gulino
Fertility Diaries
I’m 31 and I Deliver Babies For A Living. But I Can’t Get Pregnant
Welcome to Refinery29’s Fertility Diaries, where people chronicle their joyous, painful, and sometimes complicated paths to parenthood. History: I’m a
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You
Health Care
Should You Try CBD For Seasonal Affective Disorder?
November is known to many as the official kick-off month for holiday shopping — but it’s also notorious for something more insidious. It’s t
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Molly Longman
Health Care
LASIK Should Be Banned, Claims Former FDA Advisor
Every now and again, a news story will come out that makes you physically cringe. If the article involves your eyeballs, it’s even more likely to have th
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Molly Longman
Wellness
181 Vaping Apps Were Just Removed From the Apple Store
Yesterday, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention released a report stating that 42 people in the U.S. have died from lung disease due to vaping and
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Elizabeth Gulino
Body
Am I Taking Too Much Zinc?
Maybe you associate zinc with the periodic table. Or maybe you think of it as a remedy when you have a cold. Or maybe the word conjures up images of chalky
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Molly Longman
Dedicated Feature
Your Period Shouldn’t Be Taxed — Here’s What You Can Do About It
Have you ever thought about the fact that doughnuts aren’t taxed in Michigan but periods are? That sounds like a rhetorical question, but Jordana Kier, f
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Emma Banks
Wellness
Why Do I Have Period Cramps If I’m Not On My Period?
Pelvic cramps might seem like a common occurrence for those who experience periods — and sometimes they are — but what if they’re happening while you
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Elizabeth Gulino
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