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By Madeleine Burry and Marygrace Taylor and Angela Holliday-Bell
an overhead photo of a person wearing a white t-shirt sleeping in bed next to a night table with a lamp
Deep Sleep: What It Is, Why It's Important and How Much You Need
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By Ashley Lall
the saatva classic mattress on an illustrated green background with a pink moon and white planetary rings
Thanks to This Mattress, I No Longer Wake Up With Back Pain — and It's $500 Off Right Now
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By Courtney Southwick
Medically Reviewed
Person wearing a pink shirt and grey shorts injects themselves with insulin in the morning, to reduce dawn effect
What Causes the Dawn Effect and How to Manage It With Diabetes
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
Woman sitting on porch reading a book and doing a foot soak for toenail fungus
The 7 Best Natural Remedies for Toenail Fungus (and 2 to Avoid)
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By Molly Triffin
Medically Reviewed
illustration of a person eating an ice cream cone and getting a stomachache, as an example of what happens when you ignore lactose intolerance
How Bad Is It Really to Eat Dairy if You're Lactose Intolerant?
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By Ciara Lucas
Close up of person holding skin-care product standing in the bathroom, to represent skin cycling
What Is Skin Cycling and Should You Be Doing It?
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By Marygrace Taylor
illustration of an old mattress with stains on a grey and light yellow background
How Bad Is It Really to Sleep on an Old Mattress?
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By Jenn Sinrich
Medically Reviewed
a collage of some of the best reusable menstrual pads
The 7 Best Reusable Pads for a More Comfortable and Eco-Friendly Period
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By Marygrace Taylor
Smiling man wearing wireless in-ear headphones while relaxing with eyes closed
5 Tips for Better Sleep When You Have Tinnitus
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
Image of red haired teenage girl with pale skin, freckles and flushed cheeks sitting in her bedroom
Flushed Face? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
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By Madeleine H. Burry
Medically Reviewed
Two people wearing activewear and walking through a field, as an example of remedies for frequent urination at night
6 Natural Remedies to Reduce Nighttime Urination
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
a person asleep in bed with a box of tissues in the foreground
Can You Sneeze in Your Sleep?
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By Sara Youngblood Gregory
Fact Checked
illustration of a tampon on a bed, to represent wearing a tampon to bed
How Bad Is It Really to Sleep With a Tampon In?
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By Jenn Sinrich
Medically Reviewed
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Itchy All Over? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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By Jenn Sinrich
Person washing their hair with shampoo in the shower
How Often Should You Change Your Shampoo and Conditioner?
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
a person with short white hair looking at their reflection in the mirror and applying lotion to their face to treat thin skin
Why Your Skin Gets Thinner With Age, and 5 Ways to Strengthen It
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
a person with dark hair and beard sitting on the couch and holding their face because they have a popping jaw
Jaw Popping? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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By Molly Triffin
Medically Reviewed
Illustration of a lit vanilla scented candle against an orange graphic background
How Bad Is It Really to Light Scented Candles All the Time?
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
a person in a black one-piece bathing suit applying sunscreen and sitting by a pool
Can Sunscreen Really Cause Cancer?
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
an illustration of a water filter pitcher with a magnifying glass over it showing bacteria and germs growing inside
How Bad Is It Really to Never Clean Your Water Pitcher?
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By Jenn Sinrich
A collage of the best vitamin e oils on a colorful pink background.
The 5 Best Vitamin E Oils of 2023
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By Justin Cascio
Medically Reviewed
a person wearing a light blue button down shirt and glasses sits at a desk in front of a laptop with a bookcase in the background looking distracted from brain fog and looking off into the distance
Brain Fog Isn’t a Formal Medical Diagnosis, but It Can Be Debilitating. Here’s What You Need to Know
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
an illustration of a person reading in the dark
How Bad Is It Really to Read in Low Light?
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
Man sitting on edge of bed holding head because he has pain during sex
Pain During Sex? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
a couple hiking, to represent a woman managing her menopause symptoms through exercise
4 Things Gynecologists Do to Manage Their Menopause Symptoms
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By Hallie Levine
parents and two children sitting on a sofa at home looking at a tablet to view their at-home DNA test kit results
4 Things Genetic Counselors Want You to Know About At-Home DNA Tests
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
an illustration of a person's hands with a gel manicure
How Bad Is It Really to Get Gel Manicures?
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
half of a grapefruit on a pink and green background, to represent vagina changes with age
7 Ways Your Vagina and Vulva Change as You Age and What You Can Do About It
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By Maria Masters
Medically Reviewed
Close up of a person getting a lymphatic drainage massage on the back of their legs, while laying face down on a black massage table.
What Really Is Lymphatic Drainage Massage, and Do You Need It?
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By Madeleine H. Burry
Fact Checked
close view of a person checking their heart rate variability on their smartwatch
What Your Heart Rate Variability Can Tell You About Your Health
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
close view of a person holding out their hands, with their red palms facing up toward the camera, against a wooden backgroound
Red Palms? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
a young adult sitting on the couch with her dog with an air purifier in the foreground
5 Things Allergists Do Every Day to Beat the Sniffles
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By Danielle Zickl
Medically Reviewed
A collage of Target's Made By Design Cool Touch Memory Foam Pillow on a teal background
This Memory Foam Pillow Eased My Chronic Neck Pain — and It's Under $40
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By Jessica Migala
A person with curly hair laying on their back under white sheets on their bed, ready for a good night's sleep
6 Things Sleep Experts Do Every Night for Better Sleep
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
an illustration of a pack of birth control pills in front of a calendar, which has the word skip written over the dates
How Bad Is It Really to Skip Your Period Using Birth Control?
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By Maria Masters
Medically Reviewed
close view of a person sitting on a couch and rubbing their foot because they have pins and needles in their foot
What Causes Paresthesia and How to Treat the 'Pins and Needles' Feeling
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
an older woman sitting on the couch and holding her knee because she has knee pain
Why Your Knees Might Ache More With Age and What to Do About It
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By Jenn Sinrich
Fact Checked
A collage of some of the best scalp massagers for healthier hair on a tricolor background
The 6 Best Scalp Massagers for Healthier Hair
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By Jessica Migala
an illustration of a person's hand with acrylic nails in the French manicure style, on a light pink background
How Bad Is It Really to Get Acrylic Nails?
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By Maeve McCormick
collage of someone putting Comvita manuka honey into their tea and a person wearing a tan workout tank top looking calm by a window
The 3 Properties of Mānuka Honey That Make It Great for Gut Health Support
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
a person in bed turning off the alarm on their smartphone because they woke up before their alarm
Keep Waking Up Right Before Your Alarm? Here’s Why
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By Allison Forsyth
Medically Reviewed
Close up of person in the snow wearing a heavy black coat and tan beanie, with wet hair in the cold
Can Going Outside With Wet Hair Make You Sick?
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
Close up of pregnant person sleeping on their side on a bed with white sheets and blankets
6 Tips for Better Sleep When You're Pregnant
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By Mel Van De Graaff
a transmasculine person sits in a leather chair in a gray tank and jeans writing in a notebook
4 of the Best Chest Binders to Buy and How to Find the Right One for You
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By Sheryl Huggins Salomon
Medically Reviewed
a doctor wearing a white lab coat talks to a patient wearing a purple shirt and tan cardigan sitting on an exam table about fibroids and reproductive health
No One Knows Why Fibroids Are More Common in Black People. Here’s How We Start to Change That
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By Ciara Lucas
A person sitting at a desk looking stressed
The Sneaky Reason You’re Tired All the Time (That Has Nothing to Do With Sleep)
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
illustration of a laptop surrounded by dirty tissues and a cup of tea, to represent working from home while sick
How Bad Is It Really to Work From Home When You're Sick?
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
an illustration of a dark-skinned person sleeping with an eye mask on with their cell phone next to their head on the pillow
How Bad Is It Really to Sleep Next to Your Phone?
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By Marygrace Taylor
woman sitting on her bed and feeling confused or disoriented after waking up
Waking Up Confused? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
back view of a person combing their long brown hair
Does Your Hair Really Change Every 7 Years?
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By Marygrace Taylor
a woman with brown hair smiling and eating a bowl of oatmeal while sitting at her kitchen table
5 Easy Things to Do Every Morning for Better Gut Health
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By Julia Sullivan
Medically Reviewed
a collage of some of the best face washes for dry skin and showing a person with dark skin using a gentle face wash
The 5 Best Face Washes for Dry Skin, According to Dermatologists
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
illustration of a person holding their stomach with a bomb in a thought bubble, to represent holding in a fart
How Bad Is It Really to Hold in a Fart?
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By Marygrace Taylor
illustration of a person rubbing in their skin care products on their face, on a green background
How Bad Is It Really to Rub In Facial Skin-Care Products?
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
a woman in the bathroom looking at her greasy scalp in the mirror
Got a Greasy Scalp? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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By Maria Masters
Medically Reviewed
a woman rubbing her eye because she has watery burning eyes
7 Causes of Burning Eyes and How to Treat Them
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By Lindsay Tigar
Medically Reviewed
A collage of some of the best pillows for back pain on a blue background
The 6 Best Pillows for Back Pain
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
A smiling, mature woman holding a yoga mat, to represent exercise during menopause
8 Myths About Menopause to Stop Believing
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
close-up illustration of a person mouth-breathing on an orange background
How Bad Is It Really to Breathe Through Your Mouth?
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
Older adult sitting on the couch wrapped in a purple blanket with a cup of tea because she feels colder as she gets older
5 Reasons You Feel Colder With Age and What to Do About It
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By Jaime Osnato
illustration of a humidifier with pathogens inside against a blue background
How Bad Is It Really to Never (or Rarely) Clean Your Humidifier?
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
close view of a person putting dress shoes on their feet, and the shoes are snug because the person's feet have gotten bigger with age
Why Your Feet Get Bigger With Age and What You Can Do About It
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
an illustration of a bottle of anti-gas pills surrounded by gas clouds on a light orange background
How Bad Is It Really to Take Anti-Gas Pills Every Day?
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By Jaime Osnato
Medically Reviewed
close view of a person's brown eye and eyebrow, to represent eyebrow dandruff
Got Eyebrow Dandruff? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
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By Jessica Migala
Medically Reviewed
Man with coffee checking emails on laptop in bedroom
What Is Productivity Guilt, and How Can You Overcome It?
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By Julia Sullivan
collage of several of the best water flossers
The 5 Best Water Flossers of 2023, According to Dentists
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By Jessica Migala
Illustration of a person handing a toothbrush to someone else
How Bad Is It Really to Share a Toothbrush?
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By Marygrace Taylor
Fact Checked
bed with lamp, books and glasses on bedside table
5 Things Therapists Do to Calm Their Minds Before Bed
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By Hallie Levine
Senior female chopping vegetable at kitchen island
9 Simple Kitchen Updates for Safe, Easy Cooking as You Get Older
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By Hallie Levine
Couple holds hands while husband gestures and speaks to doctor
4 Times You Should Always Bring Someone With You to a Doctor’s Appointment and Why It Can Be So Helpful
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By Marygrace Taylor
Medically Reviewed
Portrait of a woman at the dentist
Here's How Often You Really Need to Go to the Dentist
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By Marygrace Taylor
Illustration of a bottle of melatonin against a night sky with dark blue background.
How Bad Is It Really to Take Melatonin Every Night?
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