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Old Dog + New Tricks = Life Hack
One day, in the thick of middle age, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik had an epiphany. Society urges us to achieve. At all costs. What if, instead, we…
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Shamed by a Doctor
The same month two new papers on the physical and economic ravages of menopause were published, a physician whose care I sought spoke enraging words I…
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When Gretchen Came to her Senses
After a scary visit with her eye doctor, Gretchen Rubin, bestselling author of THE HAPPINESS PROJECT, had a radical epiphany. In her quest for joy, had…
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Four Words I Never Thought I'd Write Again
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On Being Goofy
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Pay $6100 or Endure 18 1/2 Minutes of Torture?
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PSA: Your AirPods Pro are Hearing Aids
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Three Urologists Walk into a (Side)bar
When I interviewed these three brilliant physicians for a story for Oprah, I realized I didn't have enough space for all of their wisdom. Here, I do.
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Duff Love
Karen Duffy, who has steadfastly refused to let the chronic pain of sarcoidosis rule her life, finds strength, comfort, gratitude, and love in the…
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The Estrogen/Alzheimer's Association: A New Critical Study Just Published in JAMA
In a nutshell? An earlier onset of menopause and a later initiation of hormone therapy were associated with an increase in the tau tangles of…
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Could Ketamine Cure Tinnitus?
I entered a clinical trial to see if ketamine would stop the constant ringing in my left ear. The catch? I'd have to spend 90 minutes, while tripping…
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On Being Goofy
Notes on surfing into 57, with a shift in perspective.
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From Outerwear to Inner Peace
She spent years, as an editor at Glamour, teaching women how to dress. Then, in middle age, Suze Yalof Schwartz discovered meditation. And it completely…
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"We are hoping to put ourselves out of a job"
The end of ovarian cancer is within our grasp, but first Drs. Kara Long & Becky Stone have to change the entire medical system & teach fellow physicians…
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One small step for woman, one giant leap for...never mind. Enough with the baby steps.
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