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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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Notes on surfing into 57, with a shift in perspective.
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February 2023

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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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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Priscilla Gilman found her voice mining a past rich with her parents' famous friends, haunted by their divorce, and marked by both her father's love for…
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January 2023

Was I worth $64? For a non-necessity? A short, true story of a medium-priced Instagram necklace, self worth, and moving on from the past.
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Peggy Orenstein was in a rut. Her fifties were ending. Her dad was dying. Her daughter was leaving the nest. That's when she decided to change her…
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When Annie Fenn, MD, understood the relationship between hormones, food, & cognitive health, she quit her 20-year career as an OB/Gyn & devoted herself…
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The CDC recommends women stop screening for cervical cancer after 65, but a new study out of California shows a dramatic rise in both cervical cancers…
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Why does sorry seem to be the hardest word? How can we move beyond hurt to reconciliation? Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy break it down, step by…
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A recent study, just published in the journal Menopause, says yes, so long as they're cooked and eaten in combination with a low-fat, vegan diet.
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What happens when a girl becomes a woman? What happens when a literary wunderkind steps into her full adult power? Allegra Goodman, National Book Award…
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