27 “Hard Truths” Women Realized After Going To Therapy
Going to therapy can be absolutely life-changing, but it’s not always easy. So, when women were asked about the harsh truths they had to accept after receiving care, they were extremely candid. These are raw accounts of people identifying and acknowledging their personal struggles, and we hope these stories…
13 "Health" Habits You Think Are Good For You (But Actually Aren't), According To Doctors
July 30, 2025
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“I’d never go to a chiropractor. I’ve seen too many permanent injuries from ‘adjustments’ as a physical therapist.”
—Anonymous
“I’m an RN. I will never ever go to a chiropractor. I had always been on the hesitant…
“The problem with contact lenses is that it will sandwich bacteria between the lens and your cornea, and you can get infected and then have all the complications we talked about,” she said. “In general, we frown upon anything where your eye is going to expose to…
“The number of people with dementia is increasing. I think everyone is aware of that. But it’s increasing in part because the number of people living to a very old age is increasing,” said Henderson.
Most dementia happens in older folks, Henderson added.
But, on the…
This One Type Of Cancer Is Increasing In All Women, But One Group Is Particularly At Risk
July 29, 2025
There were nearly 70,000 cases of uterine cancer in 2024, according to the National Cancer Institute.
Uterine cancer involves cancer of what many folks think of as the womb, “or the place where a pregnancy is housed and grows,” said Dr. Ami Vaidya, a gynecological…
Once you hit your 50s, Landsverk says, even moderate drinking can wreak havoc on the body. “Alcohol, besides the vascular damage and dementia risks, increases the risk of breast cancer, esophageal cancer and liver cancer (after disease),” she said. Because cancer risk…
The new “me” had never read books I loved, never shared favorite times with my child. They tested my brain hundreds of times and found lots of things bit the dust, like the file that encodes new memories, and the file that integrates physical movements so you don’t…
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“I did a lot of free work for underprivileged people and people experiencing homelessness in my city when I was a younger dentist. (Not so much anymore, I miss being able to help, but I’m older now and would get the occasional violent patient.) This…
I Was Raised In Purity Culture. Then I Began Wearing A Secret Purchase Under My Clothes.
July 27, 2025
In church circles, I heard about the importance of good wives making themselves available and pleasing to their spouses. I rarely if ever heard the same for husbands. After our first year of marriage, I became pregnant, and then a year later I became pregnant again. In spite…
