You Really Can’t ‘Fix’ Other People—Here’s How to Make Peace With That

If anything, a savior complex could make the situation you’re trying to improve worse. According to Gutiérrez, constantly forgiving or…

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Your Mattress Types Guide for 2024

Thanks to their bouncy coils, innerspring and hybrid mattresses both generally offer high responsiveness and ease of movement. Latex mattresses…

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There’s a ‘Real, Documented Rise’ in Cancer in Young People. Should You Be Worried?

Environmental factors could also be at play. This includes antibiotic overuse, which can mess with the balance of healthy bacteria…

Here’s What Ilona Maher Does to Get Through Bad Body Image Days

The beauty standards in our antiaging, pro-thinness culture can feel impossibly high, so it’s no wonder that so many of…

What Is Psoriasis? Symptoms, Types, and Treatments

Psoriasis typesPsoriasis can present itself in many forms, so it’s impossible to know which type of psoriasis you’re most likely…

Heart Failure: Symptoms, Stages, Types, and Treatment

Back to topTypes of heart failureHeart failure can be categorized in a number of ways, depending on the portion of…

Hidradenitis Suppurativa Symptoms, Causes & Treatments

Back to topDiagnosing hidradenitis suppurativaAs we mentioned, HS is often mistaken for other skin conditions or infections, which can result…

How Dating With a Chronic Illness Taught Me Not to Settle for Less

I was so afraid of partners rejecting me for having endometriosis that dating turned into an exercise in exposure therapy:…

To Accept My Chronic Condition, I Needed to Grieve the Life That Could Have Been

Three years ago, I started seeing a nutrition therapist to work on my relationship with food, which had suffered for…

3 People with Chronic Illnesses Share How TikTok Has Changed Their Lives

With the help from her 70,000 followers, Lyons makes $2,000–$4,000 a month, and is on track to earn even more…