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Feb. 21, 2024 – Eyeglasses are ubiquitous. More people wear them than don’t, with some 62% of Americans wearing corrective eyewear in any number of shapes and styles. And that doesn’t even account for the 45 million of us who wear contact lenses. But the same is not true of hearing aids. Only 1 in …
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Remember LipGate? Some of us will recall the internet drama that occurred when Kylie Jenner got lip filler but told everyone she just overlined her lips and then eventually came clean on an episode of Keeping Up with The Kardashians. Yeah, well… the days of denying cosmetic procedures are officially behind us, thanks to a …
By Dawn Buse, PhD, as told to Keri Wiginton Headache disorders, including migraine, consistently rank among the leading causes of disability worldwide, especially for those ages 15-49. That’s a big deal. Yet people often don’t think of migraine as a significant disease. It’s often minimized and ignored. Migraine is incredibly burdensome. But less than half of …
I don’t quite understand why a person would care what someone else did in their free time, but we all know that some folks just can’t seem to mind their own business. And a woman named Mary posted a video on TikTok and talked to viewers about how other women made fun of her because …
WWE WWE’s main event scene has long been comprised of gigantic professional wrestlers whose size gave them a leg up on the competition. But over the years, some of the more undersized competitors like “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Bret Hart, and Shawn Michaels have all ascended to the top of the company in spite of …
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May 10, 2023 – Health care professionals should check their own biases about their patients’ weight, a leading group of experts said this week. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinology makes recommendations aimed at reducing weight bias, or negative ideas about excess body weight, as well as weight stigma, defined as thoughts and acts of discrimination …
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March 30, 2023 – For Hendree Jones, PhD, executive director of an addiction clinic in Chapel Hill, NC, too many of her patients wait to seek addiction treatment because they’re afraid of facing backlash. They fear having their children taken away or going to jail and leaving them behind in an unsafe environment if they …
Continue reading “More Pregnant People Are Overdosing, and Stigma Plays a Role”
Jan. 13, 2023 – People with long COVID may have dizziness, headaches, sleep problems, sluggish thinking, and many other problems. But they can also face another problem – stigma. Most people with long COVID find they’re facing stigma due to their condition, according to a new report from researchers in the United Kingdom. In short: …
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By Sonja Wasden, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I’m a mental health advocate living with major depression. I speak with Fortune 500 companies, women’s prisons, firefighters, police officers, drug rehabilitation centers, nonprofit organizations, and media outlets about the importance of mental health. My hope is to break the stigma and let people know they’re not …
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Dustin Tan/Isabella Manderson/Uproxx We’re living in a new era of psychedelia. Thanks to recent studies that highlight the therapeutic benefits of psilocybin, the country has begun to reexamine psychedelic plant medicine like “magic mushrooms.” Just last year, John Hopkins received the first federal grant for psychedelic treatment research in 50 years and many cities across …
Comedian Amy Schumer hosted “Saturday Night Live” on Saturday, November 5 and her monologue hit on the midterm elections and her family. It was funny as expected but also shed light on what it’s like living with someone with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Schumer’s husband, restaurateur and chef Chris Fischer, was diagnosed with ASD as …
By Caroline Craven, as told to Hallie Levine I learned I had MS almost 20 years ago, in 2001. I was only 35, yet I couldn’t walk or see without assistance. Today, I’m thriving. It’s so important for patients with MS to know that their diagnosis is not a death sentence. With the proper treatments, the …
