Almost exactly one year ago, Jordyn Wieber stood in a courtroom and testified against Larry Nassar, telling her story of surviving his abuse. Today, the gold medal-winning Olympic gymnast stood at another podium in front of an entirely different audience as she accepted a Voices of the Year Award. Otherwise known as the VOTYs, the awards honor
England rugby stars lead heart-warming campaign to raise £500,000 for a drug that could save a 10-year-old boy’s life by stopping his cancer coming back for the THIRD time Harry Banks, from Bedfordshire, has already had neuroblastoma twice In November the cancer returned in his brain after two years in remission It was removed with
Yes, you can have your bread and it eat too. This is the year that bread — and the old, trusty bread machine that’s likely been gathering dust over the past, oh, decade — makes a huge comeback, and we’ve got all the bread machine recipes you’re gonna need. According to Facebook IQ’s annual topics and trends report
While New Year’s Eve often involves booze, loud music and crowds, a night like this is probably pretty unlikely if you’re ringing in the new year as a new parent. (And there’s nothing wrong with skipping all that jazz, by the way). Depending on just how new your newborn is, you might be dealing with
When it comes to celebrity moms, it’s hard to find a more accomplished example than Oscar-winning actor/producer/designer/author/lifestyle guru Reese Witherspoon. The star of Big Little Lies juggles a loaded work schedule with the responsibilities of being a mother to her three kids: 19-year-old Ava, 14-year-old Deacon, and 5-year-old Tennessee. Even as a massively famous celeb
You CAN think yourself thin! Dieters lose up to 10 TIMES more weight by simply ‘imagining themselves as being slimmer’ Dieters should imagine what weight loss would look, feel, smell and taste like Motivates dieters to stick to their plan, particularly those that lack willpower The technique – tested in a new study – is
I didn’t think I could love Chrissy Teigen any more than I already did. Then I watched her gag over mustard-flavored potato chips, and now I think I’d die for her. During her cover shoot, the Women’s Health cover star gamely tried 10 different types of crazy-flavored chips purely for your amusement (and also, journalism!).
Wake up. Get dressed. Eat breakfast. School drop-off. Soccer for one kid. Gymnastics for the other. Dinner. Homework. Sleep. If this kind of super-regimented routine sounds familiar, well, that’s no surprise. Today, children under 12 have precipitously less free time than any generation before theirs, as unstructured play and moments of respite have taken a
An e-learning programme that trains care home staff to engage in meaningful social interaction with people who have dementia improves wellbeing and has sustained benefits. The average person with dementia in a care home experiences just two minutes of social interaction each day. They also showed that out of 170 available training programmes for nursing
Coffee is NOT the Holy Grail of weight loss: People who drink a cup of Joe first thing do eat 10% less breakfast – but they make up for the calories later on The findings clarify long-held but unqualified beliefs that coffee suppresses appetite, or that it aids metabolism Those claims have led to a
From newlywed to widow in just 10 months: Woman, 46, reveals her heartbreak after mistaking signs of meningitis for a common bug which turned into deadly sepsis Michelle Jackson, from Warrington, Cheshire, lost her husband within a year He died in December 2017, two months before their first wedding anniversary Stuart Jackson, 56, died of
Need another reason to love your body? It burns kilojoules all by itself – as long as you don’t get in the way. See, every cell in your body plays a role in energy metabolism – the process of turning the food you eat into energy that keeps your heart beating, lungs pumping and muscles
My love for coffee started in high school with weak, syrupy-sweet petrol station “cappuccinos.” Then in college, I graduated to Donut King, then Starbucks, then fancy hipster roasts. Somewhere along the way, though, this glorious brew became more of a necessity than an enjoyment. Hectic mornings during which I had to choose between brewing coffee and
Eggs Egg yolks contain tonnes of essential but hard-to-get nutrients. These include choline, which is linked with lower rates of breast cancer, and antioxidants that may help prevent cataracts and macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness. The Heart Foundation of Australia rates eggs as an essential part of a healthy eating plan. Getty Images
There’s no denying water is good for us. Good for our hair, skin, digestive system and immune system, not to mention water wards off all the ills that come with dehydration in the summer (hello, dehydration headache.) There’s some debate over how much we really need to drink — that whole eight-glasses-a-day thing might be
Who hasn’t stood under a fast food awning, mouth agape, trying to pick out the burger, fried chicken, or salad option that will destroy her sense of health and well-being the least? There’s nothing wrong with fast fixes for hunger pangs, of course—you know your cravings best—but for me, this scenario happens too often on
Did Father’s Day completely sneak up on you this year? We’ve been there before. Of course, it’s not like you didn’t want to get your dad or partner something great; it’s just that you’ve been suuuuper-busy, right? And anyway, we’re pretty sure it’s safe to say dads (and dudes in general) are notoriously hard to
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