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When my 41-year-old husband died of lymphoma, I was left a 36-year-old widowed mother of four: a 3-year-old son and 17-year-old triplets, my stepchildren. (We had full custody of one and partial custody of of the other two). After my husband’s death, my life was in shambles — financially and emotionally. To make matters worse,

We are crying out for diversity when it comes to images of the female body on mainstream platforms. All too often we only see one kind of woman – slim, young, able-bodied, usually white – in ad campaigns, movies and magazines, and it is damaging women’s self-esteem. A recent Sport England study found that 75%

Cardi B has her reasons for being an open book. The rapper discussed her decision to speak out about going under the knife for liposuction in a new interview. “It was important for me because I don’t like lying about things,” she told E! News on Thursday, May 9, noting that she plans to discuss

Sharing her struggles. Lauren Conrad had a hard time breast-feeding her now 22-month-old son, Liam, when he arrived in July 2017. “I felt like I was failing at something that should come really naturally and it was really difficult for me,” the Hills alum, 33, said on the Wednesday, May 8, episode of her podcast

I grew up overweight, but I didn’t really become aware of it until third grade. It hit me one day in gym class when a boy I had a crush on told me I looked like I was pregnant—I was devastated. From there, my weight continued to climb—and I tried every diet to fight it.

Almost five years ago, when I was 29, I decided to undergo genetic testing to learn whether I had inherited a BRCA2 mutation. My mother is a two-time breast cancer survivor, and we had discovered that she had a BRCA2 mutation during my senior year of college. This meant that I had a fifty percent

The Department of Broccoli is an inspired name for a venture developed last year at Canberra City Farm by Evan Turnbull and Katie Mills of Hughes. They appeared in a Kitchen Garden column in May 2017, when Evan was making blocks of frozen pesto from a huge crop of basil and Creole Long Storers garlic

U.S. Air Force veteran Herb Erne II, 76, of North Carolina, died by suicide in February 2018. On the right is the note to his wife, saying he could no longer stand the chronic pain. One woman spoke of how her mother, at 72 years old, and in pain because of degenerative bone disease, saw

Each year, approximately 100,000 Australian families will be affected by perinatal anxiety or depression, according to the Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Awareness (PANDA), which runs an awareness week every November. That is "up to one in five expecting or new mothers and one in 10 expecting or new fathers" who will experience anxiety or depression; I

I still remember how the idea got into my head that becoming a mom would bring me closer to my own. I was 14. It had only been about two years since she died. I was babysitting for some family friends. The kids were in bed, and I was enjoying the spoils of the house,

Like literally everyone else, I dealt with acne as a teenager. And 13-year-old me assumed the red pimples and whiteheads on my face were just a part of growing up—and that they’d go away when I got older. Fast forward to age 25, and my acne was worse than ever. I had painful pustules that

When I was in my teens, ballet was my everything. I left school at 14 to pursue my dream of being a professional dancer. When I was on stage, it all just felt right. But when the curtain fell, or the rehearsal ended, the pressures of looking the part took over. I didn’t eat very

Two new studies have unveiled how a peculiar molecule impacts how antibody-producing cells develop and function as well as how normal melanocytes progress to melanoma malignancy. “These findings on fundamental immunology and melanoma development originate from totally different areas of research, though have intersected at the bench,” said Charles Dimitroff, Ph.D., of the Department of

Have you ever looked at pictures of bodybuilders and wondered how the eff they get those crazy 10-packs? Yeah, me too. Apparently, in addition to the gym time, it takes lots and lots of food: “When I’m in prep and in season, I eat six meals a day,” says Ariella Grinberg, who lives in New

A sticky bra saved my life. I’m not exaggerating. Let me back up. Only a few weeks into 2018, I planned a weekend trip to see one of my best friends from college. As we got dressed to go out, I did something I’d done hundreds of times before—I applied an adhesive bra. This time,

Have you ever looked at pictures of bodybuilders and wondered how the eff they get those crazy 10-packs? Yeah, me too. Apparently, in addition to the gym time, it takes lots and lots of food: “When I’m in prep and in season, I eat six meals a day,” says Ariella Grinberg, who lives in New

Last week I had a shocking cold. Blocked nose, sore throat, and feeling poorly. This made me think about the countless vitamins and supplements on the market that promise to ease symptoms of a cold, help you recover faster, and reduce your chance of getting another cold. When it comes to the common cold (also

I was 11 or 12 when my hormones kicked in and I got my first breakout. It was the first of many. My mom gave me cleaners, creams, treatments, and toners that helped clear my skin some, and at the time, I was just thankful to look in the mirror and not see myself covered

Jennifer Sierra, now 28, was 13 when her mother first put her on a diet. Among five siblings, “I was always the heaviest.” Sierra, who stands just under 160cm, yo-yoed between 63 and 72kg until her marriage at 21, when things fell apart. Related: Six reasons you haven’t been able to get rid of belly fat

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