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Mothers and pregnant women suffer from high levels of mental health problems in South Africa About one in three women in the country experience depression...
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Two very ugly, uniquely American things happened yesterday: A health-care executive was shot dead, and because he was a health-care executive, people cheered...
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KinoMasterskaya/ShutterstockWhen you think about domestic violence, you probably imagine a tall, powerful man overpowering his female partner. This is the i...
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Although we frequently take our health for granted, it is perhaps our most significant asset. It’s simple to neglect our well-being amid the daily grind, w...
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The second time I freaked out about bedbugs, my landlord suggested I might be overreacting, just a tad. My husband and I had fought back an infestation just ...
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Abortion policy in America is at a stalemate. Republicans will take control of Congress in January, ready to block any national protections—but with a slim m...
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Leading the Department of Health and Human Services seems, at first glance, like a dream job for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., quite possibly America’s most infamou...
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Nineteen-year-old Sofia Orr was jailed for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. In an interview with Jacobin, she explains the disturbing authoritaria...
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Trendy diets promising fast remedies like speedy weight loss and more vitality are quite appealing in modern society. For people looking for quick changes,...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s latest spin on MAGA, “Make frying oil tallow again,” is surprisingly straightforward for a man who has spent decades downplaying his ...
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To enter the Strother School of Radical Attention, you have to walk through what has come to be known as “influencer alley.” Any time of day or night, dozens...
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Most of us have fallen prey to putting off cleaning until the last minute. But after getting tired of staring at the mess and finally doing it, you start won...
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The recorder used to be an instrument people wanted to hear. As a 1946 article in The Atlantic explained, it gets mentioned lovingly in Shakespeare’s Hamlet ...
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This article commemorates World AIDS Day on December 1. The UNAIDS report shows that Indonesia recorded 540,000 HIV cases as of 2023. That year saw a ...
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Doctors have long taken for granted a devil’s bargain: Relieving intense pain, such as that caused by surgery and traumatic injury, risks inducing the sort o...
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Becoming a parent can be a daunting life transition for new fathers. PCH.Vector/ ShutterstockBecoming a father can be a daunting life transition which, for m...
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As psychologists blame smartphones for our mental health crisis, they overlook decades of economic decline and growing inequality. Their narrow focus on tech...
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In 1999, a Belgian demographer, Michel Poulain, heard about an Italian island where people lived to be 100 and older while remaining mentally and physically ...
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Jakub Maculewicz, ShutterstockVisiting a national park is good for our health and wellbeing. But the benefits are not shared equally across the community. O...
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Alec Baldwin refuses to see a final cut of "Rust" due to the trauma inflicted on multiple people, including members of his own family, associated with the fi...
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Struggling with your mental health, constantly feeling stressed, and being in chronic pain is a very difficult situation to be in. Something that can add to ...