Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
Wellness tips, fitness advice, and health related breakthroughs.
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How much do you take crying for granted? It may seem like an odd question; but for Haley Vega, weeping is simply not an option any more: she can never cry again. That's not to say that she can't be upset or sad, but no matter what the tears won't come.…
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When Robert Goodman ran out of sick days at work while undergoing treatment for cancer, he was at a loss. The teacher had nowhere to turn and didn't know what to do. Then, in an extraordinary act of kindness, Robert's colleagues rallied together and gifted him with their sick days.…
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With much of society's conception of beauty being focused on the number that women see on the scales, it's about time that we see a backlash. After all, someone's weight should not be used to determine whether they are deemed "acceptable", and thankfully, the chatter around this subject has been…
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Postnatal depression is a subject that we need to talk about more in our society, and yet so many new mothers dealing with it feel pressured to keep their feelings bottled up, or else simply don't have a healthy outlet for their fears and anxieties after the stress of childbirth.…
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They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and it's true that everyone has their own standards when it comes to appearances. But on social media, sad to say, most people's looks seem to be more homogenised and less unique than ever. Scroll through Instagram and you'll…
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In the global marijuana debate, the tide is slowly turning towards legalisation. Today, recreational marijuana was made legal in Canada. Furthermore, you can now light up in nine American states. But having been outlawed in the vast majority of the world for as long as anyone can remember, one might…
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All the images we have of the elderly (in movies, television shows and bizarre stock photos) have us thinking of bingo nights, cruise ships, and the occasional culturally insensitive remark to remind us we're in a slightly different era. But we very rarely think of 75-year-old people who could beat…
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Hayley Hasselhoff is arguably best known for her surname. While the model may be trying to carve a career in her own right, with a name so recognisable, she'll forever be tagged with the moniker of 'David Hasselhoff's Daughter.' That said, however, Hayley is beginning to carve her own lane away…
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Regardless of what Ke$ha says, the only way I've ever woken up "feeling like P Diddy" is if P Diddy wakes up every morning feeling like death incarnate; regretting every moment of existence leading up to that point, as his alarm blares and bleats by his bedside table. But I…
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When it comes to any sort of medical qualm, it's always better to err on the side of caution and get regular check-ups than it is to ignore a potential problem and just hope that it goes away. Often, this might mean going to the doctor and having them look…
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Why is it that some people are fat and some people are thin? It's a question which has fascinated nutritionists, personal trainers and bodybuilders the world over. Frankly, if you're slim and trim, it's easy to exercise what body-positivity activists dub "thin privilege" over overweight people, and assume that their…
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With 206 bones, at least 650 muscles, and more than 100 billion neurons inside it, the human body is probably the most complex biological specimen on this Earth. It's no surprise, then, that sometimes something goes wrong. In fact, there's probably not a single person reading this who hasn't had a…
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Australia is the land of sun, sea, surfing and beachside barbecues. A gap year favourite offering glistening coastlines, golden deserts and sprawling grasslands, its natural beauty is rivalled only by its vibrant nightlife. However, somewhere between the city and suburbia, there is a growing drug problem. Australia has the highest…
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One of the internet's biggest (and most unusual) stars has got to be Dr Sandra Lee, aka: Dr Pimple-Popper. Seriously, if you told me a couple of years ago that a dermatologist's YouTube channel would take off big-time on the internet, I would have laughed in your face. Yet she…
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Ugh. Why is it so hot?! Call it a weird anomaly, call it climate change, but whatever it is, it needs to go. Summer, in theory, is a great idea; plenty of outside time, plenty of festivals and lots of swimming time, but the novelty of all that wore off back…
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If there's one thing we should have learned by now, it's that internet trends are not to be taken seriously. In the past six months alone, we've seen people chowing down on Tide Pods and snorting condoms for the sake of joining in with the latest online fad - and…
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Losing weight sucks, you guys. If I raided an ancient tomb and found a genie who granted me three wishes, at least one of those wishes would be to make it so that I could get Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's body by doing little more than just eating pizza all…
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A cancer patient has used her obituary to call out the fat-shaming she received at the hands of the medical professionals who were meant to be helping her. After being told that she had inoperable cancer and being given days to live, Ellen Maud Bennett filled her final days with…
