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It's always good to have a gym buddy; someone who can help you out and motivate you to keep exercising - giving you the support you need, but also keeping you from wimping out at the last moment. Most people would choose a friend or a colleague to work out…
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If you work in an office, you know there's nothing more annoying than a co-worker stealing your food from the communal refrigerator. It's an incredibly petty crime, since the culprit is gainfully employed, and can clearly afford to purchase food on his or her own. Also, the theft is particularly…
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A teenage ballerina has opened up about her body dysmorphia, claiming she "hates herself" and that "all ballerinas" have some form of the mental health condition. Luna Montana, an 18-year-old dancer from Los Angeles, California, vlogs on YouTube about the behind-the-scenes aspects of the ballet industry that audiences don't see.…
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There are so many pressures on us in this brave new world we inhabit. Social media requires frequent updates throughout the day, work is ceaseless and don't even get me started on how exhausting it is to maintain a healthy social life, go to the gym and remember to cook…
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Conversations around ketamine have long been stunted by its association with horses. Recreational users are often derided by those who choose to take other, more expensive drugs. Furthermore, media misrepresentation has led to the cycle of “exaggeration, distortion, inaccuracy, and sensationalism” which researchers Coomber, Morris and Dunn identified as common…
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The most devastating piece of news you can be confronted with as a parent is that your child is suffering from a severe illness. And if the condition turns out to be terminal, then entering into a state of emotional turmoil can feel like an inevitable consequence. One father, however,…
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Albinism is a condition which affects less than 200,000 people in the US, the National Institute of Health reports. The genetic mutation results in a number of distinctive characteristics like white hair and poor vision. These are the result of the total absence or reduction of melanin, which can make…
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A female truck driver out on the roads of southern Australia revealed the ins and outs of life on the road, saying it took people a while to take her seriously. Blayze Williams, who is 27 years old, and works for the company Toll in Adelaide, has been working as…
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In 2019, the power of the internet is practically limitless. With just the touch of a few buttons, you can be talking to your relatives on the other side of the world, proving your friend wrong about something on IMDb, or rage tweeting about fake news at 3am. It's wonderful!…
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Being in a long-term, committed relationship is hard enough as it is, but it gets even more difficult once you stop being able to trust your significant other. If infidelity has been a problem in the past, either in your current coupling or a previous relationship, the spectre of jealousy…
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A plus-sized model has revealed her acne scars in a candid series of Instagram posts after hiding them for more than two decades. Tia Duffy, who suffered from acne since the age of 12, took part in a special modelling project entitled Skin Works, which features unedited and unfiltered images…
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First dates are always a little intimidating. Aside from the stress about what to wear, the anxiety over whether or not they'll like you, and the sheer panic of saying something totally inappropriate, there's one fear that surpasses them all: what if the person you're meeting up with is an utter…
