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This is Exactly What I Needed to Help Me Reach My Fitness Goals
Having an accountability buddy could be your key to boosting health, fitness, career, creative or financial success. Here’s how to connect with one.
By Tonya Abari
, August 8, 2024
4 Min Read
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Beauty & Fashion
The Sisters’ Guide to Microneedling
Benefits can include decreases in pore size, fine lines and wrinkles, stretch marks and acne scarring, says a leading dermatologist.
By Princess Gabbara
, August 8, 2024
2 Min Read
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Health
Four Ways to Fill Prescriptions for Free (or Way Cheaper)
My monthly pharmacy copay went from $270 to $5. If you also find the costs of prescribed medications harder to swallow each year, learn ways to find relief.
By Tamara E. Holmes
, August 1, 2024
3 Min Read
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A Loved One Ignores Your Calls. Is It Ghosting—or Emotional Distress?
Social withdrawal can be a sign of mental distress. Don’t take it personally. Here are ways to respond and what you might do to help.
By Tamekia Reece
, July 25, 2024
3 Min Read
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Self Care
Here are Reasons and Ways to Be Hopeful, Even in These Uncertain Times
“Sometimes we can get so focused on everything that's going wrong that we can't always see what's going right,” says Jessica Jackson, Ph.D., a Houston psychologist.
By Tamekia Reece
, July 25, 2024
3 Min Read
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Health
Don’t Skip This Important Lab Test If You Are Having Mood Swings
You’re irritable and cranky and don’t have enough energy to do anything on your to-do list. Could diabetes be to blame?
By Javacia Harris Bowser
, July 25, 2024
4 Min Read
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Health
Why is Everyone Suddenly Drinking Sea Moss Right Now?
Used in smoothies, juices, puddings, soups and more, fans prize it as a vitamin source, immune booster, post-workout drink—and aphrodisiac?
By Leslie Quander Wooldridge
, July 18, 2024
5 Min Read
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Health
40 Little Health Habits Every Black Woman Over 40 Needs to Thrive
These routines can take as little as 20 seconds. But they can boost memory, weight loss, sex drive, sleep quality and more.
By Tracy E. Hopkins
, July 9, 2024
4 Min Read
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Health
Here's What to Do If Menopause Gaslighting Comes for You
‘You eat too much’ and ‘you’ve got herpes’ are ways ill-informed doctors have misdiagnosed Black women's symptoms. Plus: 5 ways to access better care.
By Pamela M. McBride
, July 2, 2024
5 Min Read
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