Stephanie Dolgoff

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Temperatures are at an all-time high right now.

An “age is just a number” mindset is fantastic when it comes to things like writing your first novel later in life or marrying your soulmate who happens to be younger than you. But one place it does not apply is when it comes to shoveling snow, which so many of us do every winter: The incidence of sudden heart attack spikes some 16% in men of a certain age when it snows, particularly if it’s a big storm, leading to a 34% rise in deaths, a large, two-decade Canadian study found. (The study author…

A night of solid sleep is supposed to mean you leap out of bed, twirl around your bedroom and breeze out the door to conquer the universe.But if the main thing you notice as you stagger to the coffee maker is that your jaw or teeth ache, or that you have a headache, you might be clenching your jaw or grinding your teeth in your sleep, a condition known as bruxism. Not everyone has these symptoms of bruxism, but your dentist may call it out: Tooth damage, unusual wear on your enamel, white scars…

Slow down your racing mind and body with one of these techniques

It can help stop hair loss and add thickness.

Life comes at you fast. But in the last couple of decades, the speed of life has accelerated, and it yanks at your attention through your phone, email and too much urgent-feeling media being shared and shared again. Work is demanding, the world is chaotic, your kids are fighting over who gets “the best” color MMs and you dream you hear work notifications in your sleep. If you can fall asleep.Um, someone needs a mental health day, like, yesterday. What is a “mental health day”?A “mental health da…

Why bother to take a supplement if your body isn’t primed to absorb it?

Absolutisms — always or everyone, for example — are red flags in any conversation, experts say.

The immense popularity of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro has completely changed how many people think of food and dieting today. But still, for the many people who struggle with losing weight, yet don’t want to take daily injections, don’t qualify for a prescription or simply can’t afford the pricey treatment, there are plenty of trendy diets that promise they have the answer. One of these is the GOLO diet, which works off the idea that many people struggle to lose weight and kee…

Why You Should Never Try to Remove a Skin Tag at Home

No matter a parent’s views on gun ownership or gun laws, no one wants their child to be harmed.

Why You Should Never Pop an Ingrown Hair

If your doctor didn’t specify, listen up.

There are some serious side effects you might not know about.

So here’s the thing about body positivity: Try as you might, you probably won’t feel like cheerleading for yourself nude in front of your full length mirror every single day (or, well, ever). Even those of us who generally feel good about our bodies don’t feel it every single day, and that doesn’t mean that you’re “doing it wrong.” What it means is that everyone, especially women, is under enormous pressure to live up to unrealistic beauty standards (we don’t need to go over what they are, but l…

There are no shampoos on the market that will make your hair grow, but there are a few that will help keep the strands you have and make them look as full as possible.

Here’s the right treatment for each to help quickly stop your drip.

Here’s what you need to know — and why Black women need to pay special attention.

We surveyed 1,500 people about this normal, natural life transition. Guess what? For many, it’s not as bad as we’re made to think.