There are some positives to come out of the pandemic – one of them is that the extra time has given many people the opportunity to try new things. With gyms not being an option for the majority of the year, lots of individuals have sought out other, alternative ways…
Mom and baby share ‘good bacteria’ through breast milk
A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Manitoba has found that bacteria are shared and possibly transferred from a mother’s milk to her infant’s gut, and that breastfeeding directly at the breast best supports this process. The research, published today in Cell…
4 Queer Women Share What It Was Really Like Trying To Have A Baby
When Amanda Roth first walked into a fertility clinic in 2011, her situation wasn’t exactly like that of the many other patients in the waiting room. She hadn’t been trying to conceive with a male partner for some time; as someone with a female partner, she simply didn’t have sperm…
4 Breast Cancer Survivors Share How the Disease Changed Their Lives
“I promised myself I’d see the world.” My life was busy when my husband found a lump in my breast in 2014. I was working for the California State Legislature and planning my own run for office. When my doctor asked me to come into her office to discuss the…
Woman in wheelchair asks people to share pics of disabled love, they deliver
Emily Lanka, an autism training consultant from Liverpool, has only been in a wheelchair for a month following a functional stroke last year. The 32-year-old also has Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and a functional neurological disorder which impacts her ‘like a cross between MS and epilepsy’. Unfortunately, while adjusting to life in…
Chrissy Teigen & Elizabeth Banks Share a Love for Pork Rinds
Growing up with a Filipino mom, pork rinds were as commonplace in our pantry as potato chips are in most other households. The sound of the snap, crackle, pop when the vinegar hits the crunchy rinds is practically music to my ears. Needless to say, I love pork rinds —…
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Experts share how our relationships with each other, the world around us and ourselves can make us happy
Depending on who you ask, happiness can be a lot of things. The Dalai Lama might tell you that happiness is the practice of compassion. A song by soul legend Al Green tells us it’s “when you really feel good about somebody.” If you ask an average Joe, they could…