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The unvarnished, naked truth about living, working, loving, moving, and surviving in a woman’s body. Winner of the 2025 Webby Award for Best Independent Publisher and two-time 2026 Webby Award Nominee for the same category plus Best Writing.

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His new AI-powered hearing aids are the tech equivalent of the polio vaccine to the iron lung

Matt de Jonge’s grandparents struggled with conventional hearing aids, unable to sort out voice from noise. Their isolation would be his own fate, he knew, if he couldn’t find a solution. So he did.

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35 years ago today, August 19, 1991...

...I was standing in the middle of Red Square when tanks rolled down Gorky Street. I spent the next three days not sleeping, shooting photos, and watching history unfold. This is what I saw.

GLPs are heart drugs

Cardiologist Dr. May Bakir wants you to know that more women die from heart disease than from all cancers combined. She also believes GLP-1s are one of the best tools we can use to prevent it.

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The East Coast jellyfish invasion

Planning a beach vacation on the East Coast this August? Great. Avoid the water. And here are some tips if you do get stung.

Bruce Feiler is begging you to gather. In person. Whenever possible.

In his new book, A TIME TO GATHER, Bruce Feiler provides not only a road map for getting together with family, friends, and strangers, but also a cri from his empty nest coeur about its necessity.

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Strong thighs, strong brain

A ten-year study of older female identical twins, published in 2015, showed a robust correlation between thigh strength and cognitive health as they aged. So why don't we all know about it?

What happens if you get sick in the U.K., but you're an American? They treat you. For free.

4th of July weekend, while on vacation in London, I needed a doctor, stat. What happened next, thanks to the (ahem) majesty of the NHS, made me wonder why we ever left.

The mysterious disappearance of the "I want more time" tree

The tree, sturdy and strong, became our inside joke about mortality. Then, one day, it was gone.

Chang, Eng, and the sisters who married them

Novelist Christina Baker Kline learned she was distantly related to sisters who married the famous conjoined twins. But what she later discovered kept her from writing a novel about them for 3 years.

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Jane Green is rewilding herself

NYT bestselling novelist, Jane Green, has written her first memoir, REWILDING. It's about chucking the life, mask, marriage, and quiet Connecticut life she had to become her authentic self in Morocco.

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Ayelet Waldman goes deep on marriage

In her new novel, A PERFECT HAND, Ayelet Waldman has created a modern-day twist on the marriage plot.

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What's the deal with menopause boobs?

Like most issues in women's health, research is scant re the one out of five women whose breast size increases during menopause. But could rapidly enlarging boobs signal more serious metabolic issues?