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your dinner cheat sheet
Enjoying a delicious, nutritious meal doesn't have to mean slogging through a sink full of dirty pots and skillets. Whip out this allpurpose baking pan to fix these crowd-pleasing recipes from the Prevention Test Kitchen.
5 min |
December 2025
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find freedom from stress
When you've been under extraordinary, prolonged pressure, the health consequences intensify. But even then you don't have to be at the mercy of your emotions. Here's how to set yourself up for a calmer existence, come what may.
7 min |
December 2025
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to nap or not to nap
You've heard that it can be detrimental to nighttime slumber, perpetuating insomnia—but then again, it feels so good and can recharge you for the rest of your day. As the debate rages, here's how to decide whether taking a little midday snooze is right for you.
5 min |
December 2025
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Manage Your Blood Pressure
Here's how to keep or bring your numbers down.
4 min |
December 2025
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YOUR GOOD-MORNING MEAL
MUNCH AND STAY FULL 'TIL LUNCH.
1 min |
December 2025
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Should You Quit Coffee?
More than 100 million American adults drink it every day, even as a vague sense that it's bad for us percolates in the background.
4 min |
December 2025
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EAT TO BEAT BLOAT
Retaining Lake Michigan? Try these foods to reduce water weight.
3 min |
December 2025
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I Thought It Was Bad Heartburn. It Wasn't.
This lawyer was awoken at night by sudden attacks of severe pain in her upper abdomen.
3 min |
December 2025
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SEND YOUR HAIR TO REHAB
EXPERT TIPS FOR A HEALTHIER DO.
1 min |
December 2025
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gifts to spark JOY
Wellness picks for everyone on your list— including you!
3 min |
December 2025
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STRONGER SHOULDERS
If you're slouching or a bit stiff, this exercise can help. With YTW Lifts, you move through three letter-shaped variations to strengthen the muscles between your shoulder blades, which will help improve both posture and upper-body mobility.
1 min |
December 2025
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5 MYTHS ABOUT AUTISM
No, the condition is not an epidemic-but misunderstandings about it are. Here are a few, as well as the truth about what it means to be neurodivergent in this way.
3 min |
December 2025
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YOU'RE NEVER STUCK
At 57, Wendy Ida became a competitive bodybuilder. Now 73, she believes MINDSET IS EVERYTHING.
3 min |
December 2025
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WHAT'S UP WITH... SNEEZING AFTER YOU EAT
If you feel as if you should order your meals with a side of tissues, here's why.
1 min |
December 2025
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take back your SPACE
A reformed people pleaser, found the beauty in SETTING BOUNDARIES to save her energy for the things she cared most about. Read on for how she did it and how you can too.
5 min |
December 2025
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Your Total IMMUNITY NUTRITION LIST
Squash is our hero food this month, but there are immunity nutrients in other delicious options too. Be sure to load up on these necessities to kick a cold, the flu, or COVID-19 to the curb.
2 min |
November 2025
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THE OTHER BIRTH CONTROL FIGHT
Women’s bodily autonomy has long been under attack, with talk of the government restricting access to contraception even as abortion is illegal in many places. But one lesser-known aspect of reproductive control is the right to be sterilized—which many women are denied even if they're positive they want no future pregnancies.
10+ min |
November 2025
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WHAT IS CHRONIC PAIN?
When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; when you get better, the pain should subside. But for an estimated one in five American adults, pain remains a constant companion.
2 min |
November 2025
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Try Something New
This month, reap the rewards of stepping outside your comfort zone.
4 min |
November 2025
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Should You Microwave Plastic?
We've been zapping leftovers this way for decades, but arguments about the potential health dangers have heated up. Here's what we know.
3 min |
November 2025
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SOOTHE YOUR PEEPERS
TIPS FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT DROPS
1 min |
November 2025
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Ouch! WHAT TO DO WHEN ACUTE PAIN HITS HARD
A stubbed toe, a bruised rib, or a strep-induced sore throat brings what doctors call acute pain—it has an obvious cause and goes away as soon as the issue is healed. Knowing how to treat this type of pain (as well as flareups of chronic issues) is crucial to being able to live your life and do the things you love.
3 min |
November 2025
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PREVENTION PICKS
PUT A CHECK NEXT TO WHAT YOU WANT TO SNAG OR GIFT.
2 min |
November 2025
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it's eating season
And if you're on a GLP-1 medication, holiday feasts might mean more side effects. Try these 7 dietitian-recommended feel-better strategies to get the most out of your meals.
7 min |
November 2025
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5 MYTHS ABOUT TYPE 2 DIABETES
The condition is incredibly common-and so is confusion about who gets it and how to manage it.
3 min |
November 2025
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Love Your Look
Makeup artist and Jones Road Beauty founder Bobbi Brown answers your questions.
2 min |
November 2025
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eat to SQUASH sickness
The immunity-supporting nutrients in this cold-season superfood can help bolster your germ-fighting power. Read on for delicious recipes, plus other ingredients you'll want to have on your stay-well winter shopping list.
4 min |
November 2025
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EAR POPPING
On a plane, a ski slope, or a fast elevator to the penthouse, the pressure in your ears can become imbalanced. Here's why.
1 min |
November 2025
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the menopause workout
Mood swings, body changes, and stiffness, meet muscle-building, heart-strengthening moves. These do-anywhere exercises are designed to quell your most trying symptoms so you won't need to press pause on what you love to do.
3 min |
November 2025
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Chronic Pain Hijacked My Life
After a car accident left her with terrible damage to her neck and back, this artist and single mom found treatments to help her move forward.
3 min |