Catch up on the latest health legislation, honest discussions about our bodies, and “I Have” essays from women’s personal experiences. Whether mental or physical The Frisky discusses each disease, concern, or condition to encourage open conversation.
Life is a cycle of ups and downs. Sometimes people want to push through to reach a certain milestone or just simply make some adjustments in their lives, but a certain element seems to be off, if not completely absent. They then find difficulties standing in their way and feel clueless. That is the point […]
You probably think that your current office chair is probably very comfortable and that it has ergonomic traits. Truth is, most chairs below $150 will not deliver any kind of ergonomic features or at least will have just a few which is not enough. One of the best ergonomic chairs is priced somewhere between $500 […]
Last week, I dropped my boyfriend off at work at 6 a.m. and took a long walk through the city. I watched the sun rise over the river and pondered the meaning of life. I sipped a coffee and brainstormed some story ideas as I smiled at strangers who passed me on the nearly empty streets. […]
The first time I noticed my fingers changing colors was my junior year of high school. It was January and I had just finished my last final for the semester. I was outside with a group of my friends waiting for my dad to pick me up when I looked down at my hands. They were […]
It will never get worse than this. I’m thinking that to myself as I rock back and forth on a toilet in a noisy bar. It’s Saturday night, a table full of my friends is wondering where I ran off to, and I have a potential date/booty call in a couple of hours. I’m sweating, […]
I was 17 years old and sitting in a dimly lit, poorly ventilated doctor’s office next to an incredibly nervous mother. I never imagined that the following six simple words would change my life forever: “You have spots on your brain.” Excuse me? What does that even mean? I thought. Ten years later, I still question […]
A new study revealed that kids who associate with the goth scene tend to be more depressed than average, and are more likely to engage in self-harm. The researchers said that the majority of goth kids aren’t at risk, but that it could be important to reach out to the minority who are. However, they also […]
It was a Tuesday afternoon and I was on my therapist’s couch. I described for her an incident over the weekend when I felt sad, deeply sad, for seemingly no reason at all. I had felt reclusive and shy and wanted to stay in my bed; when my husband encouraged me to go to a birthday […]
If you want to change your regular exercise routine or if you simply want to try something new, you might want to try a nice thing called water aerobics. To put it simply, water aerobics is working out in a swimming pool, which will not only cool you down during a hot summer day but […]
