TikTok / @thesaintmikey Having a sick kid is no fun, and being sick enough that you have to take a trip to the hospital is even less so. But, a quick way to take a situation from already-very-bad to somehow-even-worse is to make an enemy out of the very people that are there to help....
Songsak rohprasit/Moment/Getty Images In 2006, a new vaccine was added to the list of recommended childhood immunizations: a vaccine to protect against the human papilloma virus or HPV. This virus — which comprises 100 different strains — will infect just about everyone before the age of 45. And while 90% of infections will go away...
MoMo Productions/Getty Images You did it — you got your annual mammogram! Maybe this was your first baseline mammogram, or perhaps you’ve been through this routine many times before. You leave the department and await your news of an all-clear report. And then it happens: The phone rings. It’s the imaging facility calling to say...
JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images/Getty Images I love a good, hard cardio workout on the elliptical or treadmill while at the gym. There’s just something about blasting my workout playlist through my earbuds that makes me want to push myself harder and farther than ever before on those machines, and literally nothing can hold me back —...