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Do Your Eyes Get More Light-Sensitive As You Age? Ophthalmologists Answer
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by on February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Do Your Eyes Get More Light-Sensitive As You Age? Ophthalmologists Answer

Westend61/Getty Images Do you find yourself reaching for your sunglasses — even on cloudy days — or squinting when you walk into a big box store because the overhead lighting is unbearably bright? In our 20s, we might have chalked that up to hangovers, but now it’s safe to say there’s something else at play....

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The Florida Department of Health Launched A Website for "Strong Florida Moms" To Push Pro-Life Values
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by on February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

The Florida Department of Health Launched A Website for "Strong Florida Moms" To Push Pro-Life Values

SDI Productions/E+/Getty Images The Florida Department of Health and Department of Children and Families recently launched a new website and initiative called Strong Florida Moms, offering “parenting resources” for pregnant people and new families. And while this may seem like a great resource for those looking for support or help pertaining to family and pregnancy,...

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Why I'm Stockpiling Abortion Pills & Emergency Contraceptives — & You Should, Too
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by on February 10, 2025February 10, 2025

Why I'm Stockpiling Abortion Pills & Emergency Contraceptives — & You Should, Too

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images Despite being safer than penicillin and Viagra, mifepristone remains under attack by conservatives seeking a nationwide ban. The abortion pill, as mifepristone is commonly known, has been available in the U.S. for 25 years, and is used in nearly two-thirds of the nation’s pregnancy terminations. Since 2000, when the FDA first approved...

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Perimenopause Is Lonelier Than Single Motherhood
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by on February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Perimenopause Is Lonelier Than Single Motherhood

Olga Rolenko/Moment/Getty Images It is early morning, not even 5 A.M. I have not been woken up by a crying baby nor a sick toddler or a late teenager. I have been woken up by my body, a stranger to me now. I am making myself tea and Googling symptoms like “are heart palpitations normal...

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