Don’t Touch That Treadmill!

Do you walk around the gym barefoot? Forget to wash your hands after lifting weights? Think again—gyms can harbor some funky germs, from the merely minor to the positively putrid. Learn how to avoid them. >>

Body & Soul : Illness

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I Don’t Have Time for Cancer: A Single Cell
Am I Asking for the Moon?
I Don’t Have Time for Cancer: A Single Cell

Perhaps the most common reaction when faced with a cancer diagnosis is fear for your life, and I certainly had that, at least initially. I... Read more >>

Am I Asking for the Moon?

In 2002, my doctor told me that I had a tiny fibroid about the size of a thumb. At that time, it seemed like it... Read more >>

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How Do You Keep Your Cool?

Some people use journals, others run it out, and the rest find their own ways to de-stress—whatever your method for venting and unwinding, tell us what works best for you and inspire others to try it, too. Write about it here >>

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Pen Pals

I had a pen pal when I was a preteen; his name was Sunny Foloronso...
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