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By Chris Deacon ​​People don’t talk about the next phase. Turns out they’re not “done” after all. I thought the “bigger” issues were cliques, crushes, underage drinking, and getting into college. But now my kid is out there, living in another city, navigating things big and small every day. And I can’t stop thinking about…

By Susan Solomon Yem Last Christmas, one of my sons purchased a story-telling subscription for me so I could write my personal history to ultimately be bound into a book and shared with the rest of the family. The weekly questions that popped up in my inbox each Monday morning were intriguing: If you could…

Laura Barcella When I hit my late 40s, I started noticing something strange. Things that used to seem like no big deal were, suddenly, major sources of anxiety. I couldn’t make a routine phone call without a wave of nerves washing over me. Even putting my name in at a restaurant’s host stand made me…

By Jill E. Duffy When I first heard the term "menopause coach" on the show Bad Sisters, I didn't know if it was real or a joke. What would a menopause coach do and who would hire one?  It turns out that menopause coaches are real, and what they do runs the gamut. Like any…

By Leslie Price There is a lot of advice out there for parents of babies or young children, but as your kids get older, it all gets more complicated. Puberty has stretched out, meaning big emotions at earlier ages. The ubiquity of screens can bring new challenges, from tricky social dynamics to concerns about unsafe…

By Holland Sweet Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecological cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer death in women — with around 22,000 new diagnoses in the United States a year, most of them in women over 50. Unlike cervical cancer, which has the pap smear, or breast cancer, which has mammography, ovarian cancer…

By Jill E. Duffy My friend DB bounded down the stairs carrying a huge bag of prunes. She was visiting for a few weeks and brought her own supply. "I eat five every day," she said, chewing. "For osteoporosis." Results of a randomized controlled trial, published in 2022, suggest that eating prunes could help postmenopausal…

By Brooke Berman I was 30 and had moved into the apartment of my dreams with the roommate of my dreams. Once unpacked, we decided to throw a series of dinner parties to introduce our friends to each other. We drew up a guest list and a menu, then split up who would buy what.…

By Gila Pfeffer and Jessica Zucker They’re everywhere these days. The glowing midlife women announcing that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) — or menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) — have resurrected their libidos, eradicated their night sweats, and done their taxes (ok, not that). Menopause, we’re told, is no longer a grim biological prank. It’s a renaissance.…

By Ines Bellina When my mom brought me home from the hospital as a newborn, she was anticipating a steady stream of sleepless nights that come along with a baby. To her surprise, I slept through the night that evening — and every evening that followed. I was the kid who kept to her bedtimes,…

By Liz Krieger I'm 50, with many years of health, science, and beauty writing under my belt. I know better than to fall for viral skincare hype. I've watched ingredient cycles come and go — snail mucin, bee venom, peptide everything. But here I am, examining my increasingly crepey under-eye area, genuinely wondering if I…

By Susan Solomon Yem Earlier this month Challenger, Gray & Christmas released a stunning jobs report announcing the highest January job cuts since 2009 and the lowest January hiring on record. U.S. employers laid off 108,435 workers in the first month of this year, up 118% from the same period a year ago and 205%…