"How Bad Is Your Health Habit Really?" (glamour.com)
Discover "unhealthy" habits you can (and can't) get away with.
"I tan, but only on vacation."
How bad is it?
Really bad. Kudos to you for your 350-or-so days of shunning the sun, but tanning at all is a precursor to skin cancer. It's like social smoking, says James Spencer, M.D., a dermatologist in St. Petersburg, Florida: Your "little indulgence" isn't worth the increased risk of landing in the cancer ward. In fact, short but intense stints of sun exposure—like that weeklong spring getaway—significantly up your melanoma risk, and even one blistering sunburn in childhood raises your chances of developing skin cancer. The odds of being diagnosed with some form of the disease are one in five, making it the most common form of cancer in America. So wear sunscreen and use self-tanner lotions if you want a bronzed look.
"Improve Your Relationship With Money by Practicing Financial Wellness" (dailyom.com)
Financial anxiety can hurt your wallet, along with your mental and physical well-being. Find out what you can do to improve your emotional relationship with money and feel in control of your finances.
Whether you’re struggling to pay down credit card debt and student loans while trying to save for the future, or you’re overwhelmed by the rising cost of, well, everything, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to feel stressed about money. And you’re not alone: According to a 2022 survey from Capital One, an astounding 77 percent of Americans report feeling anxious about their financial situation.
"The warning sign pregnant women shouldn’t ignore" (mom.com)
The itch often strikes your hands and feet. But it can occur all over—affecting your arms, your legs, even your scalp. And the urge to scratch can be so intense that it keeps you up at night.
That’s what happened to Christina DePino, 28.
A few months into her pregnancy, her skin was scabbed and bleeding from all the scratching, she told CBS News.
DePino says she initially attributed the itching to her skin stretching from pregnancy, as well as her recent move to a drier climate (from Louisiana to Michigan).
But after venting about the issue on Facebook, friends came up with a possible cause: intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP).