Cosmopolitan.com
Breast cancer survivors increasingly want to opt out of reconstruction after their mastectomies, but they report a horrifying culture in which their desire to go flat is challenged or outright ignored.
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O, The Oprah Magazine
Small fluctuations in thyroid function can have body-wide consequences. But is that what's troubling you? (Yes, sometimes I write about things other than breast cancer.)
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The Daily Beast
Meet the Badass Breast Cancer Survivors Embracing The Beauty of 'Going Flat.' My Q&A with one of my favorite breast cancer artists and advocates Emily Hopper. "I'm proud of what I've overcome and my chest shows it," she says.
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Cancer Health
When an editor asked me to write 500 words on why I went flat after breast cancer I assumed the task would take 15 minutes. I'd spun an 80,000-word yarn on the topic, to be published as a memoir this fall. A few hundred words would be a throat clearing. But I was wrong.
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O, the Oprah Magazine
In an age of social media, radical transparency, and embracing difference, more and more women are not only refusing to hide the smooth plane of their chest but also showing it off.
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Experience Life
A skeptical journalist sets out to discover the keys to a happy life and finds herself changed in the process.
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O, The Oprah Magazine
Read my essay on going flat after breast cancer and how my decision complicated my relationship to fashion in the March 2017 issue of "O, The Oprah Magazine." You can also visit my blog to see a picture of the essay, read my pitch, and check out my THANK YOU to the editors of "O" for honoring diversity in women's magazines.
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Slate
I chose a double mastectomy without reconstruction after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. I was 38. I was a magazine journalist who wrote about women's health. I knew that removing my healthy breast would not enhance my odds of survival. I chose to do it anyway.
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Yoga Journal
When you become aware of unhealthy patterns in the body, you can awaken to the possibility of change. A skillful, conscious yoga practice provides the opportunity for taking an unhealthy habit and creating a new one that better serves you.
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The Rush to Reconstruct
VIV Magazine
Women with breast cancer often feel forced to make treatment and rebuilding choices at the same time, leaving little time for clear analysis of the many options. Our guide will see you through, one big decision at a time.
Health
Scientists have found roughly 50 different hormones roaming the bloodstream, but these three sex hormones have always run the show for women.
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Ace Any Health Exam
Family Circle
Knowing what to expect can ease your fears, speed things along and help your doctor detect problems before they progress
O, The Oprah Magazine
It may scare you to realize this—but you, and not your doctors, are in charge of your medical care. They're not gods, and you're not a wuss. Got that? O shows how to fight (nicely) for the best possible treatment.
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Prevention
Exposure to light at night appears to raise the risk of several types of cancer. Could watching late-night TV, texting late at night, or even reading in bed be enough to derail the body's cancer-fighting machinery?
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Prevention
Every year, nearly 2.5 million people go under the knife unnecessarily, often with devastating consequences. Make sure you’re not one of them. A medical investigation
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Experience Life
Your immune system is your security detail. It is hardwired to differentiate between what belongs in your body and what doesn't. So what happens when it malfunctions?
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Yoga Journal
Autoimmunity is a complex health issue. Treatment requires a nuanced approach coordinated by health care professionals. Yoga is not a magic bullet but it can address some of the physical and mental aspects of AI diseases.
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Experience Life
Interpreting the body’s quirky Morse code requires a deep level of body awareness that, like any skill, takes time and practice to perfect.
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Time.com
Breast cancer surgeons have long wagged their fingers at patients warning them never to lift anything over 15 pounds. New studies call bullshit.
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Experience Life
You know a sugary treat when you see one – a slice of cake, a wedge of pie, a scoop of double-fudge ice cream – but you may be surprised by how much sugar you don't see.
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Experience Life
No one wants to talk about constipation. But it's a chronic problem that undermines the health of millions of Americans. Are you one of them?
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TIME.com
Computed tomography (CT or CAT) scans help doctors detect everything from cancer to kidney stones. But some physicians are raising concerns about the safety of such procedures—namely, an increase in cancer risk.
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Experience Life
At night, when the CEOs of Cargill, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo drift off to sleep, their dreams are sweetened by stevia – the next "natural" ingredient to be co-opted by big business.
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Experience Life
When nutrition experts weigh the evidence linking food choices and disease, they see the dusty white fingerprints of flour everywhere.
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Experience Life
These unhealthy eating patterns don't just trigger weight gain and undermine your energy, they age you from the inside out.
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Experience Life
Modern life is hard on your gut. Stress, processed foods, alcohol, medications, and bacteria can damage the thin lining of your digestive tract. And a tiny leak can cause surprisingly big problems.
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Time.com
A long-held view among HIV researchers is that overlapping multiple sexual partners fuels the spread of HIV in Africa. A new study calls that belief into question.
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Experience Life
A proactive decade-by-decade plan for preparing for perimenopause and menopause that supports a gradual – and even positive – life change.
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Experience Life
Find out why some internal bacteria are our friends – and why providing a happy, well-balanced home for them is essential to our vitality and well-being.
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Experience Life
Parasitic infections are on the rise, but there are plenty of ways to keep the beasts from taking over.
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Experience Life
Like all living things, produce has quirks and quibbles. Fruits and veggies are prone to bumps and bruises. They even pant in the heat. Here's how the unique life cycle of your favorite produce affects its flavor and nutrition.
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Experience Life
Counting is comforting. Numbers define goals and there are oh-so-many ways to measure the weight-loss potential of food: points, calories, grams, serving sizes. But what if the key to losing weight is to look beyond numbers.
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