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All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. We need lifesaving drugs and surgeries and cancer treatments. Javier Pardina / Stocksy.com But at what cost? But while the ACA helped anestimated 16 millionmore Americans get health insurance, its far from perfect. Dr. Rosenthal is a physician turned health reporter who has spent more than 20 years writing about health....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Pilates is very versatilewhile you certainlycando it in a gym or studio, you definitely dont need to. Thomas Barwick / Getty Images you might make so many variations of the same exercises that it stays fresh. Want to know what its all about? Heres everything a Pilates newbie needs to know to enjoy their first class....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Cold winter weather has a funny way of sucking all the color out of our skin. Courtesy of Philosophy, Nars, Sephora, and L’Oreal Typical midwinter paleness comes from both a lack of sunlight and a lack of moisture in the air. What you need is the right product....

Heres what we realized when we talked recently with former Grand SlamtennischampionAna Ivanovic: Retired is a relative term. For most of us it means taking pottery classes in Boca Raton. Well, compared to the three-and-a-half hours a day she used totrainwhile competing, its certainly a lighter load. Courtesy of Adidas Thats a lot of exercise. Even if your perfect week of working out doesnt compare to her lazy lifestyle (sarcasm!...

This article originally appeared onMountainProject.com. I spent my first two years of college bruising my knees on bathroom tile. Some lonely people eat their lunch in the handicap stall. Courtesy of Corey Buhay Others go there to throw it up. As descents into madness go, this one was slow and steady. I was running varsity cross country at the time. Courtesy of Corey Buhay I wanted to be faster, and I wanted to look the part....

Chrissy Teigenoften speaks without a filter, and her latest cover story is no exception. In theApril issue ofGlamourmagazine, the model and Internet darling penned a letter about her experience withpostpartum depression. I have an incredible husbandJohn and I have been together for over 10 years. Miguel Reveriego He has seen my successes and failures; Ive seen his. And yet, for much of the last year, I felt unhappy. What basically everyone around mebut meknew up until December was this: I have postpartum depression....

Somered-carpetevents are filled with predictable gowns and black-and-white tuxedos. But not the iHeartRadio Music Awards. It’s a much more exciting gathering, that welcomes daring and unexpected red-carpet style. Getty Just look atKaty Perry’s outfit. And Perry wasn’t the only lady that opted for pants. Kelsea Ballerini sparkled in a navy jumpsuit. Bold cutouts and sheer fabrics also ruled the red carpet. Ahead, you’ll find more unforgettable looks from the 2017 iHeartRadio Music Awards....

All products featured on Self are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It’s nice to decorate your bathroom vanity with fancy beauty products. But if we’re keeping it real, there’s nothing like a good ole drugstore item. Out of dry shampoo? Sprinkle somebaby powderon those roots and youre good to go. Not that you ever have to go long without your favorite drugstore product....

Work out or have a good-hair day? Thats the decision many black womenmyself includedface when it comes to going to the gym. And unfortunately, thehairoften wins out. Peathegee Inc / Getty Images For kinky and curly textures, washing your hair after an intensecardio workoutisnt always an option. Not to mention, sweat can cause straightened or permed hair to curl or kinky hair to shrink significantly. In short, hair woes have often created a barrier to fitness for us....

What kind of licensed professional would tell me to have a little ice cream at every meal? She just called pizza the perfect food because it hits a lot of food groups. Um, does sheknowhow many calories are in a slice? Courtesy of Jocelyn Runice By this time I was surviving on a small baggie of Popchips a day. In my mind, Popchips were good for some inexplicable reason, and every other food was bad....

Perry has beena blondeever since shooting the single art for “Chained to the Rhythm.” Now, Perry cut her hair and has arealpixie cut. This is my first snap, and guess what Im going to do? Anthony Harvey/Getty Images Im going to cut off all my hair. Thats right, Perry told her Snapchat followers while in hairstylist Chris McMillans chair. Thats redefined beauty, right, Chris? Katy Perry Snapchat she says as he trims her sides down to nearly an inch long....

Four years ago, Stacey Betancourt noticed a shift in herbowel movements. It was almost like a switch that happened one day, she tells SELF. There was never any normal bowel movement. Portra Images / Getty Images [My doctor] saw the tumor right away, Betancourt says. Biopsies confirmed what her doctor suspected: Betancourt hadcolorectal cancer. I remember it like it was yesterday, Betancourt says of hearing her diagnosis. Stacey Betancourt. Courtesy of the subject...

We all know a picky eater or two. Maybe you have that one friend who refuses to step foot in asushirestaurant even though shes never tried it. Or the one who turns her nose up at the mention of anything green. Sophia Hsin / Stocksy.com (Seriously,people eatbugsthese days. The limit does not exist.) But neophobia can be greatly influenced by your surroundings, too. Beyond fear, theres the fact that different compounds in foodscan smell and taste differentto different people....