Doctors have long said that exercising can decrease the risk of severe outcomes of COVID-19, like hospitalization and death, but it’s never quite been clear how much exercise is necessary to see those effects. Will one or two workouts a week suffice, or do you need to be working up a sweat every day to…
Editor’s Note: We at POPSUGAR recognize that people of many genders and identities have vaginas and uteruses, not just those who are women. For this particular story, we interviewed experts who generally referred to people with vaginas and uteruses as women. If you’ve ever been worried that your leggings smell after a workout or felt…
Four nurses at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital Midtown have been fired after sharing their “icks” about labor and delivery patients on TikTok. But the original post, and the almost instantaneous backlash it created, have unearthed other complaints from people who are alleging they were mistreated by labor and delivery staff – some of them naming…
It’s happened to all of us: you’re at a party or a work event, chatting, eating, and drinking, when your energy starts to wane. You can’t engage in the conversation. You’re glancing at your phone and looking around for an exit. You start to fantasize about being in bed or just getting a moment to…
You know sexual health education is a problem when even nurses are stunned by their bodies during menstruation. In a viral TikTok video, Iowa-based nurse Madi Swegle described her experience with a rare, but extremely painful decidual cast. https://www.tiktok.com/@sweglestory/video/7169334367037213995?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7169334367037213995 “Something extremely scary and honesty a little traumatic happened to me last night,” she said in…
The key to getting a stronger core is pretty simple: spend more time strengthening your abdominal muscles. No, you don’t have to schedule hour-long ab sessions, but your workouts should contain a core proponent. Whether you’re doing abs before a workout or after you crush your treadmill workout, you’ve got to commit to working your…
Image Source: Getty / Bauer Griffin Like many young millennials and Gen-Z individuals, Hailey Bieber is my main source of style and beauty inspiration. Her relaxed, street style outfits and effortless makeup looks are everything I aim for (although it doesn’t hit all the time). Between her glazed doughnut nails and glowing skin tips, the…
