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This Girl's Apple Watch Might Have Helped Save Her Life
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This Girl's Apple Watch Might Have Helped Save Her Life

Deanna Recktenwald went to the hospital after her watch showed that her heart rate had spiked.
This Vegan Blogger Is Getting Shamed for Buying a Crying Kid Ice Cream
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This Vegan Blogger Is Getting Shamed for Buying a Crying Kid Ice Cream

"I shouldn’t have to justify myself to people for doing something kind for a child."
This Girl Surprised Her Prom Date By Walking for the First Time in 10 Months
This Doctor Believes Legalizing Medical Marijuana Could Save Lives
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This Doctor Believes Legalizing Medical Marijuana Could Save Lives

It could decrease opioid overdose deaths, he said.
Selena Gomez Made a New Best Friend
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Selena Gomez Made a New Best Friend

Her name is Nellie Mainor and she's a survivor of a rare kidney disease.
These People Described What it's Like to Get Fat-Shamed By Doctors
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These People Described What it's Like to Get Fat-Shamed By Doctors

"In significantly larger red letters she had written 'SHE IS OBESE.'"
Abby Lee Miller Has Reportedly Been Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
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Abby Lee Miller Has Reportedly Been Diagnosed With Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

She recently underwent a lifesaving surgery, doctors say.
This Flesh-Eating Disease Can Look Like a Pimple at First
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This Flesh-Eating Disease Can Look Like a Pimple at First

And it's spreading in Australia.
Millicent Simmonds: Why My "A Quiet Place" Character Matters
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Millicent Simmonds: Why My "A Quiet Place" Character Matters

Actor Millicent Simmonds on why characters like hers are so crucial.
Being Disabled Gave Me a Fear of Public Bathrooms
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Being Disabled Gave Me a Fear of Public Bathrooms

"While some people were afraid of heights or spiders, I had an irrational fear of bathrooms."
19 Ridiculous Things About My Chronic Pain I’m Tired of Hearing
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19 Ridiculous Things About My Chronic Pain I’m Tired of Hearing

“I understand, I broke my leg once.”
Paris Jackson Explains Why HIV/AIDS Awareness Is Close to Her Heart
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Paris Jackson Explains Why HIV/AIDS Awareness Is Close to Her Heart

“We have a collective responsibility to demand and lead.”
These Period GIFs Make Menstruation Cute
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These Period GIFs Make Menstruation Cute

Annie Wong is smashing stigma with period animations.
What Happens to Your Body When You Inhale a Condom
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What Happens to Your Body When You Inhale a Condom

The "condom challenge" is not good for your health.
Your Daily Starbucks Could Come With a Cancer Warning
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Your Daily Starbucks Could Come With a Cancer Warning

Not a very exciting new menu item.
The Disability Community Is Being Excluded From the Gun Control Conversation
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The Disability Community Is Being Excluded From the Gun Control Conversation

The March for Our Lives was physically inaccessible to many disabled people.
Scientists May Have Discovered a Whole New Organ — and it's HUGE
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Scientists May Have Discovered a Whole New Organ — and it's HUGE

It's just been sitting there this whole time.
Doctors Want You to Know That CPR Will Not Save People From Gun Violence
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Doctors Want You to Know That CPR Will Not Save People From Gun Violence

No matter what Rick Santorum says.
The Father of a Teen With Down Syndrome Is Suing the Boy Scouts for Discrimination
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The Father of a Teen With Down Syndrome Is Suing the Boy Scouts for Discrimination

He says the Scouts rescinded his Eagle project.