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Teens are vaping in high school bathrooms all across America, wreaking havoc on health and learning: 'Everyone does it'
"You walk into the bathroom and it smells like fruit and people are passing around a vape and asking people who look chill if they want a hit," reports one teen, echoing the experience of many others across the country.
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Whether Wordle, Snapchat or Duolingo, sometimes it's all about keeping your streak. Here's why.
What is it about keeping the streak going that's so compelling to so many?
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Jimmy Fallon has been accused of creating a toxic workplace. Here are the top signs that you're in one too.
“It’s important to note that there’s no single authoritative or scientific definition of ‘toxic workplace,’” says one expert. But he stresses that there are some common themes.
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Facing multiple losses can lead to 'grief overload.' Here's why it's important to understand, say experts.
Losing more than one person at once, or in quick succession, prompts what's called cumulative grief, which can be overwhelming.
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'Weird Barbie,' based on Kate McKinnon's character, can now be yours for $50, says Mattel. Is a store-bought mutilated doll missing the point?
'Weird Barbie' was a nod to the widespread practice of girls mutilating their own Barbies, in a DIY-way — not buying a ready-made one.
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Here's why some people keep their cancer diagnosis to themselves: 'An incredibly personal decision'
Here's why some people choose to keep their diagnosis quiet.
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Parents of teens with mental health issues need their own support, too. It's about 'putting on your own air mask first,' expert says.
When teens are struggling, experts stress, it's vital that parents get help for themselves, too.
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Daryl Hannah announced a new 'EcoWarrior' plastic-free Barbie. Turns out, it was an elaborate hoax by climate-change activists. (Exclusive)
Nope, Mattel won't introduce a Greta Thunberg Barbie made of biodegradable materials and stop using plastic by 2030. It was all a political prank.
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Barbie has death anxiety. Here's what it means.
In "Barbie," Margot Robbie's Barbie can't stop thinking about death. What you need to know about death anxiety.
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Do curfew laws keep teens out of trouble?
Curfew laws restrict youth from public places during late night hours. Do they keep kids out of trouble?
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I mutilated my Barbies — and so did you. Here's why messing with this perfect little doll is endlessly alluring.
"Barbie bashing was a common theme and seemed to fall roughly into two categories — pure entertainment, and action that stemmed from something deeper," notes one researcher.
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What it's like to have a single, not double, mastectomy: 'I couldn't bring myself to amputate a perfectly healthy part of me'
One woman says she stuck with having a unilateral mastectomy because a double was not medically necessary, and because none of the reasons for removing her other breast resonated with her.
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Guinevere Turner on her new memoir, about growing up in a cult, and why men can't believe she wrote the 'American Psycho' screenplay: 'Toxic masculinity'
“I didn't write this book to poke at people," says Turner, about her memoir of growing up in a cult. "What I really, really wanted to do, aside from just be a writer and tell a good story, is to create a voice for all the women that I grew up with.”
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These military sisters used to be brothers: 'Our situation is so unique'
Throughout childhood and young adulthood, unbeknownst to each other, both siblings were slowly coming to terms with the fact that they were transgender.
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LGBTQ librarians are trying to keep vital books accessible to queer youth, despite bans
"We build collections that allow people to find themselves on the shelves," notes one queer librarian.
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'Days of Our Lives' veteran Deidre Hall, 75, on aging, the power of daytime drama and how surrogacy made her a mom: 'Women are extraordinary'
Now the longest-running soap star ever, Hall, 75, looks back on her days on and off "Days of Our Lives."
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Indy 500 driver Katherine Legge wants to be 'not the best woman, but the best driver, ever'
Legge and other female racers "mostly stick together," she says. “There's a handful of us in the whole world who have been through the same experiences that the other has been through … It's a strange life to have led.”
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How Bridget Everett has channeled grief over her real-life sister into that of her character on 'Somebody Somewhere'
“The way that we handle grief in the show is very personal,” Everett tells Yahoo Life. “I just felt at sea a little bit, so I relate to Sam in that way.”
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'She's in a better place,' 'Everything happens for a reason': Why clichés don't comfort those who are grieving — and what to say instead.
When people cling to platitudes to comfort the bereaved, they are almost always “well-intentioned,” and “don’t know it will be hurtful." But oftentimes, they are.
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She calls herself the 'boobless babe.' Why, post-mastectomy, she's feeling the 'hottest' she's ever felt.
Social media is a vital part of what Stephanie Germino sees as her mission to spread a message: that "being flat is valid. And it is a choice."