Posts by Amelia Frost
This Vibrant Global Tribute Will Raise Critical Funds for Metastatic Breast Cancer Research
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October isn’t just the month for moody manicures and plaid, it’s also Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And one day in October is especially meaningful: October 13, Metastic Breast Cancer Awareness Day. And one initiative has helped the awareness of day go mainstream: an annual event that shines light on the cause—quite literally. During #LightUpMBC, almost…
Read MoreEverything I Thought I Knew About Breast Cancer Was Wrong
I grew up in a small town right outside of Austin, Texas, called Wimberley, on a little chicken farm with my big family. We had a family band; my dad’s a bluegrass musician, and my mom’s a writer. They’re hippies, but I always wanted to be an actress—my life plan was always to move to…
Read MoreFour Weeks After Giving Birth to My Third Child, I Was Diagnosed With Stage IV Cancer
Today I’m 38 and have been in menopause for four years—but there’s no evidence of active disease in my body. I’m still on the same medications as they’re still working. In the cancer world, treatment plans are called “lines of treatment.” You have your first line, second line, third line, etc. As one stops working,…
Read MoreI Was 41 and Running 5Ks When I Was Diagnosed With Terminal Cancer
Fast-forward a year: I was now 41 and had yet to get a mammogram. (Editor’s note: The American Cancer Society says women have the option to start screening for breast cancer at 40.) So on the morning of my ninth wedding anniversary, I finally went in; that night I put on a cute dress, lipstick,…
Read MoreI Didn’t Get Why Dense Breasts Mattered Until I Got Cancer at 46
One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime—and in 2022, I became one of them. At age 46, I thought I was doing everything right: I didn’t smoke, rarely drank, exercised, and ate well. What I didn’t realize was that my greatest risk factor was something beyond my control: I…
Read MoreThe Best G-spot Vibrators, According to a Sex Educator
A blended orgasm brings together clitoral and G-spot stimulation—and this Womanizer vibrator is one of the easiest ways to get there since it combines the brand’s signature suction toy with an internal arm for G-spot pressure. Basically, dual stimulation feels like receiving oral sex and being fingered at the same time—but you control it all…
Read MoreI Tested the Most Popular Lululemon Leggings to Find the Very Best Ones
These leggings are all about giving you that smooth, supported feeling while you’re flowing through yoga or powering through a training session. Made with Lycra elastane, these tights hug your body snugly, feeling just as velvety soft as the Align collection but with a bit more hold, perfect for any movement you’re up to. They’re…
Read More6 Lifestyle Changes to Prepare For if Your Doctor Suggested a GLP-1 to Treat Obesity
For people struggling with obesity, GLP-1 medications can feel almost magical—a once-weekly injection that makes food cravings and hunger pangs all but disappear, helping excess weight effortlessly fall off. Of course, these popular weight-loss medications aren’t actually magical, and despite their effectiveness, they aren’t intended to be a silver bullet. For anyone trying to achieve…
Read MoreIs There a Link Between Sleep Deprivation and Obesity?
For decades, we’ve been trained to think about weight as it relates to physical activity—as in, regular workouts are key to maintaining a healthy body weight. Yet as scientists’ understanding of obesity has evolved, it’s become clear that the relationship between exercise and weight isn’t quite so straightforward (nor is weight loss as simple as…
Read MoreSumbul Desai Is the Woman Behind Apple’s Billion-Dollar Quest to Improve Your Health
Sumbul Desai, MD, has our health in her hands. As the vice president of health at Apple, she says anything that touches health at the company, “I’m responsible for.” In layman’s terms that means the period cycles app on your watch and phone, the ECG monitor on your watch, the app that measures your blood…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About Weight-Loss Drugs and Birth Control
In case you missed the latest chapter in the story of weight-loss medications going mainstream, these days, everyone’s talking about #OzempicBabies. Over the past year-plus, people using prescription weight-loss medications—not just Ozempic but other popular injectable GLP-1 agonists—have taken to social media to share stories of unexpectedly becoming pregnant, often following years of infertility struggles,…
Read MoreWhat, Exactly, Are Ultra-Processed Foods? And What Role Do They Play in Obesity?
Lately, it seems like everyone is talking about the negative health effects of ultra-processed food. The only surprising thing about this conversation is how long it took for it to happen. Most Americans now in our 20s through 50s grew up in a culture filled with colorfully flagrant products of ultra-processing—from the brightest Jello and…
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