Author: Richard C. Trotter

Scroll on TikTok for half an hour and you’ll likely run into a recent trend where users answer the question of, “Would you rather be alone in a forest with a man, or a bear?” The trend has ignited a heated debate surrounding women’s safety, with many women (and men) on the app agreeing that they’d rather be face-to-face with a bear versus a man, sharing personal stories of being targeted and harassed in public, simply because they were women. This shared fear of safety is, unfortunately, backed by statistics: Surveys show that one in two women feel unsafe walking…

You can’t talk about pregnancy symptoms without mentioning morning sickness. While nausea and puking (and how to manage them) get a ton of attention during pregnancy, they aren’t the only tummy troubles you can expect when expecting (womp, womp). Gestational dyspepsia—the fancy term for indigestion during pregnancy—is another common complaint. It happens when you feel pain or discomfort in your stomach after eating. Many pregnant people also deal with heartburn, a burning sensation in your chest or throat that happens when stomach acid travels up your esophagus. Matter of fact, these two conditions are so common, your odds of getting…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Friends, rejoice! Memorial Day weekend is nigh, which means summer is just around the corner. After an especially brutal winter, I hope you’re cool with me speaking for all of us that we need deserve a care-free summer filled with lake days, road trips, hours spent reading…

We’ve heard a lot of buzz lately around magnesium and its bounty of potential wellness benefits—including magnesium for sleep (cue the sleepy girl mocktail), relaxation, and muscle pain relief. But on a broader scale, magnesium is an essential mineral and electrolyte that helps make DNA and regulate everything from our nerve and muscle function to our blood sugar levels, per the National Institutes of Health. Still, most people think of magnesium as a calming mineral. “It really relaxes everything in our body,” says Deepali Kashyap MD, IFMCP, NMCP, a certified functional medicine doctor with Galleria Women’s Health. “If you have…

Picture this: It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and on your calendar is a workout you’ve been itching to knock out. But come your 7 a.m. wakeup call, you have a nagging headache that you just can’t kick. It begs the question: Is it safe to push through your workout as planned, even with a headache, or should you skip it? “Headaches don’t have any one-size-fits-all approach,” says Thomas Pontinen, MD, physician and co-founder of Midwest Anesthesia and Pain Specialists. “Doctors and researchers don’t fully understand headaches, which is why it’s hard to give definite advice. What works for one person…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Let me take you back for a second: It’s the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and life is… bleak, to say the least. But as you scroll through your TikTok or Instagram feeds, one comforting, smiling face sticks out: the internet’s favorite grandma, preparing some delectable meal…

Fertility treatments, such as egg freezing and in vitro fertilization (IVF), are many things—hope-restoring, peace-of-mind-buying, and literal life-giving—but one thing they are not is easy. In fact, as any person who has undergone fertility treatments knows, they can be extraordinarily challenging, both physically and emotionally. And while fertility clinics are incredible facilities that perform medical miracles, they don’t often have the bandwidth to nurture patients through these tough processes. Enter Dandi, a new company focused on transforming the fertility experience by providing women with the additional support they so desperately need. Launching today, Dandi offers products and services designed to…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Between postpartum hair loss and the stress of the pandemic, my hair has seen better days as of late. And I know I’m not alone. Hair loss in women is becoming more and more common. There are more serious medical conditions that cause this, like alopecia, but…

With the Well+Good SHOP, our editors put their years of know-how to work in order to pick products (from skin care to self care and beyond) they’re betting you’ll love. While our editors independently select these products, making a purchase through our links may earn Well+Good a commission. Happy shopping! Explore the SHOP Have you ever woken up wrapped in a set of sheets that were so soft, you wished you could just… wear them all day? This was the exact vibe of tennis pro Maria Sharapova’s look for the 2024 Met Gala, whose gown was made from the same…

Hip thrusts are a go-to for glute building, but they aren’t the only exercise that can help you get gains in your upper legs and booty. In fact, while the hip thrust is one of the more well-known glute exercises, it’s not even necessarily the most effective. And, because it requires a barbell, it’s also not the most practical—especially for anyone who prefers to work out at home. We reached out to certified personal trainer Rachel MacPherson, CPT, for a deeper look into the exercise—and some hip thrust alternatives to try if you’re looking to mix up your lower-body workouts.…