Anna Miller is a health writer in Washington, D.C., where she's been published in The Washington Post and US News & World Report. She is a proud Michigan Wolverine, beer enthusiast, and two-time marathoner who can’t go a day without peanut butter. On any one day, you may find her rehearsing for a community theater musical, working her way into an embassy party, running around the Washington Monument in her underwear (ok, once! For charity!), or listening to a panel at the National Press Club. For these reasons, she has been called “a weird-stuff-o-meter” and takes it as a compliment. Follow her @AnnaMedaris.
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We get a lot from our moms—including plenty of advice. So in honor of Mother’s Day, our health columnist has gathered some of the warm, witty, and weird health tips we’ve heard from our moms over the years.
When our health columnist met Olympic runner Jeff Galloway, she didn’t get the butt-kicking she expected—instead, she learned how much she didn’t know about the sport. Read on to find out what you might have wrong about running.
It’s spring, and you’ve got a new wardrobe, a new haircut, and a newly cleaned apartment. And now it’s time for the next makeover: your grocery list. Here’s why a few simple swaps can have big benefits, plus easy ways to mix things up in your shopping bag.
You heard us right: endometriosis. Never heard of it? Our health columnist shares the scoop on the disease in the first of our series explaining funky-sounding female medical conditions.
Being a healthy beer drinker doesn’t have to be an oxymoron. Check out these secrets from our svelte, beer-drinking health columnist for how to enjoy the brew—without getting the gut.
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