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Simple Answers to Complicated Questions About Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a hormonal disorder that affects between 1 and 6 and 1 and 20 women of reproductive age. It’s a leading cause of infertility — 40% of women with PCOS experience problems with fertility — and women often learn they have PCOS when they encounter difficulty getting pregnant.

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6 Tips for Finding a Good Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center

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Your life is careening out of control due to excessive alcohol consumption or drug use, and you need to find a treatment center to get off the addiction train before it crashes and wrecks – or ends – your life. Or your child’s drug-fueled reckless behavior has prompted you to look for a treatment center for him or her. Finding the right treatment program for your or your child’s substance use disorder is crucial – and could be complicated, experts say.

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EAT BETTER AS A FAMILY

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September is back to school season, which means that between shuttling the kids back and forth to classes and practice and sports and everything else it can be tough to find a way for the family to come together and reconnect. But family meals don’t have to be the somber affairs some of us grew up with. Sometimes making sure to sit down together for a shared meal can mean sharing a game or new colored food or flavor; while other times it means creating a family environment where food that is good for you is also fun to eat and a family priority.

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Cursing On the Job Is No Longer Taboo But You Have to be Savvy About How You Do It

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Ask Jesse Botte if she swears at work, and she’ll tell you: “A big f*****g hell yes!”

The 31-year-old founder of JBeWell Fitness Solutions — who boasts an accent she jokingly describes as “Marisa Tomei circa ‘My Cousin Vinny'”- says that when she began training clients at a fancy gym in Manhattan, she was told to tone down her frequent cursing.

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FYI: Struggling With Infertility Doesn’t Mean You’ll Never Get Pregnant

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High school sex ed did a number on me, and I spent most of my life living with a low-grade fear that I would get pregnant every time I had sex, even though I used the pill. That notion was further confirmed when I got pregnant with my first son the day my husband and I started trying. But when we decided to try to have another baby, things weren’t so easy.

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