If you want to avoid unintended pregnancy, taking birth control is usually a no-brainer. But what if that same birth control upped your risk of breast cancer? According to research published in The New England Journal of Medicine, women who take hormonal birth control pills or use hormonal IUDs for years experience a small yet significant increase in their risk of breast cancer compared to those who don’t.
If you’re into fitness of any kind, FIBO is the place to catch all the latest developments. Which is why we can’t wait! Here’s what’s going down…
I wash my hair (almost) every day. Doing intense cardio Monday to Friday equals sweat… a lot of it. By the end of a training session, my hair is so drenched it literally looks like someone threw a bucket of water over my head. And carrying a huge bottle of shampoo (I’m talking 750ml), can be a major inconvenience — taking up much-needed space in my gym bag. Also, given that we need to lower our plastic consumption, plastic bottles have to go. So, I figured I’d try a shampoo bar. Obviously I was a bit sceptical: a bar of soap — surely it would make my hair dull… Boy, was I wrong.
How is it possible that it can be impossible to have sex? Ask the thousands of women around the world who suffer from vaginismus. They are normal women like you and me who love their partners and who would love to have sex with them but are living in unconsummated relationships due to vaginismus.
There are a bunch of obvious reasons why you might not want to have sex on any given night: you’ve had a hell of a day at work (long bath > sex), you’re dealing with a bout of depression or anxiety, you haven’t slept a full eight hours in a week. You get the idea. It all boils down to the fact that sometimes you just don’t have the desire or energy to get naked and roll around.
Here, 5 women who have undergone post-mastectomy breast reconstruction share how they dealt with the loss of their nipples — and how it impacted their lives
Chantell Ryksen was your typical yo-yo dieter — constantly going from losing weight only to pick it up again — and more. Tired of being stuck in a cycle, Chantell embarked on a journey of self-love and self-improvement — and lost 28 kilos in the process. Now, she loving the skin she’s in and helping others do the same. Here’s how she did it…
Raise your hand if you’ve ever wondered whether you drink too much coffee…while sipping on your third cup before noon. There’s no denying that double-shots are just plain necessary some mornings (ahem, Mondays), but where do you draw the line between healthy coffee consumption and being totally strung out? Is it even possible to have too much coffee? The answer is actually a little more complicated than you’d think — so read up before ordering your next Grande cup.
Virgin Active’s new workout class, Active Bands made its debut at Fit Night Out Joburg. So, of course, when it hit clubs at the beginning of September, we had to be first to try to it out. As it turned out, the class was a lot more hectic than we’d imagined. But it does wonders for your butt!
Nothing kills the workout buzz like the gym at 5 pm. Looking for a treadmill? Join the back of the queue. Want to stretch? Welcome to the mosh pit. And if your intention was to do a quick sweat sesh and get out of there, well, sorry for you. But don’t give up on your fitness dreams just yet. To the rescue: this medicine ball routine from Next Fitness Star finalist Meagan Claasen.
We get it – you’ve got a skin problem, but you’re not sure about cannabidiol-infused skincare. Acne? Cold sores? Wrinkles? We CBD-bombed them for you.
Despite the large number of sex toys I have packed away in my cupboard, I have three favourite sex toys that I use almost all the time. Here they are…