Ariel Wodarcyk

Nurses spend their work lives caring for the sick—you'd better believe they know how to keep from getting sick themselves! Here are some common health mistakes nurses try NOT to make.

Please do yourself a favor this February and prepare in advance for Valentine’s Day. You want a gift that’s as interesting and cool as your partner is, so don’t wait until February 12 to frantically buy something on Amazon Prime. Below, our favorite Valentine’s Day gifts for your romantic pal.

I was 12 years old the first time my heart started to beat so fast, I swore it was going to pop out of my chest and onto the carpeted floor of my science classroom, like the frog we'd attempted to dissect the week before. Anxiety has always been a part of my life, even when I didn't have the words to describe it. When I lived on a busy street in Redwood City, CA, as a toddler, I raced through my house assuring someone (my parents? myself?), "It's OK, it's OK!" every time a motorcycle or ambul...

While the most popular nail shapes and polish colors have evolved a lot over the years, a flawless manicure has always been an instant confidence booster and the quickest way to tie a look together. Whether you paint your nails yourself, hit the salon for acrylics or gels or just spend hours scrolling through nail artists’ Instagram pages, the options for creative manicures are endless. We took a look back at the century’s hottest nail trends, from the classic red ovals customary for ‘50s mov...

The versatility of natural black hair styles can’t be overstated—which is why we get so excited when stars rock these looks on the red carpet. “We’ve always known natural hair was beautiful, but celebrities are finally showcasing it,” says Jihan Thompson, the cofounder of Swivel Beauty, a database that lets black women find and book appointments with stylists based on their hair type. Keep scrolling for Thompson’s tips on how to achieve some of the most stellar natural red carpet looks.Getty ...

Elizabeth Warren, mother, grandmother, senator, and presidential candidate, took to Twitter to share her personal experience with pregnancy discrimination in the workforce.
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In 1971, Warren was finishing her first year of teaching. She was 22 and “visibly pregnant.”
“By June...the principal told me the job I’d already been promised for the next year would go to someone else,” Warren said.
While pregnancy discrimination isn’t always so “in-your-face” in present day, it sti...

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After she immigrated to the U.S. from Greece with her three daughters, and her husband died, Maria Xenidou’s mother took a job at a factory. Shortly before she retired, the factory closed down, and almost everyone was laid off. The only job available was a cleaning position in the main office, Maria wrote on LinkedIn. But year after year, Maria and her two sisters excelled at school, more so than the children of Maria’s mom’s higher-ups.
“Every year, the company gave monetary awards to the em...

Working moms might be "even more determined" than other employees, the dad argued.

The company was there for Tara during a year full of dramatic highs and lows.

From hundreds of thousands of dollars for children in the NICU, to a doctor who didn't show up (and still charged the patient).