Korin Reid sabía sobre la resistencia a los antibióticos desde que era pequeña. Desde los siete años, recuerda haber leído sobre eso en uno de los libros de sus padres, así que cuando contrajo su primera infección resistente a los antibióticos (una infección bacteriana que algunos antibióticos no pueden tratar), « estaba un poco molesta », dijo Korin, científica de datos y directora ejecutiva de Ellison Laboratories. « He tenido mucho cuidado de no tomar antibióticos cuando no los necesito ». Korin es una Healthy

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If you don’t like to say the words “painful periods,” you can just say “dysmenorrhea”— it will sound better, perhaps, but you’ll still be uncomfortable. So let’s talk about what’s causing the pain and how you can make it better. Let’s first discuss the difference between primary dysmenorrhea and secondary dysmenorrhea. Primary dysmenorrhea is sort of your garden variety menstrual cramps, caused by chemicals that the uterus makes that lead to cramping. Secondary dysmenorrhea is caused by abnormalities of the Healthy

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As told to Shannon Shelton Miller When I was about 11 or 12, I started developing breasts like many girls my age. Unlike them, though, mine just kept growing. One could say I was “blessed” with large breasts pretty early on. My family and I were all surprised by this — no one in our family was built that way, and we weren’t sure why my breasts were growing so large. Part of me was excited that I looked “womanly,” Healthy