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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness
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Steve Calechman
Contributor
Steve Calechman is a contributing editor for Men’s Health, a writer for MIT’s Industrial Liaison Program, and his work has appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine, Greentech Media, Fatherly, and BabyCenter. For over 25 years as a journalist, he’s written about everything from handling stress like an Alaska bush pilot to computational neuroscience to how to change your mind mid-sentence with your child. If you’d like to visit his website at stevecalechman.com, he won’t try to stop you.
Posts by Steve Calechman
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Staying Healthy
Want to try veganism? Here's how to get started
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Mind & Mood
How to break a bad habit
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Nutrition
Healthy oils at home and when eating out
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Mind & Mood
Minimizing successes and magnifying failures? Change your distorted thinking
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Mind & Mood
Making holiday shopping decisions quicker and with less stress
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Mind & Mood
Do I have to yell so much?
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Mind & Mood
Listening to your hunger cues
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Mind & Mood
Sleep to solve a problem
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Exercise & Fitness
But I don’t feel like exercising…
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Exercise & Fitness
We’re supposed to make resolutions now?
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Mental Health
How to give yourself — and others — a break
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Steve Calechman
Be vigilant about bug spray
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COVID-19
How risky is using a public bathroom during the pandemic?
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Steve Calechman
How risky is a hug right now?
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Child & Teen Health
What to do when your child swears
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Exercise & Fitness
Simple ways to wake up your workout
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Exercise & Fitness
10,000 steps a day — or fewer?
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Steve Calechman
What to do with that foam roller at the gym?
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Steve Calechman
Easy daily ways to feel more connected
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Steve Calechman
Tackling parent-teacher conferences: The early years
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T-ball: The ups and downs, and why it can be worthwhile
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Steve Calechman
When your child ends up in the emergency room
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Child & Teen Health
What happened when I stopped saying “Be careful”
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"Me time" sounds good, but when exactly?
Recent Blog Articles
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Testosterone-blocking drugs boost heart disease risk when given in combination
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Parenting isn't easy: Two important skills can help
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Does sleeping with an eye mask improve learning and alertness?
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Do tattoos cause lymphoma?
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Hot weather hikes: Staying safe when temperatures spike
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Cannabis drinks: How do they compare to alcohol?
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What is Lewy body dementia?
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Dog bites: How to prevent or treat them
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Ever read your medical record? Here's why you should
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Shining light on night blindness