This year, the number of US adults on a GLP-1 medication for weight loss reached an astonishing 11% — meaning more than one in 10 adults are on one form or another of the jab. This explosion in use of drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro has happened over a very short time — about … Read more
A woman says a rare type of cancer left surgeons forced to remove an estimated 80% of her nose and reconstruct it using cartilage from her rib. Mel Frisby, 39, was on holiday in Turkey in September 2022 when she jumped off a boat into the sea and realized upon surfacing she was having a … Read more
Mike Stratton was on a “hell ride,” unable to move, as visions laid bare buried thoughts, resentments and destructive habits that had eroded his quality of life. This was the 34-year-old’s first encounter with ibogaine, a compound extracted from plants native to Africa that is sometimes called the “Mount Everest” of psychedelics. “I remember being … Read more
The bases are not the only things getting loaded. The fun-loving ladies on the new Paramount+ reality show “Team Moms: Baseball” know how to have a good time during their sons’ marathon game days — and it’s not about peanuts and crackerjacks. “We live at the fields, we gotta cut loose as parents, too,” Trish … Read more
They’ve 86’d “6-7” in exchange for far worse. Gen Alphas, youngsters under 17, keen on whispering “quiet on the creek” at random intervals, are loudly and proudly confusing millennials, Gen Xers, Baby Boomers — and even the 20-somethings of Gen Z — with their viral, vexing vocabulary. Bewildering buzzwords and phrases such as “scuba,” “crine,” and “i can’t … Read more
Tits the season. Coughing, sniffling and sneezing are, unfortunately, au courant among kiddos and adults alike now that the sun has officially set on summer, ushering in the chilly change in temperatures and sickness statuses. Lactating new mommies, however, are utilizing their mammaries to keep their households in perfect health this time of year, spiking baked … Read more
It’s a seedy little pumpkin. Sure, sex sells. But peeved parents aren’t buying it from an LED-animated Halloween novelty that serenades trick-or-treaters with a “creepy” chant laced with sexual innuendos about kissing and pumping folks full of its “seed.” “Let me de-influence you from buying this viral Jabberin’ Jack pumpkin if you have children,” spat a mother … Read more
British sisters-in-law Holly and Becky Stevens don’t just babysit each other’s children — they breastfeed them, too. From best friends to breast friends, the moms revealed during an appearance on the U.K. show This Morning that they have been nursing one another’s babies for seven years, a practice that started almost accidentally when Holly’s son … Read more
For Vita Grytsak’s four homeschooled kids, back-to-school shopping looks a little different compared to other families. In fact, their high-priced, high-ticket fashionable looks put her brood in a class all by itself. Designer duds from fashion houses such as Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Bonpoint, LoveShackFancy, Ugg, Nike, and Adidas await her children — Mila, a rising … Read more
The entitled son of “The View” co-host Sunny Hostin had to complete a court-ordered course to get his Westchester County trespassing case dismissed — despite his celeb mom’s two-month-long campaign to make the case disappear. Ivy League-educated Gabriel Hostin, 24, was nabbed trespassing on Metro-North Railroad tracks in New Rochelle on June 16 and hit … Read more
To survive the back-to-school mom group chat, you’ve gotta be one tough cookie. Sweet text message exchanges between parents have gone sour thanks to a sugary snack that was packed in a small child’s lunchbox, causing one mommy friend group to crumble into chocolatey dust. And the internet is eating it up. The viral mama drama, a … Read more
Growing up in a small midwestern town in the 1980s, Cassie Blakely learned to mask her symptoms early. She’d ask the teacher to help sharpen pencils so she didn’t have to finish a task. She learned that winning people over could be a superpower, especially when she struggled academically. It took decades before Blakely was … Read more
As back-to-school shopping kicks into high gear, a vigilante mom has gone viral for exposing what she sees as a major flaw in fast fashion. Kat, a mononymous mommy blogger and former model, has racked up millions of views on videos that expose stark and alarming differences between clothes made for boys and girls. “This … Read more
This gym mama’s got worrywarts working up a sweat. Thunderbolts of terror are surging through the internet as footage of a mommy influencer’s late-night workout with her newborn trends. “Holy s- -t this is so dangerous,” an incensed cynic spat at Angela Holm, a married mom of five, beneath video of her after-9:00 p.m. sweat … Read more
Your breakfast could be deadly. Granola from the company Hampton Grocer, has been recalled over a possible salmonella contamination. The health-conscious brand issued a recall on its eight-ounce bags of Lacnola Lactation Granola — a product geared towards supporting “healthy lactation” and providing “key minerals for postpartum health.” According to the FDA report, the granola … Read more
As parents, we all know that flying with kids, toddlers, and babies is not fun. The anxiety and stress parents feel while boarding is immense, regardless of the age of their children. Charlotte Heinrich Freeman recently learned that the hard way while traveling with her two children: her toddler daughter, Mimi, and her son, Freddie, … Read more
She thinks their pledges should start using some Pledge. A Long Island mom went viral this week for her reaction to the skanky state of her son’s fraternity house. Lori DiBisceglie Massaro of Albertson moved her son Will into the Phi Kappa Sigma house at the University of Delaware on Thursday — and quickly realized the … Read more
Mama’s bringing the trauma. As kiddos from coast-to-coast prepare to return to the classroom in the coming weeks, one mother is making it clear that she’s not prepared to force her brood to tackle assignments, study for tests or complete enriching projects once the end-of-day school bell tolls. It’s simply not her job. A mom divides … Read more
Oh, barf! Parents who shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to send their children to camp this summer received shocking news from the front this week — several pricey sleepaway spots in the Poconos and Catskills were spiraling after a nasty stomach bug swept through the secluded sites, sending kiddies and counselors legging it to … Read more
Two in five moms of little ones feel like parenting is a job that the day is simply too short for, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 mothers who are currently breastfeeding or have done so within the past five years examined where the time goes in those early years of parenting. Results … Read more