Amy Norton

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Contributor at SELF Magazine

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We Need to Talk About Perimenopause and Eating Disorders

1 week ago | self.com | Amy Norton

There are some stereotypes about eating disorders that have been stuck in the public mind forever—namely, they only affect people who are female, white, and in their teens or 20s. The reality, however, looks a lot different: People of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and sexes can and do develop them.
We Need to Talk About Perimenopause and Eating Disorders

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Amy Norton

PM Images/Getty ImagesThere are some stereotypes about eating disorders that have been stuck in the public mind forever—namely, they only affect people who are female, white, and in their teens or 20s. The reality, however, looks a lot different: People of all ages, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and sexes can and do develop them.
How to Make Traveling With Ulcerative Colitis a Little Less Stressful

2 months ago | self.com | Brijen Shah |Amy Norton

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Demi Ricario considers herself both a foodie and a globe-trotter. The “travel bug,” she tells SELF, hit her when she was 15 and took a solo trip to the United States from her native Philippines. It was an experience of a lifetime—she was hooked.
Anti-Amyloid Drugs: What They Are, How They Work, and Who Should Use Them

Feb 25, 2025 | self.com | Jessica Ailani |Amy Norton

Time. In the experience of dementia specialist Suzanne Schindler, MD, that’s what patients in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease so often want. More time to spend with family and friends, doing the things they’ve always enjoyed. More time, even, to do all the things a lot of us don’t enjoy—like running errands and getting dinner on the table. Until recently, there was no way to buy them more time.
Frozen Shoulder Is the Joint Condition Anyone Over 40 Should Know About

Jan 29, 2025 | self.com | Amy Norton

Imagine if one morning, you casually reached back to hook your bra only to be greeted with a jolt of pain in your shoulder. And then instead of going away, the pain gradually got worse over time, to the point that you had to invent creative and weird ways to deal with your bra—and putting on a shirt, and washing your hair, and any number of mundane daily tasks. Imagine if, eventually, you were so afraid to move your shoulder, it just got kind of…stuck.
Here’s How COVID Can Trigger Type 1 Diabetes and Other Autoimmune Conditions

Nov 11, 2024 | self.com | Amy Norton

Brittany Underwood was 37 when she was hit with COVID early in 2021. Her case was mild, and, like the mom she is, she took care of everyone else because of course the rest of her family had it too. It wasn’t until a couple weeks later that she started to feel lousy—wiped out, constantly thirsty, and dealing with weird issues like blurry vision in one eye. When Underwood brought those symptoms to her doctor, he decided to run some blood tests.
There’s a ‘Real, Documented Rise’ in Cancer in Young People. Should You Be Worried?

Sep 27, 2024 | self.com | Amy Norton

When Juliette Landgrave felt a painful, “rock-hard” lump in one of her breasts, she immediately called both her primary care doctor and gynecologist. A mammogram and further testing revealed she had “triple-negative” breast cancer—a more aggressive type. She was 38 at the time and had no family history of the disease. “It was just very difficult to understand, to digest it,” Landgrave tells SELF.
These Are the Most Common Colon Cancer Symptoms in Young People

Sep 24, 2024 | self.com | Amy Norton

Digestion problems, whether from stress or a bad burrito, are just a part of life—so ordinary, they can be easy to brush off. But when constipation or stomach cramps persist for weeks or months, it can be a sign of something you wouldn’t normally expect to be on your health bingo card: colorectal cancer.
Everything to Know About Hypnotherapy for IBS, Which Experts Say Is a Legit Treatment

Aug 27, 2024 | self.com | Amy Norton

If you’ve ever been seriously worried about something and then ended up with a case of diarrhea, you may have guessed that your mind and gut are as tightly wed as an old married couple. For many people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), that close relationship can look like a revolving door: Anxiety causes constipation, cramps, stomach pain, and diarrhea, which then leads to stress followed by more symptoms—it’s a vicious cycle.
How Long Is Too Long to Sit on the Toilet?

Aug 14, 2024 | self.com | Amy Norton

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Everybody poops, so in theory we all know how to do it. But if you regularly camp out on the toilet, scrolling through your phone, flipping through the pages of The New Yorker, or reading the ingredients on your conditioner bottle, chances are you’re doing it wrong.

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