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In today’s email we cover sex differences in chronic pain, ginseng, and fixing your form when it comes to abdominal exercises.

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Today’s Main Feature

Why Chronic Pain Lasts Longer In Women

And no, it’s not just medical misogyny:

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How Much Of Our Health Can We Track Ourselves?

Modern technology gives us a lot of options in the palm of our hand; here are 45 useful metrics:

What Does Ginseng Actually Do, Anyway?

More than you might think:

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Watch and Learn

Don’t Train Harder (Yet); Fix Your Form First

Cori Lefkowitz, of Strong at Every Age, shows us how to make it count:

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