Lauren Vinopal, Author at Fatherly

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Lauren Vinopal

Masculinity Is Not Toxic, But It Might Be Diseased

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The Unexpected Danger of Holiday Heart Syndrome

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The Economic Impact of Erectile Dysfunction

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Poor Self-Esteem Runs in the Family. Here’s How to Break the Cycle.

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New Study Finds Stress During Pregnancy Can Change the Sex of Your Baby

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Parents Worry Incessantly About SIDS Risks. Should They? SIDS is a clinical phrase that helps professionals categorize a cause of death in babies. What can a parent do about it? Focus on more pressing things, for starters.

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Yes, New Moms Often Have Low Libidos. Here's Why. The dry spell parents of newborns endure has nothing to do with love or intimacy, and everything to do with biology.

What Men Can Learn from Lamaze The deep focused breaths women take during labor can help dads during painful and stressful situations throughout life for a very specific scientific reason.

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Are Home Births Safe? A New Study Weighs the Evidence A large new study points to the idea that home birth poses no increased risks for mothers and their babies. It’s not that simple.

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The Sex Recession Is a Myth Teens are having less sex than ever before. Or more. Experts can’t agree because they don’t know. The research on teen sex falls short.

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What Everyone Gets Wrong About Pregnancy After Miscarriages Couples trying to conceive after a miscarriage may have trouble finding fact-based recommendations. Here's what the research says.

Scientists Have Decoded Baby Talk. Turns Out They’re Bossing Parents Around When babies babble, they are communicating exactly what they want. Even if they don't know it, parents are listening.

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