Stephanie Emma Pfeffer

PEOPLE.com • 6th June 2023

Woman Gets Double Mastectomy at 36, Learns She Has a Second Type of Cancer

Philecia La’Bounty was feeling good. “I’d been cancer-free for 5 years and life was going awesome,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively.

PEOPLE.com • 5th June 2023

Fla. Woman with Rare Genetic Condition Lives with More Than 100 Tumors: 'I'm in Excruciating Pain'

Michele Holbrook's leg had been giving her trouble. “I’d be walking down the street and would just fall down out of nowhere,” says Holbrook, who was 25 at the time.

PEOPLE.com • 26th May 2023

TikTok’s TherapyJeff Brings Mental Health to the Masses: ‘The Bar Has Been Raised When It Comes to Emotional Intelligence'

The therapist went from living a normal life in Portland, Ore., running his private practice and being active in the mental health community, to a TikTok star known as @TherapyJeff in a just a few months.

PEOPLE.com • 8th May 2023

Young & the Restless Star Eric Braeden Shared Cancer Diagnosis to 'Help People Be Not So Fearful of It'

Eric Braeden is doing his part to spread the word about getting regular medical checkups.

PEOPLE.com • 4th May 2023

Oklahoma Woman with Non-Viable Pregnancy Says Hospital Told Her to Sit in the Parking Lot 'Until You Bleed Out'

Jaci Statton, 25, was sick and bleeding from her partial molar pregnancy but Oklahoma abortion bans prevented doctors from performing a procedure to remove harmful, pre-cancerous tissue.

PEOPLE.com • 1st May 2023

London Marathoner with Alopecia Responds to Social Media Troll Who Said She Looks Like a 'Sick, Ugly Man'

"I spent many years feeling sad and isolated — now I've turned it into a positive thing," runner Lindsay Walter tells PEOPLE of her journey toward self-acceptance.

PEOPLE.com • 12th April 2023

Peloton Instructor Leanne Hainsby Describes Breast Cancer Journey: 'It's Been a Tough Year'

Leanne Hainsby remembers the exact moment she felt the lump in her breast in July of 2022.

PEOPLE.com • 4th April 2023

Magic Johnson Shares His Wellness Routine: 'I Wake Up at 4 O'Clock Every Morning'

"I wake up at four o'clock every morning," the NBA legend tells PEOPLE. "I love the mornings when it's still. Just really having an hour or two to myself when it's quiet."

PEOPLE magazine • 15th March 2023

Paralympic Swimmer Mallory Weggemann Welcomes First Baby: 'Our Little Miracle'

After a long IVF journey, Paralymic swimmer and gold medalist Mallory Weggemann and her husband Jay Snyder welcome their first baby, Charlotte Ann Snyder: 'She fought hard to join us in this world.'

PEOPLE.com • 16th February 2023

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Speaks About His Atrial Fibrillation Diagnosis, Importance of Getting Your Heart Checked

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar remembers feeling like something was off. "I started noticing symptoms about two or three years ago," he tells PEOPLE. "I was having irregular heartbeat, shortness of breath and had no energy or stamina. I couldn't walk more than 30 yards without having to sit down and rest to catch my breath."

PEOPLE.com • 14th February 2023

Toronto Woman Promotes Ostomy Bag Awareness: 'I'm Not Defined by It'

Jessica Grossman was faced with a difficult choice when she was 13 years old. "I was so sick that my intestines were basically septic and the doctors gave me the option to have ostomy surgery," she tells PEOPLE.

PEOPLE.com • 13th February 2023

Idaho Man Loses 230 Lbs. After Hitting Rock Bottom: 'I Was Embarrassed at How Far I'd Let Myself Go'

Jarred Aslett was in a bad place in June of 2020. It was the middle of the pandemic, he had just broken up with his longtime girlfriend — and he weighed 480 lbs.

PEOPLE.com • 6th February 2023

Suicide Attempt Survivor Shares How She Took Charge of Her Mental Health — and Now Helps Others Do the Same

Cherrial Odell was only 13 years old the first time she tried to take her own life.

PEOPLE.com • 27th January 2023

Paralympic Swimmer Mallory Weggemann Wants Athletes and Wheelchair Users to Realize 'Motherhood Is Possible'

"We hit 31 weeks, which is so surreal," the Paralympic gold medalist tells PEOPLE exclusively. "We're feeling good."

PEOPLE.com • 24th January 2023

Natalie Mariduena on Her 30-Lb. Weight Loss Transformation: 'I Wanted to See What I Could Push My Body to Do'

Natalie Mariduena is going public with her life changes. After being featured in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit in 2020 and 2021, the 26-year-old content creator decided in July 2022 to commit more fully to her health.

PEOPLE.com • 20th January 2023

Teddi Mellencamp's Skin Cancer Ordeal Continues with 3 New Spots on Her Back — Plus an 'Irregular' Bump on Her Neck

After having 12 melanomas removed last year and being declared cancer-free, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 41, is now "dealing with something out of my control."

PEOPLE.com • 3rd January 2023

Glennon Doyle Reveals Anorexia Diagnosis on Her Podcast: 'It Shook Me Deeply'

Glennon Doyle is getting honest with fans about her recent eating disorder diagnosis.

PEOPLE.com • 3rd January 2023

New York Mom Ditched Her Pandemic Weight Gain — and Found Her Confidence Again

Like many people, Venae Fowler put on a few extra pounds during the pandemic.

PEOPLE.com • 3rd January 2023

Scientists Raise Alarm About Threats to the Human Microbiome in New Documentary The Invisible Extinction

There's a war going on inside our bodies. The human gut microbiome — bacteria and other microorganisms living in our gut that are essential for our survival — are endangered.

PEOPLE.com • 28th December 2022

Powerlifting Mom Broke the World Record for Heaviest Raw Deadlift by a Woman — and Lost 140 Lbs. Along the Way

Tamara Walcott will never forget the day she stepped on the scale and it read 415 lbs. "I did not recognize who I was," Walcott, 39, tells PEOPLE in this week's Beyond the Scale feature. "I actually stopped looking in the mirror for a very long time."