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Lauren Vinopal

Lauren Vinopal is a writer and stand-up comedian based out of New York City, who writes mostly about health, science and men. She is the host of the Mid Riff Comedy Show in Brooklyn, a frequent podcast guest all over, and lives the life of a teen who looks like they haven’t slept in years.

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We’re All a Bunch of Gold Diggers, New Survey Says

It found that a surprising amount of people are dating to climb the ladder — but is that a bad thing?

The Surgeon Who Derailed Decades of Medical Research by Giving Himself the Wrong STD

Many 18th-century doctors and scientists believed that gonorrhea and syphilis were the same thing, but John Hunter was the only one with enough confidence to use his penis to prove it

Depressed or Anxious? There Might Not Be an App for That After All

A new massive review of scientific evidence suggests that mental health apps aren’t as effective as we hoped — not yet at least