Location
Asheville, North Carolina
School
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Expertise
Women's lifestyle, General wellness, Rare disease advocacy
- Amanda loves writing about the latest health and wellness trends all the celebrities and A-listers are dabbling in. (Gwyneth Paltrow, we're looking at you.)
- Amanda is passionate about rare disease advocacy and serves on the boards of two nonprofit organizations dedicated to advancing treatments for RDH12-related retinopathy, a disease that causes severe and progressive vision loss during childhood.
- As the mother of two young girls, she is constantly looking for ways to help foster and instill healthy habits that will hopefully last them a lifetime.
Experience
Amanda started her writing career curating reality television recaps, before eventually expanding into all things celebrity entertainment and pop culture gossip. But when her youngest daughter was diagnosed with an ultra-rare genetic disease at only two and a half years old, Amanda found herself thrust into an all-new world with no choice but to utilize that same journalistic skillset to learn everything possible about a disease she never knew existed. Since then, she's found a way to marry those two passions together, carving out a niche for herself in the health info-tainment world. Her bylines can be found with publications such as Explore, NickiSwift, The List, Women, and HealthDigest.
Education
Amanda graduated from the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's degree in mass communication.
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During the Season 8 trailer of "The Kardashians," Kim revealed her esophagitis diagnosis, highlighting the significance of the condition for her late father.
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Mental Health
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Actor Lucy Hale has spoken to multiple interviewers regarding her journey to sobriety and its benefits. Here's what she had to share with them.
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Fans of the "Little House" books have long believed that Mary Ingalls became blind due to scarlet fever. However, scientists say it was likely this instead.
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Actor Kim Basinger has long been a proponent of this diet, having followed it for decades, and its benefits to the 72-year-old thespian are clearly noticeable.
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Parenting
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Just like the rest of us, celebrities can experience pregnancy loss. However, it can help break down the stigma when they share that we are not alone.
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Health Conditions
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During the time of the author and real-life pioneer, settlers were making a critical hygiene mistake that decimated life expectancy on the 19th-century prairie.
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Based on experts' estimates, heterochromia is a rare condition among people in the United States. A few Hollywood stars have this unique, eye-catching mutation.
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Speaking at an amfAR event, Pamela Anderson said she didn't fear dying from hepatitis C. Instead, she revealed another very relatable concern to the audience.
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Mental Health
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Apart from his accomplishments as an athlete, Travis Kelce is known for being a men's mental health advocate and debunking the myth that "real men don't cry."
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Going to the beach can be an exciting adventure, but it can quickly become dangerous to your health because of some common (and serious) hygiene no-nos.
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Some say that giving up cigarettes gradually is the way to go. But these superstars prove that it's possible to quit cold turkey (which research also supports).
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Jason Kelce's admission about his foot hygiene ignited a social media war, with one side defending him and the other calling him out for his polarizing habit.
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A trip to the salon may be a relaxing time for you, but not following certain hygiene rules could make things stressful (and dangerous) for your hairdresser.
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Because cowboys in the Wild West didn't bathe that often, they were known to use a painful but effective tactic to mask their body odor under the hot sun.
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Mental Health
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While "baby blues" is a term for a common condition among mothers within two weeks of giving birth, postpartum psychosis is more severe -- and hard to diagnose.
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Growing up, many boomers stuck to certain practices that they thought were good for their health. But not all of those self-care habits are actually beneficial.
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Beverage
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The denizens of the Wild West were said to be particularly fond of this breakfast staple — a "superfood" that offers more than just heart health benefits.
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Dental Health
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How often do you replace your toothbrush? Experts say that you might be keeping it longer than you should, especially if it's not being stored properly.
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If your boomer parents didn't practice this summer habit, are you even a millennial? Luckily, though, millennials have learned from their parents' mistakes.
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There are a lot of hygiene products from the 1960s that boomers will remember, but millennials never even knew existed. Come join us on a walk down memory lane.
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As a millennial, can you expect to have a longer life expectancy than the boomers who came before you? Research provides some compelling insights.
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Weight Loss
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How does Christie Brinkley take care of her looks at her age? The model and author recently talked about her diet and why it's her ultimate wellness secret.
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Actor Tom Hanks made headlines when he gave never-before-heard details about a very unusual pre-colonoscopy ritual he shares with two fellow A-listers.
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In the '80s, these beds were a fixture in many homes. No doubt, the claims that they were more hygienic than regular mattresses contributed to their popularity.
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There's a good chance that you have used (or still use) Q-tips and other cotton swabs to clean your ears. But doctors strongly advise against this practice.
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As the human body grows older, it becomes more susceptible to a variety of ailments. Hence, every boomer should have these medical supplies within easy reach.
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Some celebrities, like Ryan Seacrest and Hailey Bieber, swear by a supposedly healthy morning routine that not a lot of people might have the stomach for.
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