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Aviva Patz

Aviva Patz

Experience

Aviva Patz is deputy editor of RD.com and an award-winning health writer now covering travel, shopping, and beauty. A graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Aviva is lead singer of the pop-soul band The Hey Honeys and mother of two teenage girls and a puggle named Hazel.

Articles

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Suicide

You might have an image in your mind of the type of person who's at risk for suicide—here's why that image is probably completely inaccurate.

12 Things You MUST Know About Birth Control Pills If You Don’t Want to Get Pregnant — or Do!

Four of five sexually active women have used birth control pills. These are the facts their doctors hope they know.

10 Things That Happen to Your Body When You Stop Eating Sugar

Health experts weigh in on what happens to your body when you stop eating sugar, from looking younger to losing weight.