I left teaching and now make $450,000 in revenue a year covering up scars and stretch marks with tattoos. Here's how I built my lucrative business from scratch.

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Laura Lara left teaching to become a paramedical tattooist in 2020.

Laura Lara

Meet Sunny Balwani: Theranos No. 2 and Elizabeth Holmes' ex-boyfriend who just reported to prison to begin serving a 13-year sentence

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Former Theranos COO Ramesh Balwani leaves the Robert F. Peckham U.S. Federal Court on January 14, 2019 in San Jose, California.

Medicare is prohibited from covering weight-loss drugs — Ozempic could change that

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Semaglutide is a weekly injection that mimics a hunger-regulating hormone in the body.

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Amazon has been trying to break into healthcare for years. Here's a look at everything it's done.

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy.

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The creepy secret behind online therapy

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Online therapy apps like BetterHelp and Cerebral have shared their patients' data with advertisers and third-party companies.

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Mental-health apps are filling in a critical need — but they have a dark side

I went to Mexico for bariatric surgery and have zero regrets — it was a third of the cost and I never felt unsafe

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Kasey Spicer and her husband Rob pose after their bariatric surgeries.
Kasey Spicer and her husband, Rob, both got bariatric surgery in Tijuana, Mexico.

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Elizabeth Holmes is asking a judge to reverse her 'unjust' conviction or reduce her 11-year sentence one week before she's set to report to prison

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Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes alongside her boyfriend Billy Evans, walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes appeared in court Friday for a restitution hearing.

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New York's 'rat czar' will only succeed if she realizes that rats are not the 'enemy,' an expert says

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Kathleen Corradi was announced as New York City's first director of rodent mitigation on April 12.
Kathleen Corradi was announced as New York City's first director of rodent mitigation on April 12.

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Maye Musk said being awarded an honorary doctorate is the 'best thing that's ever happened to me'

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Prof Francis Petersen, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State (UFS), and Dr Maye Musk, recipient of an honorary doctorate in Dietetics, after the graduation ceremony.
Maye Musk with University of the Free State vice-chancellor Francis Petersen.

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Ozempic and other new weight-loss drugs could save lives. Too bad millions of Americans are being denied access to them.

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While the while the healthcare system battles it out over revolutionary new weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, people who most need obesity treatment are stuck without access to these critical drugs.

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