Contributing Health Writer
Chaunie Brusie is a contributing writer at Yahoo Health and a registered nurse who spent six and a half years working in labor and delivery before transitioning to health journalism. She brings that clinical experience to every product she tests. At Yahoo alone, she has evaluated more than 60 health and fitness products, including 19 weighted vests, 10 migraine relief caps, weight benches, barbells, blood pressure monitors and bunion correctors. She regularly consults personal trainers, podiatrists and cardiologists to ensure her recommendations are as practical as they are evidence-based. Brusie has covered health, parenting and wellness for more than 15 years, with work appearing in The New York Times, Parents, Healthline, Verywell and Good Housekeeping.
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