How to Improve Your Vaginal Health With Probiotics
Probiotics, foods, or dietary supplements that contain good, live bacteria, can help you maintain a healthy gut and vagina. Yet, as more women’s health products with varying claims enter the…
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Why You Should Avoid Vaginal Cleansers – Even Those That Claim To Balance Your pH
If there’s one body part that women are overly concerned about keeping clean, it’s our vaginas. This is because we’ve been taught that our vaginas are stinky, dirty, and gross…
How Do I Know if I Have a UTI or a Kidney Infection?
Up to 60% of women will experience a urinary tract infection (UTI) at least once in their lives, and the risk increases with age. Among women over 65, 10% develop…
What is Vaginismus? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
Do you dread going to the gynecologist because of difficult pap smears? Does painful sex prevent you from achieving healthy intimacy with your partner? Do you find it impossible to…
Menopause and Bacterial Vaginosis: What You Need to Know
Passing the menopause milestone means no more vaginal infections or similar symptoms, right? Not so fast. Entering the postmenopausal period does change your reproductive system but does not negate common…
How to Care for the Vagina and Vulva
We often don’t think about how important caring for our vaginal and vulva health really is until something doesn’t quite feel right ‘down there’. To have a happy, healthy vagina…
Facts About the Vagina and Vulva Everyone Should Know
There is a lot of misinformation about the vagina and vulva out there. So, we put together some facts about the vagina and vulva so you know fact from fiction. The vagina…
What is Lichen Sclerosus?
If you’re like many of us when we get sick, you may have turned to Google for answers. And if you suffer from vaginal or vulvar itching or burning, you…
Vaginal Myths: What’s True and What’s Not?
Urban myths about the vagina are widespread and a common part of the taboo that often surrounds the female body. Here, we break down what’s true and what’s not about…
The Importance of Pelvic Floor Therapy
Gravity isn’t kind to us as we age and the pelvic organs are often the first to succumb. Over the years, pressures from physical activities like running, jumping, and lifting…
Protecting Your Vaginal Health: Looking Into Product Regulations and Safety
Walking into a women’s wellness aisle at the drugstore or seeing online ads for vaginal health products can raise a few questions. Do I need all of these products for…
What Is a Bruised Cervix?
A bruised cervix is not common, but they do occur. We are going to break down what cervical bruising is, how it happens, and what you can do about it.…