What Women Need To Know About Diabetes
Diagnoses of type 2 diabetes are on the rise in the U.S. And, like many other conditions, diabetes can impact a woman’s health in disproportionate ways. Insufficient insulin or an…
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How To Care For Yourself As A Caregiver
November is National Family Caregivers Month! Caregiving provides much needed services to older adults and people with disabilities. In the United States, over 53 million people provide such services. Though…
What Are Fad Diets? Are They Worth It?
Fad diets come and go like the seasons. Many offer unrealistic or unsustainable claims of rapid fat loss, increased lean muscle mass, youthful skin, and more. However, some popular diets…
How to Treat Vaginal Dryness During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Our bodies undergo considerable changes during pregnancy. As our hormones rise and fall, however, it can be a challenge to identify what’s a normal experience and what might warrant a…
Everything You Want To Know About Sex Toys
Sex toys are an empowering tool to help us discover and understand our bodies. You might be pleasantly surprised to know that they are common among women and men! Over…
The Most Overlooked Menopause Symptom – Fatigue
When it comes to menopause symptoms, hot flashes tend to get the most attention, but what about the often crushing fatigue that can accompany menopause? Close to 70% of women…
How To Manage Night Sweats
Night sweats are always uncomfortable, often unpredictable, and an invariably frustrating symptom of menopause that 50 to 75% of women suffer with. Currently, medical science doesn’t know the precise cause…
Why Do My Breasts Feel Sore?
Feeling soreness in your breasts every now and then isn’t cause for concern. Most women experience breast soreness, or pain, from time to time. But the association between a sore…
What You Need to Know about Vaginal Discharge
Vaginal discharge is something every woman experiences over the course of her life. But depending on our age, where we’re at in our menstrual cycle, and whether we’re pre or…
How to Start Your Fertility Journey
Many women who struggle conceiving take a “wait and see” approach, turning to lab testing for common fertility problems – such as PCOS or low sperm count. From there, they…
Vaginal Exercises For Pelvic Health
Between your pelvic organs and gravity lies a thin layer of muscles and ligaments called the pelvic floor. During physical exercise, coughing or sneezing, or pregnancy these muscles contract to…
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: What To Know
Ovarian cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose in women. With symptoms that can mimic other conditions and a general lack of public awareness, many potential diagnoses…