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Menstrual Health
Menstrual Health
We Asked OB/GYNs Why We Sometimes Get Cramps After Inserting a Tampon
By
Korin Miller
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Dec 28, 2021
Menstrual Health
The Best Heating Pads for Your Period Cramps, According to Thousands of Relieved Reviewers
By
Taylor Bell
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Dec 16, 2021
Healthy Body
5 Unexpected Period Symptoms (Because It Impacts Your Whole Body)
By
Han Schneider
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Dec 10, 2021
Healthy Body
Period Cramps Keeping You Awake At Night? Here's What You Can Do
By
Han Schneider
•
Dec 09, 2021
Healthy Body
Here’s Why You’re More Likely To Get UTIs During Menopause, According to a Gynecologist
By
Han Schneider
•
Dec 03, 2021
Menstrual Health
Here's Why You Should Be Using a Period Tracker App if You Aren’t Already
By
Ashley Lauretta
•
Oct 23, 2021
Menstrual Health
In Defense of Having Sex When You're on Your Period
By
Erin Magner
•
Oct 06, 2021
Menstrual Health
Seeking Care for Fibroids Can Be Exhausting. Here's How To Practice Self-Advocacy
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jul 30, 2021
Healthy Body
The Connection Between Gut Health and Hormones Everyone in Menopause Should Know
By
Emily Laurence
•
Jun 20, 2021
Healthy Pregnancy
Loom's Birthing Parent-Centered Online Courses Prove Health Education Is Health Care
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jun 17, 2021
Bras and Undies
Thinx Just Revamped and Extended Its Size Offerings To Ensure a Better, More Absorbent Fit for All
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jun 15, 2021
Healthy Body
Vaginal Dilators Can Be Used To Treat Pelvic Pain and Painful Sex—Here's What To Know
By
Gabrielle Kassel
•
May 31, 2021
Menstrual Health
Period Trauma Is Real—And It’s Harming the Health of Millions of Black Menstruators
By
Erin Bunch
•
May 27, 2021
Bras and Undies
Thinx Is Having the Biggest Sale of the Year *Right Now*—Here's What To Buy
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
May 26, 2021
Healthy Body
Have Your Period? Science Says You May Want To Tone Down Your Exercise Intensity
By
Tehrene Firman
•
May 24, 2021
Healthy Mind
These Mental Health Symptoms of Menopause Don't Get Mentioned Enough but Affect the Majority of Women
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
May 22, 2021
Healthy Body
Nyssa's Self-Check Mirror Lets You—You Guessed It—Take an Easy Look At Your Bits, So I Tried It
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Apr 09, 2021
Sex Advice
6 Period Sex Products That'll Get You in the Flow for a Mess-Free, Feel-Good Time
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Mar 24, 2021
Sex Advice
Can You Masturbate Your Way Out of Period Cramps? A Doctor and Sexuality Expert Advise
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Mar 15, 2021
Healthy Body
5 Realities of Sex Drive During Perimenopause, According to a Gynecologist Who Focuses on Midlife Sexuality
By
Susan Hardwick-Smith, MD
•
Mar 01, 2021
Menstrual Health
How Flo Code's Lamanda Ballard Is Fighting for Menstrual Equity in Texas
By
Kayla Hui
•
Feb 18, 2021
Menstrual Health
4 Menstrual Cup Benefits That May Make You Ditch Pads and Tampons for Good
By
Jessica Estrada
•
Feb 18, 2021
Menstrual Health
3 Stretches for When Menstrual Cramps Leave Your Uterus in Knots
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Feb 17, 2021
Healthy Body
I Tried Using Menstrual Discs During My Period, and Here's How It Went
By
Morgan Mandriota
•
Feb 06, 2021
Menstrual Health
The 4 Most Comfortable Menstrual Products for Heavy Flow Periods
By
Kayla Hui
•
Dec 20, 2020
Menstrual Health
Artemis's Tabitha Holbért Is Using Tech To Help People Find Language for Their Menstrual Pain
By
Erin Bunch
•
Dec 14, 2020
Healthy Body
5 Trans-Affirming Period Brands That Make Pads, Tampons, Cups, and Underwear for Many Bodies
By
Mel Van De Graaff
•
Dec 01, 2020
Sex Advice
OB/GYNs Share, Once and for All, Whether Having Sex Can Make Your Period Start Early
By
Rachel Kraus
•
Nov 10, 2020
Bras and Undies
Knix Leakproof Period Underwear Is *Always* Worth It
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Nov 10, 2020
Menstrual Health
Got the 'Period Flu?' Here's an OB/GYN's Quick Guide to PMS
By
Kells McPhillips
•
Oct 11, 2020
Healthy Body
This New Tool Makes Finding Abortion Care Much Easier
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Sep 17, 2020
Menstrual Health
What Doctors Want You To Know About Antibiotics and the Pill
By
Erin Bunch
•
Sep 10, 2020
Menstrual Health
Up to 51% of People Forget To Take the Pill Every Day—This Innovative Smart Case Is Hoping To Change That
By
Kells McPhillips
•
Sep 09, 2020
Menstrual Health
California Is About To Become the Second State Requiring Ingredient Transparency in Period Products
By
Erin Bunch
•
Sep 08, 2020
Menstrual Health
School Closures Make It Harder for Menstruating People To Access Period Products—Here's Where To Find Them for Free
By
Emily Laurence
•
Sep 02, 2020
Menstrual Health
This New XL Overnight Pad Will Ensure You Never Have Period Sheets Again
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Aug 24, 2020
Healthy Body
This Is How Often You Should Be Going to the Gynecologist
By
Tehrene Firman
•
Aug 17, 2020
Menstrual Health
New Bills Introduced in Congress Today Aim To Finally Fund Uterine Fibroids Research
By
Erin Bunch
•
Jul 30, 2020
Menstrual Health
This At-Home Test for HPV Is Easy, Painless, and Affordable
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jul 07, 2020
Menstrual Health
9 out of 10 Black Women Will Get Fibroids Before They’re 50, So Why Are Treatment Options Still So Limited?
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jul 02, 2020
Healthy Body
The Contraception Gap Is Getting Bigger—These Telehealth Companies Are Trying To Bridge It
By
Kells McPhillips
•
Jun 25, 2020
Menstrual Health
We’re About To Give You a Very Good Reason To Hop in the Shower Today
By
Zoe Weiner
•
Jun 24, 2020
Menstrual Health
OK TMI: Can You Get a Yeast Infection From a Wet Bathing Suit?
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Jun 18, 2020
Menstrual Health
The FDA approves the first oral treatment for fibroids symptoms, offering a new non-surgical option
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Jun 09, 2020
Healthy Body
‘I’m an OB/GYN, and This Is How You Should Actually Wash Your Vulva’
By
Allie Flinn
•
May 31, 2020
Menstrual Health
An OB/GYN breaks down exactly what to expect from your annual gyno visit right now
By
Colleen De Bellefonds
•
May 28, 2020
Menstrual Health
OK, TMI: Why Do I Get Butthole Cramps on My Period?
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
May 26, 2020
Menstrual Health
OK TMI: What Happens When You Leave a Tampon In for Too Long?
By
Colleen De Bellefonds
•
May 20, 2020
Clean Beauty
Johnson & Johnson discontinues talc-based baby powders in the U.S. and Canada
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
May 20, 2020
Menstrual Health
You're not imagining it—quarantine is definitely messing with your periods
By
Carla Sosenko
•
May 13, 2020
Menstrual Health
Planned Parenthood now offers telehealth services in all 50 states—here's how it works
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Apr 14, 2020
Healthy Body
I'm a gynecologist, and these are the top 4 things I'm begging you to stop doing to your vagina
By
Kara Jillian Brown
•
Mar 28, 2020
Menstrual Health
The average woman spends $17,000 on menstruation—so, again, why aren't tampons and pads free?
By
Emily Laurence
•
Feb 25, 2020
Healthy Body
I’m a gyno, and this is the #1 most misdiagnosed condition I see
By
Erin Bunch
•
Jan 31, 2020
Healthy Body
7 period subscription boxes that will make that time of the month suck a little less
By
Jessica Estrada
•
Jan 06, 2020
Healthy Body
Prone to PMS or period cramps? CBD wants to help
By
Erin Magner
•
Jan 02, 2020
Healthy Body
I'm a pharmacist, and you shouldn't have to ask me for the morning-after pill
By
Erin Bunch
•
Dec 02, 2019
Menstrual Health
The science behind your wild food cravings on your period
By
Emily Laurence
•
Oct 31, 2019
Menstrual Health
20+ foods that will help you feel less like garbage on your period
By
Emily Laurence
•
Oct 22, 2019
Hormone Health
New science aims to delay menopause or banish it altogether
By
Colleen De Bellefonds
•
Sep 17, 2019
Hormone Health
Why some experts don't recommend intermittent fasting if you're trying to get pregnant
By
Colleen De Bellefonds
•
Sep 03, 2019
Menstrual Health
Everything You’ve Ever Wanted To Know About the Scent of Your Vagina
By
Gabrielle Kassel
•
Aug 23, 2019
Menstrual Health
Why experts want you to think twice before getting your vagina steamed
By
Zoe Weiner
•
Aug 09, 2019
Menstrual Health
Make periods less of a literal pain using targeted treatments and strategies for every ache
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Aug 02, 2019
Menstrual Health
The case for period 'neutrality'—because positivity isn't always realistic
By
Colleen De Bellefonds
•
Aug 01, 2019
Menstrual Health
Unpopular opinion: I’m a grown woman and pads are my period product of choice
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Jul 31, 2019
Menstrual Health
Despite all the evidence, it's still hard to let go of the 'period syncing' myth
By
Alanna Nuñez
•
Jul 30, 2019
Menstrual Health
Shark Week burning questions: Is swimming during your period dangerous in any way?
By
Mary Grace Garis
•
Jul 28, 2019
Hormone Health
Should ovarian reserve testing be on your radar if you're putting baby-making on hold?
By
Erin Magner
•
Jul 15, 2019
Healthy Body
A doula practice grows in Brooklyn, but its founder isn't stopping there
By
Jessie Van Amburg
•
May 24, 2019
Sex Advice
STI Testing Recommendations Don't Even Exist for Straight Men—Why?
By
Erin Magner
•
May 09, 2019
Hormone Health
Sex feeling... less than orgasmic? Your period could be to blame
By
Rachel Lapidos
•
May 07, 2019
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