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March 29, 2025

Could your skincare products raise your breast cancer risk?

Parabens and phthalates are prevalent in makeup, body care products

byElizabeth Wescott, PhD

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March 27, 2025

A primer on diastasis recti

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byMelayna Alicea

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March 25, 2025

Can antibiotics lower C-section rates for women with obesity?

Promising research from the University of Oklahoma

byMarianne Swingle

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March 22, 2025

Can massage or pelvic floor therapy relieve constipation?

Looking beyond laxatives

byMelayna Alicea

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March 20, 2025

Natural Womanhood Book Review: This is Your Brain on Birth Control

Should you buy, borrow, or pass?

byClare Sharp

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March 18, 2025

What happens when you combine fertility awareness education with a functional nutrition approach?

Integrating the best of both worlds

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

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March 15, 2025

The Telltale Chart: Patterns and symptoms that point to Endometriosis

What FEMM, CCL, and other FAM instructors told us

byMelayna Alicea

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March 13, 2025

Learning about their cycles helps female athletes achieve longevity in sport

What I wish I'd known when I was still competing

byLeanne Jarvis

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March 11, 2025

Can dads experience postpartum depression, too?

Hint: The answer is yes!

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

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March 8, 2025

Hormonal contraceptive use doubles heart attack, stroke risk, data from 2 million women shows

Risk was highest for vaginal ring users

byAnne Marie Williams, RN, BSN

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March 6, 2025

N-acetylcysteine (NAC): Could an over-the-counter supplement help treat endometriosis?

What the research shows

byMelayna Alicea

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March 4, 2025

Could menstrual blood-derived stem cells be a gamechanger for women with endometriosis?

Here's what we know so far

byKristen Curran