Women’s Health

Our stomachs are home to around a hundred trillion bacteria which work together to form our gut microbiome. The “good,” or “friendly” bacteria that reside in our guts are known…

Pulling your hair back tightly can instantly add professionalism, style, and a sense of cleanliness to your look. However, done too often, these sleek ponytails, cornrows, tightly pinned head coverings…

The other day, I noticed how many podcasts advertise vitamin supplementation. From health and wellness podcasts to sports podcasts, it seems as if the vitamin supplement industry is singlehanded sponsoring…

Weight gain, mood swings, hot flashes, and vaginal dryness – these are the symptoms that most women associate with menopause. Another less talked-about condition that may be brought on by…

Botox injections consist of specific shots of a type of toxin that temporarily paralyzes a muscle, preventing it from moving for a period of time. When most people think about…

When most people picture eating disorders, images of skeletal anorexics and purging bulimics come to mind. However, the most common eating disorder is one that may not manifest extreme outward…

It’s one of the annoying stereotypes about women that may be true: We pee a lot. At least, most of us, and more often than men do. There are several…

When it comes to heart disease in women, the general public isn’t much further along than we were a half a century ago. Back in the 1950s and 1960s, heart…

In that infamous Sex and The City scene, Charlotte visits the gynecologist and receives a diagnosis that her “vagina is depressed.”  “I have an entire file of women all with…

Ah, pubic hair. While there’s a long and storied tradition of female pubic hair removal in various cultures around the world throughout history, it’s only in the last few decades…