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When Antidepressants Mute Your Mojo
Sexual Health

When Antidepressants Mute Your Mojo

How to reconnect with pleasure when your meds mess with your libido.

October 13, 2025
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Birth Control Woes? A Nocebo Effect Could Be to Blame
Sexual Health

Birth Control Woes? A Nocebo Effect Could Be to Blame

Turns out your TikTok feed might be messing with your birth control more than your hormones are.

September 29, 2025
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Masturbation Can Ease Menopause Symptoms, Study Finds
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Masturbation Can Ease Menopause Symptoms, Study Finds

A Kinsey Institute x Womanizer survey of 3,000 women reveals self-pleasure can help with hot flashes, sleep, and mood—but doctors rarely bring it up.

September 8, 2025
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Orgasm Shy? Here's the Science Behind It
Science & Research

Orgasm Shy? Here's the Science Behind It

The parasympathetic nervous system probably wasn't a known part of your pleasure arsenal — until now.

April 7, 2025
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New Study Shows Masturbation Can Improve Menopause Symptoms
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

New Study Shows Masturbation Can Improve Menopause Symptoms

The change. The big change of life. As women (and folks with vulvas) know, the awaited menopause — an often misunderstood, anxious-inducing time in life — is when many are unsure of how to cope with their new normal. The good news? Masturbation might help ease it.

December 5, 2024
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Finding balance in chaos
Sexual Health

Finding balance in chaos

Here are seven timeless practices for peace and joy

November 5, 2024
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A reproductive health center grows in The Bronx
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

A reproductive health center grows in The Bronx

The holistic center, which provides services from acupuncture to pap smears, is intended to be a step toward finally bringing a birth center to the borough with the city’s highest maternal mortality rate.

November 4, 2024
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Poop Happens, and Other Sex Concerns
Sexual Health

Poop Happens, and Other Sex Concerns

According to a 2017 study published in AIDS and Behavior, 36% of women and 44% of men, ages 25 to 44, have had heterosexual anal intercourse at least once.

October 29, 2024
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Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle
Science & Research

Happiness class is helping clinically depressed school teachers become emotionally healthy − with a cheery assist from Aristotle

The heart of the course is an academic, personal and experiential exploration of evidence-based positive psychology interventions.

October 23, 2024
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Hot pregnancies, births with pleasure, sensual lactations
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Hot pregnancies, births with pleasure, sensual lactations

Eroticism is present in the experiences of mothers, but it clashes with the coitocentric heteropatriarchal model.

October 10, 2024
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Immigrant moms feel unsafe and unheard when seeking pregnancy care – here’s how they’d improve Philly’s health care system
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Immigrant moms feel unsafe and unheard when seeking pregnancy care – here’s how they’d improve Philly’s health care system

The moms in our study who did seek out prenatal care reported both positive and negative experiences.

October 4, 2024
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Deadly High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Is on the Rise
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Deadly High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Is on the Rise

Data shows that the overall maternal mortality rate in the U.S. is also climbing, with high blood pressure one of the leading causes.

October 2, 2024
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The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

The Failure to Track Data on Stillbirths Undermines Efforts to Prevent Them

Fetal death records are often missing cause of death, race and other crucial information. ProPublica found that the problem is only getting worse.

September 27, 2024
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Menstrual cups are a cheaper, more sustainable way for women to cope with periods than tampons or pads
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Menstrual cups are a cheaper, more sustainable way for women to cope with periods than tampons or pads

Although menstrual cups have been around for decades, they historically have been less popular than pads or tampons.

September 27, 2024
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Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Menopause treatments can help with hot flashes and other symptoms – but many people aren’t aware of the latest advances

Scientific studies are underscoring the benefits of hormone therapy to treat menopausal symptoms.

September 27, 2024
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U.S. lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation, expert on menstrual health explains
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

U.S. lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation, expert on menstrual health explains

Menstrual health literacy, or a person’s understanding of the menstrual cycle and its intersection with one’s health and well-being, is essential from the time leading up to the first menstrual period through menopause.

September 27, 2024
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Menstrual cycle is a vital sign and important indicator of overall health − 2 reproductive health experts explain
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Menstrual cycle is a vital sign and important indicator of overall health − 2 reproductive health experts explain

Menstrual experiences throughout the reproductive years and beyond can offer critical insights into a person’s overall well-being.

September 26, 2024
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Online Health Misinformation, Apathetic Doctors and Anecdotal Evidence: One Pakistani Woman with PCOs Turns to Create Her Own Ozempic
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Online Health Misinformation, Apathetic Doctors and Anecdotal Evidence: One Pakistani Woman with PCOs Turns to Create Her Own Ozempic

Mindeel recounts her journey with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOs).

September 26, 2024
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Texas abortion ban harms healthcare even for those who want to be pregnant
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Texas abortion ban harms healthcare even for those who want to be pregnant

Strict laws against pregnancy termination in the US state are limiting care for cancer patients and IVF recipients

September 26, 2024
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Breast density and mammograms: New FDA rule will ensure all women have more information after cancer screenings
Sexual Health

Breast density and mammograms: New FDA rule will ensure all women have more information after cancer screenings

The FDA now requires specific language to ensure “accurate, complete and understandable breast density information.”

September 25, 2024
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Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new study finds
Periods, Fertility & Menopause

Endometriosis pain leads to missed school and work in two-thirds of women with the condition, new study finds

Endometriosis is a chronic, often painful condition that affects approximately 10% of reproductive-age women worldwide.

September 24, 2024
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