Hormones

Why are Women More Prone to Thyroid Problems?
While anyone can develop thyroid diseases, women are more susceptible to them than men. Thyroid gland disorders can also affect...
Low Female Sex Drive? A Sign of Testosterone Imbalance
It is true that women produce testosterone, which is often regarded as a hormone primarily associated with men. However, women...
Getting Pregnant with PCOS: Why is it harder?
If you have received a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), you may have been informed that it can make...
5 Myths Of PCOS
When you are diagnosed with certain medical conditions, they have the potential to drastically change your life. It's natural to...
How Do Hormones Affect Our Sleep
Can you recall a time when you felt rejuvenated, concentrated, well-rested, and prepared to face the day? If those moments...
Female Hormones 101
The female reproductive system and related behaviors are controlled by female sex hormones, which play a key role in various...
Why are Women More Prone to Thyroid Problems?
While anyone can develop thyroid diseases, women are more susceptible to them than men. Thyroid gland disorders can also affect...
Low Female Sex Drive? A Sign of Testosterone Imbalance
It is true that women produce testosterone, which is often regarded as a hormone primarily associated with men. However, women...
Getting Pregnant with PCOS: Why is it harder?
If you have received a diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), you may have been informed that it can make...
5 Myths Of PCOS
When you are diagnosed with certain medical conditions, they have the potential to drastically change your life. It's natural to...

Lifestyle

14 Important Questions about Hygiene During Your Period
During menstruation, it is recommended by healthcare providers to rinse the genital area at least twice a day (morning and...
Exercise After Cesarean Delivery: What Is and Isn’t Safe
When trying to return to exercise after giving birth, it is important to take into account various factors. Every birth...
Exercising During Your Period: Benefits and Things to Avoid
Exercising during your period can help alleviate various menstrual symptoms such as pain, cramps, bloating, depression, mood swings, irritability, fatigue,...
How to Sleep When Pregnant: Your Guide to Good Sleep for Each Trimester
About half of expectant mothers have difficulty sleeping, especially during the last six months of pregnancy. Even if you have...
What are Panty Liners for? Are They Good for You?
What is a panty liner? Vaginal discharge is a normal bodily function that some people may choose to manage with...
Diet, Nutrition, and the Menstrual Cycle
There is a mutual relationship between the food you consume and your menstrual cycle. Your diet can influence the functioning...
14 Important Questions about Hygiene During Your Period
During menstruation, it is recommended by healthcare providers to rinse the genital area at least twice a day (morning and...
Exercise After Cesarean Delivery: What Is and Isn’t Safe
When trying to return to exercise after giving birth, it is important to take into account various factors. Every birth...
Exercising During Your Period: Benefits and Things to Avoid
Exercising during your period can help alleviate various menstrual symptoms such as pain, cramps, bloating, depression, mood swings, irritability, fatigue,...
How to Sleep When Pregnant: Your Guide to Good Sleep for Each Trimester
About half of expectant mothers have difficulty sleeping, especially during the last six months of pregnancy. Even if you have...

Menstruation

Period Blood Colors: A Complete Overview
Your period can offer you a lot of information about your reproductive and general health. Things like the duration of...
Hormonal Acne: Causes, Types, and Treatments
An increase in androgens, especially testosterone, can lead to breakouts of acne caused by hormonal fluctuations. Despite being called "hormonal...
Constipation Before Your Period: Causes and Treatments
Some people experience various symptoms every month before their period, such as stomach cramps, muscle pain, and mood changes. Constipation...
Key Facts About Your Daughter’s First Period
It is important to prepare and be supportive when your daughter reaches the age of 12-13 and goes through her...
What is an “Irregular” Menstrual Cycle?
An irregular menstrual cycle is one that deviates from the typical range for an unknown reason. It can be caused...
8 Reasons for Missed Periods or Absence of Menstruation
Not everyone experiences periods with regular frequency. While some people's periods arrive like clockwork every month, others may have irregular...
Period Blood Colors: A Complete Overview
Your period can offer you a lot of information about your reproductive and general health. Things like the duration of...
Hormonal Acne: Causes, Types, and Treatments
An increase in androgens, especially testosterone, can lead to breakouts of acne caused by hormonal fluctuations. Despite being called "hormonal...
Constipation Before Your Period: Causes and Treatments
Some people experience various symptoms every month before their period, such as stomach cramps, muscle pain, and mood changes. Constipation...
Key Facts About Your Daughter’s First Period
It is important to prepare and be supportive when your daughter reaches the age of 12-13 and goes through her...

Mental Health

4 Reasons to get Premarital Counseling
Despite positive findings, only 36 percent of married or committed couples attend premarital counseling. Smith in 2020 claimed the reason...
What Do I Have: Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
Is it possible that stress can lead to a miscarriage? Pregnancy can be a combination of joyful and stressful, and...
Create Your Own Parenting Style
Every family is made up of individuals who bring their own strengths, challenges, values, circumstances, cultural influences, and personalities. Because...
What Depression May Be Trying to Tell Us
Until recently, a central tenet of biomedical psychiatry was that depression is caused by low serotonin levels. A recent study has debunked that...
What are Some of the Causes of Mood Swings? Your Emotional Ups and Downs Explained!
Mood swings are a quick and unexplained change in one's mood, which can be normal during teenage years. They can...
How to Deal with Shame and Start Loving Yourself?
Feeling shame occasionally is a normal part of life, but regularly experiencing self-shame can harm mental health and damage relationships....
4 Reasons to get Premarital Counseling
Despite positive findings, only 36 percent of married or committed couples attend premarital counseling. Smith in 2020 claimed the reason...
What Do I Have: Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression?
Is it possible that stress can lead to a miscarriage? Pregnancy can be a combination of joyful and stressful, and...
Create Your Own Parenting Style
Every family is made up of individuals who bring their own strengths, challenges, values, circumstances, cultural influences, and personalities. Because...
What Depression May Be Trying to Tell Us
Until recently, a central tenet of biomedical psychiatry was that depression is caused by low serotonin levels. A recent study has debunked that...

Reproductive Health

How do I Know if I Have an STI?
STIs are a common problem worldwide, with more than one million new infections acquired every day. Despite their prevalence, many...
How to Tell Your Partner You Have a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
It is important to talk openly about sexual health and to break the stigma surrounding STIs. They are common, especially...
10 Signs of Hormonal Imbalance in Women
Are your hormones out of whack and causing unwanted symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, itchy skin, or low mood? Hormonal...
Can UTI Symptoms Linger After Antibiotics?
When you have a urinary tract infection, it can cause discomfort and can be dangerous if left untreated. However, even...
What is a Yeast Infection?
Yeast infections, also known as thrush, monilia, vaginal candidiasis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, and candidal vaginitis, is a common fungal infection that...
HIV: Sexual Transmission, Risk Factors, & Prevention
Top things to know: HIV is transmitted through the exchange of certain bodily fluids such as blood, semen, breast milk,...
How do I Know if I Have an STI?
STIs are a common problem worldwide, with more than one million new infections acquired every day. Despite their prevalence, many...
How to Tell Your Partner You Have a Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI)
It is important to talk openly about sexual health and to break the stigma surrounding STIs. They are common, especially...
10 Signs of Hormonal Imbalance in Women
Are your hormones out of whack and causing unwanted symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, itchy skin, or low mood? Hormonal...
Can UTI Symptoms Linger After Antibiotics?
When you have a urinary tract infection, it can cause discomfort and can be dangerous if left untreated. However, even...
Female Ejaculation: What Exactly is it? All Your Questions Answered
Female ejaculation is a natural phenomenon that occurs in some people with vulvas during sexual activity. It involves the release...
Let’s Talk about Squirting
Some key points to know about female ejaculation: Women can ejaculate too! There is nothing wrong or shameful about squirting....
When to Start Birth Control: You’re Thinking about Having Sex for the First Time
It can be difficult to know when to start using birth control and which option is best for you. Here,...
Masturbation Myths
Key points to remember: Masturbation is a normal and common practice. Masturbation does not cause the loss of virginity, as...
Period Sex 101
Having sex during menstruation is a personal choice and can be healthy and beneficial. It is important to note that...
The Science of Sexual Satisfaction
A happy sex life is a crucial component of a fulfilling life. A happy sex life means different things to...
Female Ejaculation: What Exactly is it? All Your Questions Answered
Female ejaculation is a natural phenomenon that occurs in some people with vulvas during sexual activity. It involves the release...
Let’s Talk about Squirting
Some key points to know about female ejaculation: Women can ejaculate too! There is nothing wrong or shameful about squirting....
When to Start Birth Control: You’re Thinking about Having Sex for the First Time
It can be difficult to know when to start using birth control and which option is best for you. Here,...
Masturbation Myths
Key points to remember: Masturbation is a normal and common practice. Masturbation does not cause the loss of virginity, as...

Symptomps & Disease

Endometriosis 101
Key points to remember: Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Effective Treatment
Risk factors Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects the endocrine system, sex hormone levels, and metabolism. This...
Period Cramps 101: Why Menstrual Cramps Happen, and How to Relieve Them!
Key points to remember: Menstrual cramps are likely caused by an excess of prostaglandins, which are released from the uterine...
Does Birth Control Help with PMS and PMDD, or Make it Worse?
Here are some key points to remember: Mood symptoms (irritability, moodiness, anxiety) that occur during PMS and PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric...
Is it PMS or PMDD?
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a severe, sometimes disabling extension of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). PMDD is short for premenstrual dysphoric disorder...
Breast Pain and The Menstrual Cycle
Here are some points you should know about breast pain: It is a normal premenstrual symptom that often occurs around...
Endometriosis 101
Key points to remember: Endometriosis is a condition where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows in other...
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Effective Treatment
Risk factors Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects the endocrine system, sex hormone levels, and metabolism. This...
Period Cramps 101: Why Menstrual Cramps Happen, and How to Relieve Them!
Key points to remember: Menstrual cramps are likely caused by an excess of prostaglandins, which are released from the uterine...
Does Birth Control Help with PMS and PMDD, or Make it Worse?
Here are some key points to remember: Mood symptoms (irritability, moodiness, anxiety) that occur during PMS and PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric...