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Menstrual-Cycle-Syncing Workouts Are Breaking Taboos—And Raising Questions

A feminist boon, or a regressive marketing ploy?

By Rachel Kraus

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This CBD Balm Instantly Melts Away My Period Pain, and Smells Amazing As It Soothes

The texture is great, and the pain relief is greater.

By Hannah Schneider

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Here’s When To Get Back on Birth Control After Having a Baby, if You’re Definitely Not Trying To Get Pregnant

Because it can happen again in as little as 3 weeks.

By Alyssa Sparacino

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How To Break Up With Disposable Tampons—And 5 More Environmentally Conscious Options

By Calin Van Paris

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The Evvy Vaginal Microbiome Test Helps You Understand Your Bacteria *Down There*—So I Tried It

By Mercey Livingston

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Whether Our Hair is Relaxed or Not, Beauty Products Put Black Women at Risk

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Can That Raw Carrot Salad Really Help With Hormones? We Asked a Nutritionist, Hormone Specialist, and Doctor to Weigh In

By Annita Katee

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What It Means To Get Your Period Around the New Moon, AKA Having a White Moon Cycle

By Jessica Estrada

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Your Eczema May Be Worse the Week Before Your Period—A Derm Explains Why

By Kara Jillian Brown

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What It Means To Get Your Period Around the Full Moon, aka Having a Red Moon Cycle

By Kells McPhillips

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What You Need To Know About Titanium Dioxide in Pads and Tampons

By Kells McPhillips

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What You Need To Know About the Seriousness of Period Poverty and How You Can Help

By Ashley Broadwater

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What You Need To Know About Access to Contraception in a Post-Roe America

By Erica Sloan

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5 Menopause Cooling Sprays That Will Give You *Instant* Relief From Hot Flashes

By Kara Jillian Brown

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9 Period-Care Brands That Have Plenty of Tampons in Stock and Are Committed To Keeping It That Way

By Erica Sloan

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To Stacy London, Menopause Care Isn’t Just the Latest Trend—It’s a Permanent Necessity

By Erica Sloan

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From Increased Jaw Pain to Dry Eyes, These 5 Menopause Symptoms May Come as a Surprise

By Isadora Baum

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'I'm an OB/GYN—Here's the First Thing I Do When Cramps Are About To Hit'

By Ashley Broadwater

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Your Period Impacts ADHD Symptoms—Here’s How

By Hannah Schneider

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Your Pelvic Floor Muscles Don't Always Benefit From Kegels, According to a Pelvic Floor Therapist

By Hannah Schneider

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The Best Heating Pads for Your Period Cramps, According to Thousands of Relieved Reviewers

By Taylor Bell

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5 Unexpected Period Symptoms (Because It Impacts Your Whole Body)

By Hannah Schneider

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Period Cramps Keeping You Awake At Night? Here's What You Can Do

By Hannah Schneider

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Here’s Why You’re More Likely To Get UTIs During Menopause, According to a Gynecologist

By Hannah Schneider

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Here's Why You Should Be Using a Period Tracker App if You Aren’t Already

By Ashley Lauretta

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In Defense of Having Sex When You're on Your Period

By Erin Magner

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Seeking Care for Fibroids Can Be Exhausting. Here's How To Practice Self-Advocacy

By Kara Jillian Brown

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The Connection Between Gut Health and Hormones Everyone in Menopause Should Know

By Emily Laurence

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Loom's Birthing Parent-Centered Online Courses Prove Health Education Is Health Care

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Thinx Just Revamped and Extended Its Size Offerings To Ensure a Better, More Absorbent Fit for All

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Vaginal Dilators Can Be Used To Treat Pelvic Pain and Painful Sex—Here's What To Know

By Gabrielle Kassel

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Period Trauma Is Real—And It’s Harming the Health of Millions of Black Menstruators

By Erin Bunch

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Thinx Is Having the Biggest Sale of the Year *Right Now*—Here's What To Buy

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Have Your Period? Science Says You May Want To Tone Down Your Exercise Intensity

By Erica Sloan

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These Mental Health Symptoms of Menopause Don't Get Mentioned Enough but Affect the Majority of Women

By Kara Jillian Brown

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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

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6 Period Sex Products That'll Get You in the Flow for a Mess-Free, Feel-Good Time

By Mary Grace Garis

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Can You Masturbate Your Way Out of Period Cramps? A Doctor and Sexuality Expert Advise

By Mary Grace Garis

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5 Realities of Sex Drive During Perimenopause, According to a Gynecologist Who Focuses on Midlife Sexuality

By Susan Hardwick-Smith, MD

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How Flo Code's Lamanda Ballard Is Fighting for Menstrual Equity in Texas

By Kayla Hui

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4 Menstrual Cup Benefits That May Make You Ditch Pads and Tampons for Good

By Jessica Estrada

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3 Stretches for When Menstrual Cramps Leave Your Uterus in Knots

By Mary Grace Garis

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I Tried Using Menstrual Discs During My Period, and Here's How It Went

By Morgan Mandriota

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The 4 Most Comfortable Menstrual Products for Heavy Flow Periods

By Kayla Hui

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Artemis's Tabitha Holbért Is Using Tech To Help People Find Language for Their Menstrual Pain

By Erin Bunch

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5 Trans-Affirming Period Brands That Make Pads, Tampons, Cups, and Underwear for Many Bodies

By Mel Van De Graaff

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An OB/GYN Shares, Once and for All, Whether Having Sex Can Make Your Period Start Early

By Mary Grace Garis

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Knix Leakproof Period Underwear Is *Always* Worth It

By Kara Jillian Brown

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Got the 'Period Flu?' Here's an OB/GYN's Quick Guide to PMS

By Kells McPhillips

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This New Tool Makes Finding Abortion Care Much Easier

By Kara Jillian Brown

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What Doctors Want You To Know About Antibiotics and the Pill

By Erin Bunch

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Up to 51% of People Forget To Take the Pill Every Day—This Innovative Smart Case Is Hoping To Change That

By Kells McPhillips

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California Is About To Become the Second State Requiring Ingredient Transparency in Period Products

By Erin Bunch

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School Closures Make It Harder for Menstruating People To Access Period Products—Here's Where To Find Them for Free

By Emily Laurence

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This New XL Overnight Pad Will Ensure You Never Have Period Sheets Again

By Mary Grace Garis

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This Is How Often You Should Be Going to the Gynecologist

By Tehrene Firman

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New Bills Introduced in Congress Today Aim To Finally Fund Uterine Fibroids Research

By Erin Bunch

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This At-Home Test for HPV Is Easy, Painless, and Affordable

By Kara Jillian Brown

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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

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The Contraception Gap Is Getting Bigger—These Telehealth Companies Are Trying To Bridge It

By Kells McPhillips

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OK TMI: Can You Get a Yeast Infection From a Wet Bathing Suit?

By Mary Grace Garis

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The FDA Approves the First Oral Treatment for Fibroids Symptoms, Offering a New Non-Surgical Option

By Kara Jillian Brown

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An OB/GYN Breaks Down Exactly What to Expect From Your Annual Gyno Visit Right Now

By Colleen De Bellefonds

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OK, TMI: Why Do I Get Butthole Cramps on My Period?

By Kara Jillian Brown

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OK TMI: What Happens When You Leave a Tampon in for Too Long?

By Colleen De Bellefonds

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Johnson & Johnson Discontinues Talc-Based Baby Powders in the U.S. And Canada

By Kara Jillian Brown

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You're Not Imagining It—Quarantine Is Definitely Messing With Your Periods

By Carla Sosenko

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Planned Parenthood Now Offers Telehealth Services in All 50 States—Here's How It Works

By Kara Jillian Brown

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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

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The Average Woman Spends $17,000 on Menstruation—so, Again, Why Aren't Tampons and Pads Free?

By Emily Laurence

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I’m a Gyno, and This Is the #1 Most Misdiagnosed Condition I See

By Erin Bunch

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7 Period Subscription Boxes That Will Make That Time of the Month Suck a Little Less

By Jessica Estrada

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Prone to PMS or Period Cramps? Cbd Wants to Help

By Erin Magner

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I'm a Pharmacist, and You Shouldn't Have to Ask Me for the Morning-After Pill

By Erin Bunch

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The Science Behind Your Wild Food Cravings on Your Period

By Emily Laurence

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20+ Foods That Will Help You Feel Less Like Garbage on Your Period

By Emily Laurence

New Science Aims to Delay Menopause or Banish It Altogether

By Colleen De Bellefonds

Why Some Experts Don't Recommend Intermittent Fasting If You're Trying to Get Pregnant

By Colleen De Bellefonds

Everything You've Ever Wanted to Know About the Scent of Your Vagina

By Gabrielle Kassel

Why Experts Want You to Think Twice Before Getting Your Vagina Steamed

By Zoe Weiner

Make Periods Less of a Literal Pain Using Targeted Treatments and Strategies for Every Ache

By Mary Grace Garis

The Case for Period 'Neutrality'—Because Positivity Isn't Always Realistic

By Colleen De Bellefonds

Unpopular Opinion: I’m a Grown Woman and Pads Are My Period Product of Choice

By Mary Grace Garis

Despite All the Evidence, It's Still Hard to Let Go of the 'Period Syncing' Myth

By Alanna Nuñez

Shark Week Burning Questions: Is Swimming During Your Period Dangerous in Any Way?

By Mary Grace Garis

Should Ovarian Reserve Testing Be on Your Radar If You're Putting Baby-Making on Hold?

By Erin Magner

A Doula Practice Grows in Brooklyn, but Its Founder Isn't Stopping There

By Jessie Van Amburg

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