Tylenol in Pregnancy and Autism or ADHD: The Study That Should Put the Scare to Rest
If you have been pregnant in the last decade, there is a good chance someone either told you or you read somewhere that taking Tylenol while pregnant could increase your child’s risk of autism or ADHD. I want to talk about that. Because a major new study just published in JAMA Internal Medicine says what […]
“Yes, Yes, YES!” Who Is Really Faking It and Why It Is Costing You More Than You Think
Let us start with Meg Ryan in that deli. If you have seen When Harry Met Sally, you know the scene. And if you have ever been on the other side of a faked orgasm, either giving one or receiving one, you also know it was not quite as funny in real life. Between 53% […]
The Estrogen Patch Shortage Is Real. Here Is What You Need to Know.
You finally found a hormone therapy routine that works. You are sleeping through the night. The hot flashes have quieted. You feel like yourself again. And now your pharmacy is telling you your estrogen patch is on backorder. This is not in your head. This is happening everywhere, and it deserves a direct explanation. The […]
The Orgasm Gap: What Your Doctor Should Have Told You and Why They Didn’t
Let me give you a statistic that has never stopped bothering me. In a study of over 52,000 adults, 95% of heterosexual men said they usually or always orgasm during sex. Only 65% of heterosexual women said the same. That gap has a name. It is called the orgasm gap and it has been documented […]
NIPT: The Blood Test That Is Changing Everything About Prenatal Care
There is a blood test available to you right now that can tell us extraordinary things about your baby’s chromosomes as early as seven weeks into your pregnancy. No needles into your belly. No risk to the pregnancy. Just a simple draw from your arm. It is called noninvasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, and after […]
2026 ACOG Endometriosis Guidelines: What Changed and Why It Finally Matters
Let’s start with the number that should make every woman angry: nine years. That’s how long it takes, on average, for a woman with endometriosis to get a diagnosis. Nine years of being told her pain is normal. Nine years of missed work, missed school, missed intimacy. Nine years of adjusting her entire life around […]
GLP-1 Medications and Women’s Reproductive Health. What You Should Know
GLP-1 receptor agonists (like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Mounjaro) were originally developed for type 2 diabetes but are now widely used for weight loss. As more women of reproductive age are taking these medications, there are some important things to understand about how they interact with fertility, pregnancy, and contraception. Why this matters Obesity affects fertility in […]
Genital Skin Dryness Matters
Genital Skin Dryness Matters Skin dryness involving any part of the body is uncomfortable and annoying, especially when it comes to the sensitive and delicate tissue of the genitals. A healthy genital needs the same hygienic attention as any other part of the body similar to the way we care for our face. The skin […]
Why is the estrogen patch is safer than the estrogen pill?
When you swallow an estrogen pill, it goes through your stomach and hits your liver hard before it reaches the rest of your body. Your liver reacts by making more clotting proteins in your blood. More clotting proteins means a higher chance of dangerous blood clots, the kind that can form in your legs or […]
Why Do I Have Trouble Inserting a Tampon?
Inserting a tampon for the first time can be a traumatic experience. It helps to be “vagina friendly” and have one leg on the toilet seat for best results. Mirrors are useful too. For you first timers, it can also be creative to put a little Vaseline on the tip of the tampon making it […]