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Health Class Redux: Your Lady Parts

Look familiar? This is all girls and women are taught about their "lady parts" in health class or sex ed. I bet all of you reading this...

Health class redux: vaginal discharge edition, aka "Is this normal?"

Ahhh...vaginal discharge. Just the word makes some people uncomfortable. But it shouldn't! Vaginal discharge is like sweat from the...

STDs are on the rise. Here's what you can do (Hint: Get Tested)

Image: Yes Means Test, American Sexual Health Association The latest data from CDC shows that STDs in the US have increased for the...

The Latest on STIs

The latest CDC report shows an increase in chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases in the US for the third year in a row. Of these three...

Hard Time Getting a GYN appointment? It might soon get worse.

Rural areas in the US and around the world have historically had a difficult time attracting doctors at all, much less specialists. As...

US Maternal Health Crisis, Part 2. Postpartum health.

True confession time. During my pregnancy, I purchased and read just about every book available on how to be prepared for a newborn. From...

US Maternal Health Crisis, Part 1

Every day 2-3 women die in pregnancy or childbirth in the US Women in the US are 3 times more likely to die during pregnancy or within...

Amazing work from ProPublica continues - voices of women who nearly died due to pregnancy

As part of their ongoing investigation into the maternal health crisis in the US called "Lost Mothers", ProPublica posted a...

What's in a name? How "Family Planning" became a euphemism

Throughout my career in reproductive health, the term "family planning" has been at times confusing, at times controversial and sometimes...

What is the "Global Gag Rule" and why should you care?

Photo credit: K Culwell, 2013. Family Planning counselor in Ethiopia. The Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy, and now...