How To Support Someone Dealing With Fertility Issues Let this guide you toward providing caring, compassionate support By Cassie Shortsleeve The first and loudest phrase you’ll likely hear if you talk to someone who has experienced pregnancy loss or infertility is this: It’s so isolating. No matter your loss, so much can feel, well, gone: control, how you thought your life would…
Aveeno Partners With BWHI To Promote Black Skin Health By Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / October 4, 2022 / Today, the Black Women’s Health Imperative announced a new partnership with Aveeno that aims to raise awareness around chronic disease and Black skin health with a shared goal of encouraging Black vibrance, across the spectrum of skin…
NIH: Strategic Plan for Research on Women’s Health The forthcoming strategic plan will be focused on guiding future NIH research efforts to improve the health of all women throughout the life course. By Alana Hippensteele, Managing Editor In the publication of NOT-OD-22-186, the Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes a request for…
12 Books by Latinas on Mental Health for All Ages By Sofía Aguilar Many of us in the Latinx community have heard our families dismissing the importance of mental health and the reality of mental health struggles. It’s common to hear our relatives refusing to go to therapy, belittling those who do or take it as a personal offense, and neglecting their mental…
Afghan Women’s Health and Lives on the Brink By Julie Rank The following article is based on results from the newly released 2021 report on the Hologic Global Women’s Health Index, a comprehensive global survey on women’s health. The Index surveyed women in Afghanistan for the first time in 2021. Life was already extremely difficult for Afghan women before the…
What Causes Breast Cancer? Risk Factors to Know Age and other factors may influence a person’s risk of developing breast cancer. By Tessa Miller Medically reviewed by Doru Paul, MD Breast cancer is a complex and often confusing disease. It isn’t clear what causes normal cells to grow out of control and multiply.¹ Researchers do know that certain hormonal, genetic, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors…
Phillips Leads Local Women’s Health Conference By Mike Lydick GAWAM — Women can often feel overwhelmed and burned out because of all the responsibilities they take on at home and at work. An upcoming women’s health conference will offer strategies to help women “reset and refresh” so they can take control of their mental health, reduce stress, find a balance…
10 Afro-Latina Owned Lifestyle Brands to Treat Yourself To By Nicole Young Latinas represent 40 percent of all Latinx-owned businesses and the number of Latina-led employer firms has grown 20 percent within the last five-year period of data available, according to Latinas in Business Inc. Additionally, Black female-led businesses represent nearly 2.7 million new businesses in the U.S., according to J.P. Morgan data. The number of businesses…
Global Survey Finds Women’s Health Worsened in 2021 By Deidre McPhillips, CNN For women around the globe, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic brought more health challenges than the first. In 2020, the medical technology company Hologic launched a global survey in partnership with Gallup to assess how well women’s health needs were being met. Countries were scored based…
What to Know About Your Skin Barrier & How to Protect It Your skin barrier protects your body from free radicals. Harsh environments are often the cause of damage. Keep it protected using oils, ceramides, and more. Medically reviewed by Reema Patel, MPA, PA-C By Rebecca Joy Stanborough, MFA All these products share the fact that they act on your…
