What: A deep dive from National Geographic on how menstruation ends up reshaping the brain. Every time it happens.
Why it matters: As one neurobiologist points out, women will experience “almost 450 menstrual cycles over 30-40 years,” which is a lot of change. And although women make up the majority of Alzheimers and depression cases, “only about half of one percent of brain-imaging research is related to women.”
Source: National Geographic
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
A study looks at which birthing position (i.e. lying down, standing up) women prefer most in labor, measured in part by which women report the highest levels of satisfaction with their labor.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
The head of Donald Trump’s transition team was on CNN last night, and he spent a lot time praising RFK Jr.’s debunked theories that childhood vaccines cause autism.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
Josseli Barnica was excited to be pregnant with her second child but suffered a miscarriage at 17 weeks. Instead of helping the miscarriage progress, doctors let her suffer for 40 hours because her fetus still had a heartbeat.
An analysis of over 18,000 adults found that signs of sleep apnea are correlated with a higher chance of having dementia, especially among women.
Women with type 2 diabetes who got a GLP-1 medication were less likely to develop new fibroids than women who just took metformin, a diabetes medication.
A deep dive on drinking and examining why people reacted far more swiftly to the news that smoking causes cancer than they have for alcohol—especially breast cancer.
Kidney disease in women has nearly tripled in the past 30 years, with type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure as some of the leading causes.
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.
Breaking down cravings during menstrual cycles, and how some small studies have shown the foods we crave may be driven more by culture than by biology.
What: The New York Times combs through VP Kamala Harris’ record on abortion from her days as a prosecutor, finding an “unwavering conviction” that women
An essay from Rachel Manteuffel on her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment that manages to be funny while also tackling the wrenching choice to have chemotherapy or not after a mastectomy.
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is concerned about low fertility rates in the country, a hobby horse he shares with billionaire Elon Musk and Trump VP candidate JD Vance.
Experts explaining that the global drop in fertility rates is partly a product of women having children later in life.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight