What: Natural products are having a moment, but that doesn’t mean they’re easy to make. Vogue dives into the challenges associated with truly all-natural beauty products, including waiting until ingredients are in season.
Why it matters: It’s good to know how the real stuff should be made.
Source: Vogue
A deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms.
70% did not associate using marijuana with any negative side effects, even though it can be associated with preterm labor and low birth weight
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
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.
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.
A profile of Dr. Gabrielle Goodrick, a family medicine doctor and owner of a clinic in Arizona that performs abortions.
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.
Sharing the stories of women who have had fibroids removed without pain medication or endometriosis symptoms ignored for years.
One organization got requests for 5,000 pills in less than 12 hours. They typically ship 9,000 pills in an entire month.
MAGA might dismiss this as a troll, but it’s always a joke until it’s not.
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.
There were millions of people who voted against abortion bans *and* FOR the man who put those bans in motion.
The New York Times analyzed over 600 speeches (!!!) from Donald Trump on abortion and shows visually just how much his rhetoric has changed.
Last year, the same agency got fierce criticism for saying menopausal woman should get talk therapy
Experts explaining that the global drop in fertility rates is partly a product of women having children later in life.
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.
Eliza Barclay has a reported essay on her experience with several muscle injuries in her 40s
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.
While around 80% of Medicaid patients paid nothing for labor and delivery, 60% of people on commercial insurance paid $1,000 or more out of pocket.
At one point during the campaign RFK Jr. backed a national abortion ban, and he regularly spreads debunked conspiracies about childhood vaccines.