Health Beyond the Blog: Why It Costs $15,000 to Freeze Your Eggs
A new documentary explores the ethical and financial implications of oocyte preservation – egg freezing.
Pregnant People’s Paradox
By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Including pregnant women in research is very risky. Pregnant women are especially vulnerable, so their participation in clinical trials could result in pregnancy complications that could harm the unborn child. These sentiments are why pregnant women…
Women’s Health and Women’s Rights Lay the Foundations for Health of Current and Future Generations
In honor of International Women’s Day 2021 By: Tessa Roseboom, PhD In every corner of the world, women are more often exposed to violence, do more unpaid work, and earn less money. Also, women have poorer access to food, healthcare,…
The Tumors that Science Ignores
By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu What are Uterine Fibroids? Do you know a disease that up to 70 percent of women will get in their lifetime, a disease whose cause remains mysterious? Uterine fibroids are muscular tumors, usually non cancerous, that…
Allergies, Asthma, and C-sections: The Implications of Birthing Methods
By Jocelyn Spizman Babies born by Cesarean-section are at a higher risk of developing asthma and allergies.[8] This is partly explained by the relationship between mode of delivery and the baby's microbiome.[2,8] Babies born naturally are exposed to their mother’s…
Black Women Get Eating Disorders, Too
By: Adaora Yvonne Ntukogu Eating Disorders Eating disorders are fatal illnesses associated with severe disturbances in people’s eating behaviors and related emotions. There are 2 main types of eating disorders, the restriction subtype (e.g. anorexia nervosa) and the binge-purge subtype…
In Sickness and in Health: Serious Illness of Wives as a Risk Factor for Divorce
By: Adaora Ntukogu A few years ago, I was in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, visiting my grandparents. I could not wait to taste the local dishes and spices that my grandmother promised she’d cook for me. My first meal in Port…
Heart Disease, the Silent Killer
By: Adaora Ntukogu For a moment, imagine someone having a heart attack. If your mind has illustrated a middle-aged man grasping his chest in intense pain, you should not be surprised. In fact, if you Google the phrase “heart attack”,…
Menstruation Stigma Has to End. Period.
By Yeeun Lee Monthly friend. Lady time. Code red. Aunt flow. Bloody mary. Period. Around the world, people have various ways to refer to menstruation. Despite it being a physical and emotional experience that all women share, it remains a…
How to Save a Life: Know Your Girls
By: Imani Brooks October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It began in 1985 and has since grown to include a host of fundraisers, pink-ed out outfits, and survival stories to advance research and awareness. However, what's often unknown is…