If you’re tracking your cycle because you’re trying to conceive (TTC), or whether you’re just pretty in tune with your body and general wellbeing, your own cervical mucus might be […]
Read MoreOpinion: A Greek myth explains the biggest challenge facing oncologists like me
In Greek mythology, the goddess Eos falls in love with Tithonus, a mortal prince of Troy. She asks Zeus to grant him immortality — but forgets to ask for eternal […]
Read MoreWhy your period is keeping you up at night (& what you can do about it)
Wide awake at 2am, on your period and scrolling page 1 of Google? Welcome, you’re in very good company. Insomnia during period week is one of those symptoms no one […]
Read MorePatients should benefit financially for good health care decisions
The American health care system suffers from many misalignments of incentives, but one is particularly irksome: When individual patients make prudent decisions about their care, choosing reasonable but less costly […]
Read MoreOpinion: STAT+: If you have Alzheimer’s disease, who will take part in your care?
A reader — I’ll call him Jack — recently asked my thoughts on his plans to pursue treatment with lecanemab for his mild cognitive impairment caused by Alzheimer’s disease. So […]
Read MoreHims & Hers won’t sell compounded version of Novo’s obesity pill
Hims & Hers said Saturday it will stop selling what it claims to be a cheaper, compounded version of Novo Nordisk’s obesity pill on its telehealth platform, after health officials […]
Read MoreBiological vs legal motherhood in surrogacy – a supportive guide for intended parents to be
If you’ve spent even five minutes researching surrogacy as a family building option, you’ll already have a pretty solid grasp of how the process works today. What can sometimes be […]
Read MoreMAHA, others adopt anti-Big Tobacco strategies to fight Big Food
So you’re a bear in the forest, and you’re hungry. When you trundle toward a raspberry bush and get your first taste of ripe, sweet fruit, dopamine floods your brain, […]
Read MoreGestational diabetes was a big part of Meghan Trainor’s weight loss – but you have questions
Grammy-winning singer Meghan Trainor has openly shared that a gestational diabetes diagnosis while she was pregnant helped shift her focus toward her long-term health and lifestyle, sparking a weight loss […]
Read MoreA restless leg syndrome drug led me to compulsive gambling
I was a tenured professor, a published novelist, and a married father of two sons when I lost everything — because of a drug I was prescribed for a condition most people […]
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