by Women's Health | Feb 19, 2018 | Health
Lena Dunham recently revealed that she underwent a total hysterectomy to try to end her endometriosis pain. Lena, 31, wrote an essay for Vogue saying she decided to go through with the procedure after “years of complex surgeries measuring in the double...
by Women's Health | Feb 16, 2018 | Health
At night, your kidneys filtrate less urine, and your bladder relaxes and holds more of it. Plus, a hormone called vasopressin instructs cells to retain water. So considering those factors, it’s not surprising that your bladder may be quite full in the morning....
by Women's Health | Feb 12, 2018 | Health
Public bathrooms are generally considered to be pretty disgusting—but we bet you thought the hand dryers were the least of your problems. Well, Nichole Ward took it upon herself to perform a little experiment: She stuck a petri dish in the open plate of a hand dryer...
by Women's Health | Feb 9, 2018 | Health
Mittelschmerz is a weird word for a not-so-weird phenomenon. In fact, it’s so common that about one in five women experience it on a monthly basis, says Dr. Nicole Scott, a gynae at IU Health. So what is it? Technically the word is German for “middle...
by Women's Health | Feb 7, 2018 | Health
There are some things you just know will send you to the bathroom — too much cheese, a spicy meal, that iffy pasta salad in the back of the fridge. But, if you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (women are twice as likely as men to have IBS, per the American College...
