by Women's Health | Jul 13, 2018 | Health
It had been happening every two weeks, like clockwork, for five months. The worst attacks involved sharp, blinding pain that seared up the back of my head, along with nausea, fatigue, and light sensitivity. It would go on for hours; sometimes the only solution was...
by Women's Health | Jun 28, 2018 | Health
Urinary tract infections (UTIs for short) – they’re the pits. Especially when they hit what feels like every time you have sex. I’m also the the fortunate/unfortunate position where my partner is away a lot, so we tend to get a leeeetle crazy when he...
by Women's Health | Jun 27, 2018 | Health
Your hiccups just won’t quit. Seriously, it’s been two days. You could head to your GP. But, groan. So inconvenient. And Dr Google is faster and free. It takes you mere seconds to type your symptoms into a search engine and just a few more to learn that those...
by Women's Health | Jun 27, 2018 | Health
Gluten can be a cruel, cruel mistress—it’s part of many of the best things in life (cake! bagels! pasta!), but ends up making some people feel beyond shitty (there’s an ex-boyfriend reference here, but I’ll resist). ICYMI: Gluten’s a protein in...
by Women's Health | Jun 25, 2018 | Health
HIV is scary as sh*t—which means that its symptoms are equally terrifying…right? Not exactly. “Most people who get infected don’t even know. It’s only in hindsight they recognise the symptoms,” says Dr. Michael Horberg, director of HIV/AIDS for Kaiser...
