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A Devastating Choice: Deciding Between a Lumpectomy or MastectomyWhen Kai McGee was diagnosed with stage II breast cancer six years ago, she was forced to choose between saving her breasts and risking a possible cancer occurrence in her healthy breast in the future. Now, she's grappling with the after-effects of that choice during a pandemic and a summer of racial reckoning.
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Are Contact-Tracing Apps Worth the Privacy Risk?They’re only a tiny piece of the puzzle in helping fight the spread of COVID-19—and they’re yet to be proven effective.
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Forget Tracking Your Period—Your Period (App) Is Tracking YouFemtech apps—like ones that track your period or pregnancy—are spilling your bedside secrets.
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My Journey to Finding Self-Worth in My Self-Harm ScarsIn honor of National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, author Jennifer Storm shares an excerpt from her upcoming book, Awakening Blackout Girl.
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How I Mental Health by Marc Jacobs"Happiness is an inside job."
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Nike's New Maternity Line Is Changing the Game
Nike (M) launches this fall.
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Living With Pure Obsessional OCD: What Happens When Your Thoughts Turn X-RatedA new HBO Max show attempts to demystify and normalize the widely misunderstood anxiety disorder.
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Tear Gaslighting: Is There a Link Between Protesting and Messed Up Periods?Law enforcement has used chemical crowd control agents across the U.S. this summer. Protestors and some experts suspect tear gas exposure is causing abrupt and painful changes to menstrual cycles.
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The Pandemic Has Made Me Reconsider Becoming a Single MomI thought I was ready for the struggles of parenting alone, but COVID-19 put everything in perspective.
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Reflections on Becoming a Doctor During Two EpidemicsMore than 36,000 new doctors were minted last month. They'll start their careers battling coronavirus and the racism that fuels its disproportionate outcomes.
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What If Fertility Didn't Have a Shelf Life?Nicole Shanahan and Sergey Brin’s struggle to start a family launched a new era in scientific research. The goal: End menopause.
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How to Feel Better NowHow To That spin class? Swap it for a sound bath. Here are the mind- and body-easing measures to turn to when traditional anxiety easers don’t cut it.
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Samsung Just Made Working Out at Home Even EasierThe brand's Samsung Health platform is designed with at-home exercise in mind.
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My Healing Journey After Sexual AssaultTo recover from an assault at the hands of a friend, I spent months experimenting with different therapies.
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What It's Like to Undergo Chemotherapy During COVID-19Michelle Hynek, 46, was diagnosed with stage four colorectal cancer seven months ago. For her, isolation looks a lot different.
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Surrogacy Is Complicated—Then Add a Global PandemicIn Ukraine, COVID-19 has left surrogates trapped and newborns abandoned.
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Death Companioning and How It’s Helping Me Get Through the Pandemic
How an online course about grief helped me ease my COVID-19-related anxieties.
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COVID-19 Is Keeping Women From Having KidsA new survey by SoFi and Modern Fertility finds that the virus has put family planning on pause.
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Exercise, Periods, Showering—It's All Different for Women in SpaceNASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor explains what a beauty, health, and fitness routine is like for women in space.
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Online Workout Classes to Stream While You Practice Social DistancingFeatures 12 p.m. workouts are a thing now!
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How to Conduct Healthy Conversations Around Climate ChangeHow To Our resident psychiatrist weighs in on conversing thoughtfully with climate-change skeptics.
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What Will COVID-19 Do to Pregnant Women's Mental Health?Doctors are preparing for an increase in pandemic-related mental health issues brought on by stress, isolation, and economic distress.
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Pregnant Women Are Wondering: Should I Have a Home Birth?The Covid-19 pandemic is causing additional panic for expectant mothers, who no longer know if a hospital is the best place for them.
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IVF On HoldCOVID-19 stopped fertility treatments, leaving patients to wonder which will expire first: the restrictions or their own biological clocks.
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Hospitals Don't Have Enough Medical Supplies to Fight COVID-19How To Groups are raising funds to send healthcare workers masks, gloves, and gowns. Donate here if you have the means.
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Death Surrounds HerEmily Rostkowski is an oncology nurse and cancer survivor herself. But now, like so many other healthcare workers, she spends her days in the center of the coronavirus storm.
