Women’s Health

Alopecia Areata: Losing Your Hair? Don’t Despair
Women’s Health

Alopecia Areata: Losing Your Hair? Don’t Despair

Medically reviewed by Dr. Elizabeth Liotta Original Article

Why Isn’t HIV Care Reaching Those Who Need It Most?
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Why Isn’t HIV Care Reaching Those Who Need It Most?

Hydeia Broadbent has never known life without HIV. Born HIV positive in 1984, Broadbent’s virus progressed to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome...

Biopsies Confirm a Breast Cancer Diagnosis After an Abnormal Mammogram – but Structural Racism May Lead to Lengthy Delays
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Biopsies Confirm a Breast Cancer Diagnosis After an Abnormal Mammogram – but Structural Racism May Lead to Lengthy Delays

By Marissa Lawson, University of Washington and Christoph Lee, University of WashingtonWhile mammograms are often the first step to detecting...

Top 10 Tips for Summer Eye Health
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Top 10 Tips for Summer Eye Health

Medically reviewed by Brittani Carver-Schemper It’s summer, and hopefully you’re enjoying a little sunshine. But do trips to the pool...

Should You Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot Now or Wait Until Fall? Two Immunologists Help Weigh the Options
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Should You Get a COVID-19 Booster Shot Now or Wait Until Fall? Two Immunologists Help Weigh the Options

By Prakash Nagarkatti, University of South Carolina and Mitzi Nagarkatti, University of South CarolinaWhile COVID-19 vaccines continue to be highly...

How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body? Our Lab Found Heat + Humidity Gets Dangerous Faster Than Many People Realize
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How Hot Is Too Hot for the Human Body? Our Lab Found Heat + Humidity Gets Dangerous Faster Than Many People Realize

By W. Larry Kenney, Penn State; Daniel Vecellio, Penn State; Rachel Cottle, Penn State, and S. Tony Wolf, Penn StateHeat...

When Stigma Kills
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When Stigma Kills

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness month. On Feb. 14, 1995, Fonda Bryant was prepared to die. She planned...

How the Tampon Shortage Is Exacerbating Period Poverty in the US
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How the Tampon Shortage Is Exacerbating Period Poverty in the US

By Marni Sommer, Columbia UniversityTampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues.Reports of a...

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