reproductive health
Of Course Pregnant YouTubers Are Filming and Posting Their Water Breaking
24/7 vloggers capture every second, including the notoriously unpredictable biological moments that make a perfect rabbit hole.
The 'Severest Form of PMS' Could Finally Get a Treatment
Trials have just started for the first drug to treat premenstrual dysphoric disorder, a debilitating condition still ignored by some doctors.
Pelvic Exams Are Being Performed on Unconscious Women Without Consent
Caity Downing woke up from an operation with her underwear dislodged and bleeding heavily. Now she's campaigning for a change in medical practice in the UK.
A Philippine Agency Wants to Declare the Number of Underage Pregnancies a National Emergency
About 1.2 million young Filipinos had children over a 10-year period.
Philippine Youth Commissioner Believes Teen Pregnancies Will Decrease If Girls and Boys Were in Separate Classrooms
He said pulling all-nighters for projects leads to sex.
Both Parents’ Drinking Habits Matter When They’re Trying to Have a Baby
Reproductive health has long focused on the pregnant person's behavior—but their partner's lifestyle is important, too.
Birth Control Pills Might Be Making Teens Depressed
The pill is an amazing feat of medicine, but it's shocking that science doesn’t really know how hormones affect developing brains.
We Don't Really Need to Know 'Why' Women Orgasm
The eagerness to explain the female orgasm from a scientific perspective feels like much ado about nutting.
We Visited the Mumbai Neighbourhood so Polluted It's Been Declared Unfit for Human Habitation
Mahul poses a dystopian and disturbing picture of what happens when you’re forced to live amidst extreme pollution. It’s a story that can only end in death, unless residents somehow scrape together the resources to leave.
Vaping May Also Put Women's Fertility at Risk
A study finds that the nicotine and flavorings in vapes affect eggs in ways that would make it more difficult to conceive.
Sex Education Camps Are Now a Thing in China
Parents are worried that public schools aren't handling sex-ed very well, so they're sending their kids to "sex-ed camp."
Please, Let's Just Say 'Vagina'
Some social media policies make it harder to use straightforward anatomical terms, which directly contributes to the taboo of talking about our bodies.