womens health
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Google Tracks Abortion Clinic Visits Despite Its Promise to Stop, Study Finds
Google pledged to stop tracking user visits to abortion clinics shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, which killed off the United States’ largest federal abortion protection. The measure aimed to protect abortion seekers from prosecutors, especially in the 14 states where abortion is now banned. Roughly 18 months later, Google has…
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Birth Control Apps Are Great If You Want to Get Pregnant
Earlier this month, popular period-tracking app Clue announced it had received FDA clearance for a digital birth control feature in its app. Now, per a Verge report, Natural Cycles, the other FDA-cleared birth control app, is pissed because of how the FDA granted that clearance, sparking some beef between the two apps. Meanwhile, I’m sitting…
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Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle Can Be Key to Achieving Exercise Goals
It’s pretty normal to feel full of energy for exercise some days, and as though you can’t be bothered on other days. For women, there’s a physiological explanation behind this. While men’s hormone levels do change over a lifetime, day-to-day they remain quite stable. Women, however, experience fluctuating levels of sex hormones daily. Scientists haven’t…
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Ibuprofen Might Make Your Periods Lighter, But It’s Not A Long-Term Solution
A tweet saying ibuprofen reduces menstrual flow by 50% went viral last month. The original tweet and ensuing responses fuelled a debate about society’s supposed unwillingness to talk about periods. At the same time, many women responded with questions about the evidence behind this notion, how it works, and the risks.