Category: Health
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America’s History of Medical Misogynoir
One significant test of a society’s strength is how well its healthcare endures under pressure. The COVID-19 pandemic provided an insight into how neglected black women were in the American healthcare system.
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ADHD is less likely to be diagnosed in black women, Here’s Why
Black women as a demographic are very familiar with medical racism and this historical neglect is also present in the mental health sphere.
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Self Care tips for women during the holidays
From cooking Christmas meals to shopping for clothes and decorations and generally doing the overall planning and catering for the entire family which most times includes extended family.
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Is Medical Gaslighting Real Or Is It “Just In Our Heads”?
If you are a woman, you might be familiar with that feeling; voicing your concern and being told that it is all in your head, sometimes you even start to doubt it…
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Respiratory Diseases Among Women That Cook
Every year, close to 4 million people die prematurely from diseases attributable to household air pollution.
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Why Do I Have Two Periods In The Same Month?
Usually, these conditions can be resolved or managed, but women need to know what to look out for in their bodies.
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Is Virginity and the Hymen a myth or construct?
However, buried in all the myths, is the truth that the hymen is just a body part.
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Living with Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF)
A 2018 study by the UNICEF, 48 per cent of the girls living in the Northeast and West of the country, over 22 million girls, are living with VVF.