Health Oral Health: a Window to Your Overall HealthSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff Did you know that your oral health offers clues about your overall health—or that problems in your mouth can affect the rest of your body? Protect …
Accessories Blisters: First AidSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff If a blister isn't too painful, try to keep it intact. Unbroken skin over a blister may provide a natural barrier to bacteria and decreases the risk …
Friendship How to Cancel Plans Without Losing Friends and Feeling Like a JerkSelf - Rachel Wilkerson Miller We’re living in a time when being an introvert, wanting to be alone, loving Netflix and your couch, and canceling plans has reached meme status. …
Pregnancy 3 Times When Spotting During Pregnancy Could Signal a ProblemSelf - Zahra Barnes Spotting during pregnancy—as in, bleeding from your vagina when you're most definitely not on your period because, hello, you're pregnant—can be a …
Schizophrenia What Mental Health Experts Want You to Know About Schizoaffective DisorderSelf - Carolyn L. Todd Maybe you’ve never heard of schizoaffective disorder. Or perhaps it’s the opposite: You or someone you love has been diagnosed with schizoaffective …
Sooo...How Careful Do You Have to Be About Making Out With New Lip Fillers?Self - Sophie Saint Thomas Right after the first time I got lip fillers, I was newly, happily single and on my way to a wedding. My mouth was a little sore and also a little …
Muscle 9 Ways Your Vagina Might Change After You Give BirthSelf - Korin Miller After seeing your body change during pregnancy, it’s totally normal to also ponder the state of your vagina after birth. Are things going to be OK …
Diet Soda Is Diet Soda Actually Killing You, Though?Self - Carolyn L. Todd Newly added to the list of things that are maybe killing you: diet soda. You know, the artificially sweetened beverage that you might be drinking in …
Mayo Clinic 9 Signs You're Dealing With a Ruptured Ovarian CystSelf - Korin Miller Even the words "ruptured ovarian cyst" might make you cringe, which makes sense because that doesn't exactly sound pleasant. But the signs and …
Suicide 5 Ways to Support Suicide Prevention Besides Sharing a Hotline NumberSelf - Anna Borges As someone who talks a lot about suicide prevention and my own suicidal ideation, it still feels like there are more questions than answers when it …
Insulin Why Is PCOS Still So Hard for Doctors to Understand?Self - Mary Claire Lagroue When Emily S., 28, was a teenager, more than one doctor told her that irregular periods were normal for her age. Dermatologists said the cystic acne …
Sunscreen How Bad Is It to Use Expired Sunscreen?Self - Nina Bahadur I was pretty proud of my extensive sunscreen collection until I started wondering if I just had a ton of expired sunscreen on my hands. (Not …
Gynecology Your Labia Are Totally Normal, Trust UsSelf - Zahra Barnes We all wonder whether what's under our clothes looks like what's under other women's clothes, especially when it comes to things like nipples or even …
Gynecologist Can You Go to the Gyno on Your Period or What?Self - Rachel Grumman Bender The red tide pays you a visit on the day of your doctor's appointment, and you wonder: Can you go to the gyno on your period? Or, even more important, …
Dentistry Understanding Canker SoreSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff Canker sores, also called aphthous ulcers, are small, shallow lesions that develop on the soft tissues in your mouth or at the base of your gums. …
Heart Attacks Understanding Broken Heart SyndromeSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff Broken heart syndrome is a temporary heart condition that's often brought on by stressful situations, such as the death of a loved one. The condition …
Pain How to Know If Your Appendix Burst: Look Out for These Signs and SymptomsSelf - Korin Miller If you’ve ever had severe stomach pain, you’ve probably Googled “how to know if your appendix burst.” It’s natural that your mind immediately goes to …
Vaping 5 Things We Still Don’t Know About Those Vaping-Related HospitalizationsSelf - Sarah Jacoby Today, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other health agencies confirmed that there have been 215 confirmed …
Lice Understanding Body LiceSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff Body lice are tiny insects, about the size of a sesame seed. Body lice live in your clothing and bedding and travel to your skin several times a day …
Self-Care Caregiver Stress: Tips for Taking Care of YourselfSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff As the population ages, more caregiving is being provided by people who aren't health care professionals. These informal caregivers provide 80 …
Bacteria Is Peeing After Sex Actually That Important?Self - Amy Marturana, C.P.T. If you have a vagina, you've probably heard that peeing after sex is crucial—especially if you want to avoid a urinary tract infection (UTI). It’s …
Environmental Health Food Poisoning vs. Stomach Flu: Signs, Symptoms, and Causes of EachSelf - Korin Miller When you’re cooped up in the bathroom, liquid erupting from both ends of your body—maybe even at the same time—you might miserably wonder whether …
Birth Control We Need to Stop Acting Like Vasectomies Are HeroicSelf - Dara T. Mathis In February 2018, just as my husband and I were planning his vasectomy, we discovered that I was pregnant with our third child. After the initial …
Condoms 19 Condom Mistakes You Don't Want to MakeSelf - Zahra Barnes When it comes to using condoms, you probably have questions. Lots of questions, like: Can you get pregnant using a condom even if it doesn’t break? …
Tobacco Quitting Smoking: 10 Ways to Resist Tobacco CravingsSelf - Mayo Clinic Staff For most tobacco users, tobacco cravings or urges to smoke can be powerful. But you're not at the mercy of these cravings. When an urge to use tobacco …
Protein Understanding Egg AllergySelf - Mayo Clinic Staff Eggs are one of the most common allergy-causing foods for children. Egg allergy symptoms usually occur a few minutes to a few hours after eating eggs …
Health 17 Therapist-Approved Books That Will Teach You Something New About YourselfSelf - Anna Borges I don’t know about you, but reading about mental health is a huge part of my self-care routine. Expanding my reading list to include everything from …
Vaccines What Actually Counts as a Medical Exemption for Vaccines—and What's at Stake When They're AbusedSelf - Carolyn L. Todd As a matter of public health, everyone who can get vaccinated safely should—so that's the vast majority of people. It’s essential not just for the …
Hpv My Mother Died of Cervical Cancer. Now I’m an HPV Vaccine Advocate.Self - Ian Fields, M.D. I suppose most people don’t remember exactly how they spent their sixth birthday. But tragedy has a way of not allowing you to forget. It was August …
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