Health & Wellness

abortion rights 10/24/2018

What New Yorkers Don’t Know About Roe A pop-up explains how New York is not as progressive as you’d think on abortion — and the upcoming election is a chance to change that.

By Caitlin Moscatello

science of us 10/24/2018

The Best Time to Go to Bed Is 8:45 Getting up early is great. Going to bed early is greater.

By Katie Heaney

ask polly 10/24/2018

‘I’m Slow at Everything and It’s Ruining My Life’ I think you have to work with what you’ve been given.

By Heather Havrilesky

talking to 10/23/2018

6 Women on Their Vaginas After Childbirth “I swear I could hear myself tearing during delivery.”

By Alyssa Shelasky

reproductive rights 10/22/2018

It’s Perfectly Legal for Companies to Put Pregnant Women at Risk of Miscarriage The New York Times spoke to several women who suffered miscarriages while working physically strenuous jobs.

By Madeleine Aggeler

science of us 10/22/2018

I Just Got Into Kombucha, and Now You Tell Me Probiotics Are Bad? If they’re not cleaning your gut … what ARE they doing?

By Katie Heaney

health 10/21/2018

Selma Blair Reveals She’s Been Suffering From MS for 15 Years “I have probably had this incurable disease for 15 years at least.”

By Anne Victoria Clark

science of us 10/18/2018

I Eat Butter Straight And other millennial food trends.

By Edith Zimmerman

reproductive rights 10/17/2018

Citing ‘Moral Objections,’ a Pharmacist Denied a Woman Medicine for Miscarriage The woman could have developed sepsis — which is potentially fatal — had she not been able to fill the prescription.

By Madeleine Aggeler

am i dying 10/17/2018

Is Drinking Coffee Messing With My Hormones? A few possible causes for spotting a week before your period.

By Katie Heaney