Mayim breaks down how the neurochemical basis of women's hormones and the impacts of the menstrual cycle on their bodies and minds. Mayim also covers how our understanding of women's health has changed over time, including a brief overview of what Freud got wrong. Activists Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein discuss their most recent project tackling the misperceptions about women's mental health related to increasing rates of overprescription of the birth control pill. And Mayim shares about her experience on the pill and the differential access to reproductive health in under-serviced communities and what we can do about it.
For thousands and thousands of years women have used contraceptives (albeit some more efficacious than others). From the use of...
The menstrual cycle is a beautiful symphony of human anatomy. It is a mechanism by which a woman’s body develops an environment...
The innovation of modern medicine has given us control over our bodies in ways that are almost unimaginable. As I’m sure you’ve heard...
Like all intricate machines, your computer will slowly degrade over time. Like a computer, our bodies contain machinery that becomes obsolete...
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