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Most ovarian cysts are ordinary, harmless, and gone within two menstrual cycles. What is worth knowing is which …
A colposcopy is the next step after an abnormal Pap or HPV test, an in-office exam that lets …
Nine methods of birth control work well, and the right one depends on your body, your health history, …
A standard STI panel checks four infections and quietly leaves out herpes, trichomonas, and every site except the …
Syphilis is curable with a single penicillin shot in its early stages, but it hides behind a painless …
A male factor is involved in about half of infertile couples, yet the testing usually starts and stays …
Gonorrhea is cured by a single injection of ceftriaxone, and that is the whole treatment. The regimen changed …
There is no routine chlamydia screening recommendation for men in the United States, so a man can carry …
Chlamydia almost never causes symptoms in women, so it is caught by a test you request rather than …
Genital herpes is described against red skin in nearly every medical photo, and that is not how it …
Black women face infertility at least as often as anyone, and by several measures more often, yet they …
Trichomoniasis ("trich") is the most common curable STI in the United States, and it shows up in nearly …
About one in three Black women carries HSV-2, the virus behind genital herpes, and most do not know …
Pelvic organ prolapse happens when the bladder, uterus, or rectum drops into or out of the vagina because …
Heavy periods are not just an inconvenience. For Black women, they often signal uterine fibroids and quietly drain …
Black women die of cervical cancer at roughly twice the rate of white women, even though the disease …
A vaginal yeast infection is an overgrowth of Candida, the fungus that normally lives in the vagina in …
A 2015 JAMA Internal Medicine analysis of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation followed 3,302 women …
African-American women in the SWAN cohort experienced menopausal vasomotor symptoms for a median 10.1 years compared with 7.4 …
Endometriosis causes pain that goes far beyond normal cramps, and Black women are diagnosed less often and later …
By age 50, more than 80 percent of Black women have ultrasound evidence of uterine fibroids, compared with …
Bacterial vaginosis is the most common vaginal condition in women of reproductive age, and it shows up in …
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common hormone conditions in women of reproductive age, yet …
Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with rising incidence and rising deaths, and Black women die …
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