Reproductive and Sexual Health

Parents, you can help protect your child from getting certain HPV-related cancers. How? With a safe and effective vaccine! Here are the top fives things you should know about HPV, or human papillomavirus, and the vaccine. HPV infection is very common. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted...

Ed. note: This press release is cross-posted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The original post date was November 28, 2017. Read the original press release. A new CDC Vital Signs report published today finds that HIV is being diagnosed sooner after infection than was...

Ed. note: This blog is cross-posted from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The Topic is Cancer Blog. The original post date was August 30, 2017. Read the original post. Terri, 61, had to re-evaluate her life when her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the late 1990s...

What’s your health style? Are you a total wellness rock star, healthy-ish, or a little too laid back? ( Take our quiz to find out!) Personally, I know I’ve been in the healthy-ish category for a while. Some days, it’s more the "ish" than the healthy. But I’m working on it! I see myself as a work in...

Our miracle baby Nia was once the tear streaming down her daddy's face as he sat alone in his car waiting for my D&C (dilation and curettage), a procedure that removed the remains of the sibling Nia will never know. She was once the words my pain-consumed heart uttered as I rocked on my knees asking...

As a certified health coach, I often hear from women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) who are frustrated and have lost all hope because the only advice their doctors offer is to lose weight, take a pill, and live with their symptoms. For much of my life, I was one of these women. As early as 14...