News: Women's Health Monthly
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Featured stories
History of Midwifery
A brief history of midwifery in the United States.
Tis the season...
For stress management.
Healthy eating
Finding the 'middle lane' of nutritional health.
Women's health by topic
Gynecology
Contraception, menstruation, endometriosis and more
- The care and keeping of your vagina
- All about Pap smears
- Does the morning after pill work for high-BMI women?
- Adolescent gynecology: sensitive care during tender years
- Severe menstrual pain is NOT normal: Endometriosis
- Do I still need my period?
- Well-woman visits: Not your mom's "annual"
- Polycystic ovary syndrome 101
- Contraception: How to choose
- Heavy menstrual bleeding: How much is too much?
- Fibroids: More common than you think
- Addressing vulvar pain begins with listening
Primary Care
Wellness, screening recommendations, family health and more
- Health goals, not weight goals, to feel better in midlife
- Am I really geriatric?
- A flu vaccine FAQ
- Prediabetes is about prevention
- Three ways diabetes is different for women
- Breast cancer screening: Is 40 the new 50?
- Exercise may not make up for sitting
- When to begin screening for colorectal cancer
- Gear up for flu season
- Well-woman visits: Not your mom's "annual"
- Fitting in exercise - every minute counts
- Self-care for the caregiver
- Pregnant? Don't skip the flu vaccine
- You're the champion! Of your family's health care
- Your primary care home
- Osteoporosis: Know your risk
- Prep for the test and save your life (colon cancer screening)
- Your best self at any age
- Here to talk about it: Mental health in teens
- Center for Women's Health leads the way in age-friendly health care
Pregnancy and childbirth
From prenatal care through delivery and beyond
- Pregnancy: A stress test for your heart
- Baby Blues: Mental health during and after pregnancy
- Infant feeding support that's just right for you and your baby
- Single motherhood by choice
- Five benefits of group prenatal care (midwifery)
- Diabetes in pregnancy: you're not alone
- Pregnancy care for women with heart conditions
- Water birth with OHSU's nurse-midwives
- Pregnant? Don't skip the flu vaccine
- What to expect: STD testing during pregnancy
- The extra challenge of breastfeeding
- What you need to know about your milk supply
- Returning to work: The breastfeeding challenge
- A brief history of midwifery in America
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Some complications shown to increase mother’s lifelong cardiovascular risk
Heart health
Heart disease prevention, survivorship and more
- Trusting your heart when you have heart disease
- Pregnancy: A stress test for your heart
- The link between breast cancer and heart disease
- Pregnancy care for women with heart conditions
- Some pregnancy, fetal conditions increase mother's lifelong cardiovascular risk
- Eat your way to heart health
- A survivor's story: Sara Karlin
- A survivor's story: Geri Randles
- Women's heart health: know your numbers
- Mended Hearts mentors
- Heart survivor Carmen
- Some complications shown to increase mother’s lifelong cardiovascular risk
Mental health and wellness
From sleep to depression to sexual health
- Caregiving, COVID-19 and your mental health
- Baby Blues: Mental health during and after pregnancy
- Sleep better: Ditch your bedtime
- Sleep better: Effective therapy for insomnia
- Women and ADHD: What's the hype?
- Dealing with anxiety
- Depression: Let's talk
- The benefits of a healthy sex life
- Sex issues from cancer? Don't wait to get help
- Mindfulness for insomnia
- Here to talk about it: Mental health in teens
Midlife and menopause
Cancer
Treatment, survivorship, research and more
- Know your risk: Researchers are using genetics to find ovarian cancer sooner
- The link between breast cancer and heart disease
- Sex issues from cancer? Don't wait to get help
- Breast cancer screening: Is 50 the new 40?
- Fertility after cancer
- Lung cancer in women
- OHSU researchers tackle breast cancer with Circle of Giving support
- One woman's story: Sherie Hildreth
- An ovarian cancer story: Jane E. Werner
- Prep for the test and save your life (colon cancer screening)
- Woman to Woman: Partners for life
- The Jane Werner Ovarian Cancer Fund
Nutrition and digestive health
Women's health research
Urogynecology
Other health topics
From acupuncture to dermatology, and naturopathy to neurology
- Autoimmune disease 101
- The truth about migraines
- Perspectives on COVID-19 and substance use
- Whole body healing with naturopathy
- Brain fog vs. dementia
- The whole-health approach of palliative care
- Your skin and autoimmune disease
- Women and Parkinson's disease: What we don't know
- Women and Autism: Diagnosis and treatment in adulthood
- Traditional Chinese medicine at our clinic
- Your skin: A window to your health
- Enjoy summer and protect your skin
- Self-care for the caregiver
- HIV prevention: Spread the word
- Acupuncture for pain
- Is the pandemic making my hair fall out?
Women's health myths
Confirmed or busted!
- Mythbusters: Gestational diabetes, migraines, eating carbs and more
- Mythbusters: Period pain, water birth, well woman visits and more
- Mythbusters: Post-pill syndrome, heart attacks, UTIs and more
- Mythbusters: Insomnia, breast cancer, HPV and more
Women who inspire us
Our monthly series on incredible women, past and present
- Maya Angelou
- Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell
- Aidy Bryant
- Heart survivor Carmen
- Katie Couric
- Dr. Augusta Dejerine Klumpke
- Dr. Marie Equi
- Ina May Gaskin
- Melinda Gates
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett
- Beatrice Gilmore, R.N.
- Go Red's Real Women
- Going public about menopause
- Roma Guy
- Dorothy Height
- Sherie Hildreth
- Dorothy Horstmann
- Gwen Ifill
- Dr. Paula Johnson
- Rose Kushner
- Lilly Ledbetter
- Provider Spotlight: Dr. Nandita Gupta
- Burr Leonard
- Dr. Alyson McGregor
- Barb Neff, R.N.
- Marion Nestle
- Florence Nightingale
- Dr. Antonia Novello
- Georgia O'Keefe
- Dr. Esther Pohl Lovejoy
- Dr. Cicely Saunders
- Dr. M. Susan Smith
- Provider Spotlight: Dr. V. Liana Tsikitis
- Speaking out about incontinence
- Dr. Frances Storrs
- Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider
- Dr. Janet Vaughan
- Dr. Mary E. Walker
- Jane E. Werner
- Women in Science
- Dr. Maria Rodriguez