Stress and cortisol: what the wellness industry gets wrong
Cortisol is having a marketing moment. The physiology is more ordinary — and the tests are less revealing — than the ads suggest.
Health News
Reporting on guideline revisions, drug approvals, safety warnings and newly published studies affecting women's care, each traced to the source document.
How to evaluate health news: How to vet health news before you share it
A plain-language checklist for reading past the headline, spotting preliminary research, and deciding whether a health story is worth passing on.
Self-collected HPV tests: what the guidelines actually say
Patients can now swab themselves for cervical cancer screening in a clinic, and one at-home kit is FDA-approved. Here is what each approval covers, what the evidence shows, and where national guidance still stands.
Medicaid doula coverage is expanding, but pay gaps and federal cuts limit who benefits
More than half of states now let Medicaid pay for a doula, but reporting on the ground shows low reimbursement and looming federal cuts are keeping the benefit out of reach for many who qualify.
First over-the-counter daily birth control pill reaches U.S. shelves — and insurers are still catching up
Opill's OTC availability since 2024 changed access rules, but coverage and pharmacists' standing-order rules vary by state.
FDA approves Gwyn Lo, a once-weekly low-dose contraceptive patch
Viatris announced approval on July 29, 2026, adding a lower estrogen-dose option to the small US patch market.