Updated Guidelines for “Down There”—Listen Up!
I love when updated medical guidelines finally catch up to what women have been complaining about for years—especially when it comes to what’s happening “down there.” So if you're experiencing dryness, pain, irritation, or leaking when you sneeze (seriously, the betrayal), you’re going to want to listen up. The American Urological Association just released its 2025 guidelines on Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM)—and they’re worth celebrating…
Avoid Plastic? Over 400 Chemicals in Plastic Linked to Breast Cancer
My goal with my education is not to be all “doom and gloom.” Instead, I want to provide practical and tactical ways to be proactive about your health! This is one of them. Historically, it has been reported that hormones, especially estrogens, cause breast cancer. If you’ve been here awhile, you know I push back on that concept (heavily) as cancer is complicated. Estrogens can not possibly single handedly cause breast cancer. Turns out, I am right. In a 2024 Environmental Science and Technology Letters, the authors report finding 920 breast cancer-relevant chemicals. Of that number, 414 are found in plastics…