"Adults are supposed to be self-made, self-sufficient, self-effacing. Their worlds are not supposed to be consumed by doctors’ appointments and tests and treatments" 🖋️ @StephHarWrites pens a personal essay on shame, chronic illness & 'adulthood' ➡️thefemedic.com/first-person/a…

"We, as sex workers have no labor protections and our work, even when perfectly legal, is stigmatized at best and dangerous at worst." independent.co.uk/voices/onlyfan…

🚨The Health and Care bill will accelerate privatisation of the NHS, proposing that England be carved up into 42 Integrated Care Systems (ICS) where private companies can influence decisions about how NHS £ is spent Sign the petition to scrap it➡️ change.org/p/keep-our-nhs…

Many coil insertions are needlessly painful and uncomfortable due to outdated procedures and equipment choices — and it's time we questioned that, writes Helen Gonzalez Brown ✨NEW on The Femedic 🖋️Helen Brown thefemedic.com/contraception/…

Some interesting work happening around non-hormonal contraception–this research uses proteins that mimic antibodies use by the immune system, to attack sperm before they reach the egg There's still a way to go before this reaches the clinic, though🙂 wired.com/story/an-exper…

Many people report a change to their menstrual cycle after getting the vaccine, but for most, it returns to normal the following cycle. This could be due to an immune response to the vax, rather than the vax itself, which is safe to take, says the BMJ bmj.com/content/374/bm…

"We are outraged that a patient was refused payment for physio for stress incontinence. Reason - they had a baby so it’s a consequence of their choice. Her husband‘s football related knee injury was covered. Obviously." csp.org.uk/news/2021-09-1…

"I thought I was doomed to have painful sex for the rest of my life. I wondered if the marginal pleasure I was getting was really worth all that pain" Suzanne S shares how she learned to make adjustments while living with lupus, to make sex fun again✨ ➡️thefemedic.com/first-person/s…

Our friends at @FSRH_UK are hosting their annual virtual conference on Nov 17. The theme is inclusive healthcare 🙂 The FSRH are a brilliant source of info & guidance and you can book your place here: fsrhvirtual.org

Today, we handed back the keys to our first premises in Camden Market and officially moved out. This isn't the end of the Vagina Museum - this is just the end of this chapter in our story. We will be moving to a new premises, and we'd like to tell you how you can help.

"The lack of sympathy from my doctors was startling. The general feeling was, 'Well, it’s not that bad'. It was actually" refinery29.com/en-gb/persiste…

The gene NPSR1 has been identified as the genetic cause of endo—revealing new possibilities in developing treatments for the condition Researchers tested an NPSR1 inhibitor with cells & in mice, but the next step is to create a drug safe for humans🙋 thefemedic.com/news/genetic-c…

Digital biomarkers are objective measures of health, i.e. heart rate, that are collected via digital devices. Here, Apple/UCLA will measure physiological markers and try to find a connection between them & depression Interesting, watching this space... mobihealthnews.com/news/apple-loo…

The policing institution literally sees male violence and abuse of power as its right — and always finds *some way* to squirm out of being held accountable The absolute nerve to suggest being “streetwise” even factors

“I have honestly never seen anything like this before on television” Nuanced and intimate representation of disabled characters has been missing from our screens. The The Triple Cripples explain why one sensual scene in Sex Education has been so groundbreaking bit.ly/3FsZ6Fk

"We need better data collection on the pain patients experience during and after coil insertion, and how this compares with different coils and other types of contraception." Absolutely. The Femedic thefemedic.com/contraception/…

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"Patients were about 20 percent less likely to assume that a woman wearing scrubs was a surgeon, compared with men. The study also found that patients consider a woman in scrubs to be 'less professional' than a man in the same outfit." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…