women’s health

LISTEN TO LEIGH ANNE JASHEWAY ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST Ageism is a thing. A nasty thing. Like old age itself, ageism creeps, slowly sagging, rotting from the inside, pulling…

Notable Greek-American Dr. George Papanicolaou did not win a Nobel Prize in Medicine, though he was nominated several times. Instead, he got a 13-cent stamp and name recognition. Women the…

Something happens in people’s eyes after you share really, really, bad news with them. After the initial shock, you can almost see yourself moved in their internal relationship Rolodex from…

As women, we LOVE love. Our girlfriends ask questions about all the relationship “firsts.” For me, however, there is one question I have yet to answer – “Have you had…

As a young, healthy, exceptionally bright, adorable, incredibly grounded, and remarkably humble teenager, I had the time of my life my first semester of college. I was the first of my…

I was ready. Well, I was certainly ready to try, anyway. It had been 22 months of celibacy, 5 months of therapy, and 11 months of taking antidepressants. I was…

As a transgender woman who has spent a lot of time and money getting things put in my breasts, it seems quite incongruous that something extra should have arrived there…