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Choosing the right period product for you

Choosing the right period product for you

It depends on comfort and lifestyle, which can change as your menstrual cycles change

Courtney Collen ⋅ 10 min read

Sanford researchers awarded major grants from NIH

Jon Berg ⋅ 3 min read

Three middle-aged women walking through a neighborhood park, smiling, talking, wearing workout gear and holding water bottles.

Leaky bladder solutions help women regain confidence

Jeanette Rackl ⋅ 12 min read

A menopausal woman sits in a waiting room looking over her medical records with a nurse.

5 things women should know about menopause

Kathleen Perkerewicz, MD ⋅ 4 min read

Doctor and patient talking in office.

Take control of your pelvic floor in menopause

Mick Garry ⋅ 10 min read

How to have the ‘girl talk’ with your teen

How to have the ‘girl talk’ with your teen

67 min ⋅ August 26th

Podcast: Starting conversations when they’re young builds connections along the way

What it means to get your tubes tied

What it means to get your tubes tied

22 min ⋅ March 11th

Podcast: Defining tubal ligation and related birth control options

Your perimenopause questions, answered

Your perimenopause questions, answered

39 min ⋅ February 12th

Podcast: Menopause specialist demystifies signs and treatment of “puberty in reverse”

STIs can affect your sexual and reproductive health

STIs can affect your sexual and reproductive health

45 min ⋅ December 11th

Podcast: Family medicine doctor advises dose of honesty with people you care about

Fertility nurse inspires change after own miscarriages

Fertility nurse inspires change after own miscarriages

37 min ⋅ August 29th

Podcast: Follow a journey through pregnancy loss that leads to policy change at work

Growing the Gill family comes with help from Sanford Health

Growing the Gill family comes with help from Sanford Health

36 min ⋅ June 21st

Podcast: Nikki and Polly Gill went from IVF to NICU with their baby Theo

From IVF to NICU: One couple’s road to starting a family

From IVF to NICU: One couple’s road to starting a family

41 min ⋅ April 24th

Podcast: Soon after ‘graduating’ from fertility to pregnancy care, complications arose

Pelvic floor dysfunction explained, and how to fix it

Pelvic floor dysfunction explained, and how to fix it

41 min ⋅ March 13th

Podcast: Women’s specialists discuss pelvic floor issues and why they’re more common than we think

Reasons you may not be enjoying sex

Reasons you may not be enjoying sex

30 min ⋅ December 14th

Podcast: Women’s health specialists address physical and emotional issues wrapped up in intimacy

PCOS can affect your fertility and more

PCOS can affect your fertility and more

39 min ⋅ November 2nd

Podcast: Specialist shares what to do about whole-body effects of polycystic ovary syndrome

What to expect through the stages of menopause

What to expect through the stages of menopause

Looking at the chapter of life after menopause and what women can, should expect

Courtney Collen ⋅ 9 min read

Urogynecology can help with female pelvic floor issues

Urogynecology can help with female pelvic floor issues

FAQs about pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence and other common conditions

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read

What patients ask about hysterectomy

What patients ask about hysterectomy

Removing the uterus is major surgery. An OB/GYN explains why you’d need one and what to expect

Mick Garry ⋅ 9 min read

Women’s health: What screenings are due and when?

Women’s health: What screenings are due and when?

Your guide to staying healthy at every age and stage of adulthood

Lacey Krebsbach, MD ⋅ 7 min read

What you need to know about HPV

What you need to know about HPV

Learn about human papillomavirus: its causes, symptoms and how to prevent it

Jason Anschutz ⋅ 8 min read

What women ask about, and what their doctors tell them

What women ask about, and what their doctors tell them

Answers to questions such as "When am I most fertile?" and "Do I have a UTI?"

Jane Thaden Lawson ⋅ 23 min read

How a simple procedure eases overactive bladder

How a simple procedure eases overactive bladder

Small implanted device sends mild electrical impulses to help bladder function as it should

SHN Staff ⋅ 5 min read

What to do during the tampon and pad shortage

What to do during the tampon and pad shortage

Raw materials, inflation and staff shortages all make menstrual care products hard to find

Courtney Collen ⋅ 6 min read

Girls and puberty: It’s about more than their first period

Girls and puberty: It’s about more than their first period

In fact, talk before her first period and keep talking through life changes

Courtney Collen ⋅ 12 min read

Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise

Syphilis and other STDs are on the rise

COVID-19 pandemic disrupted prevention services for sexually transmitted diseases, CDC says

Simon Floss ⋅ 8 min read

Sanford researchers awarded major grants from NIH

Jon Berg ⋅ 3 min read

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