Patient-provider communications
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Health care
Dreading your annual exam? Here’s why you should go
And how to make it work for you
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Health care
Choosing a (new) health care provider
Keep these questions in mind
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Health care
Why (and how) providers should get consent in the exam room
Using the principles of explicit consent to give patients better care
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Health care
How to tell if your telehealth provider is protecting your privacy
Telehealth providers have to abide by HIPAA just like in-person providers
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Health care
What telehealth is (and isn’t) and why you should use it to get your birth control
Skip the stress, get your BC delivered
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Health care
How to tell when it’s time to switch providers
Going to the doctor shouldn’t make you feel powerless or violated
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Birth control
Six things your provider wishes you knew about birth control
No, it doesn't affect your fertility
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Sterilization
I chose sterilization, and I’ve never looked back
Why sterilization gave me a sense of peace that no other method has
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Better sex
Sex in the news: September 2019 edition
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IUD
I’ve had my IUD for three years, and I love it more every year
Why this hands-free birth control is so perfect for me
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Activism & politics
How the Title X gag rule will affect you if you’re pregnant and don’t want to be
And how it might also affect you if you’re not pregnant
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Health care
I experienced racial bias in my postpartum care
It matters how providers talk to women of color about birth control
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