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The Femedic
@thefemedic
🧑🏻💻We make health media for women & people with vaginas
London, England Katılım Nisan 2017
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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."
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@cheesyredrocket Great article by @thefemedic. Love @LucyMazuma's comment about being able to rate airport toilets but not IUD fitting.
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Amazing. How to make a female-only procedure more female-oriented...
This is where we are in women's health.
Aspivix@Aspivix_Health
How to make #IUD insertion more female-oriented? In this well-balanced piece inspired by the story of Lucy Cohen, the author focuses on some innovations that can improve the overall experience from #coil fitting.Take a read! #gynecology #contraception
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"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. @thefemedic
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“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 @TripleCripples explain why one sensual scene in Sex Education has been so groundbreaking bit.ly/3FsZ6Fk
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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
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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…
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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…
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...in libido, this is always a bad or sensationalist/newsworthy thing.
But this isn't true! There are loads of reasons why libidos change that aren't nec good or bad—they're just a part of how your life looks at that time.
"Normal" looks different for everyone! (2/2)
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While it’s important & great to talk about factors that influence sex drive & behaviours, articles like this can sometimes suggest that having loads of sex is the goal we should all aspire to (i.e."having it best”)
Or that by having a drop...(1/2)
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"The lack of sympathy from my doctors was startling. The general feeling was, 'Well, it’s not that bad'. It was actually"
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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.
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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
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"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✨
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"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."
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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
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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🙂
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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
🖋️@HelenBr0wn
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🚨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…
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