Center for Young Women's Health

feminine products

Protección Femenina: información sobre tampones y toallitas femeninas

Hay dos tipos de productos básicos para el período: los de protección externa y los de protección interna. Los productos de protección externa como toallitas femeninas o toallitas diarias se […]

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Endometriosis: How To Take Continuous Oral Contraceptive Pills

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Taking the Pill continuously means that you will take one active pill (containing the female hormones estrogen and progestin) every day without a break. This will help keep the lining […]

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Schizophrenia

Everyone has thoughts sometimes that they worry about. In a small number of people, unusual thoughts and intense feelings can be a sign of a mental illness called schizophrenia. People […]

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Cystic Fibrosis: Trikafta

What is TrikaftaTM? Trikafta is a “triple-combination therapy” made of three different modulator drugs- tezacaftor, ivacaftor, and elexacaftor. Modulators work by helping to fix defective CFTR protein. Trikafta may be […]

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I just tried putting in a tampon for the first time. I was able to insert it half way, but I couldn’t push it any further. Is it my hymen that is blocking it? Should I see my health care provider?

It’s totally normal to have a little trouble inserting a tampon for the first time, but selecting the right time, tampon size, and position, can make the whole process a […]

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