From creating plaster bandage impressions of her own body to incorporating medical devices, Nicki Cherry’s pieces delve into the depths of pain and healing.

From creating plaster bandage impressions of her own body to incorporating medical devices, Nicki Cherry’s pieces delve into the depths of pain and healing.
Three mental health professionals share insights on anxiety causes and the medical realities of anxiety.
One AWT editor juggles the demands of being a new mom learning breastfeeding.
A recent nursing graduate and reformer-to-be, Lillian Wald believed in a strong correlation between poverty and disease.
Lisa Smith breaks the stigma around cocaine addiction, particularly for women.
Sex worker mutual aid efforts are some of the only resources that sex workers have been able to turn to during these difficult times.
Art historian Yassana Croizat-Glazer shares insights on the power of women’s touch throughout history.
Racial health disparities are a pervasive problem in the U.S. Health in Her HUE founder Ashlee Wisdom aims to change that.
Even as a sex columnist, sex is not what comes to mind for Sid Azmi when thinking about pleasure. Azmi’s ultimate indulgence is “time of one’s own.”
Gertrude Elion fought for her place in the lab to treat leukemia, AIDS, and herpes.
After almost 30 years in the design world, Kim Holden switched careers and founded “Doula x Design” to support women as a birth and postpartum doula.
Emotion has historically been silenced as a sign of female weakness and labeled as “hysteria” in our culture.
Life as an entrepreneur isn’t easy. Cannabis company founder Nicole Skibola shares tips to make it work for you.
Anxious kids turn into anxious adults. Behavioral neuroscientist Dr. Jee Hyun Kim explains how treating early fear-based anxiety in children can change that.
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