Sheila Baylis

Females of reproductive age who lived in states with automatic abortion bans experienced worsening mental health after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade compared with those from states that did not have trigger laws, a new study shows. In the…

Toxic yellow oleander has been found in all of the tejocote root samples tested by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), causing them to issue a warning about the supplement on Friday. The investigation was prompted by a September Centers for…

Amanda Kuda, author of Unbottled Potential, helps people change their relationship to alcohol Sobriety began to change shape in 2018 with the release of Sober Curious by Ruby Warrington, who had started the alcohol-free event series Club Soda NYC a…

Hillary Brown, the wife of plastic surgeon Ben Brown, M.D., died from surgery complications at his practice in Gulf Breeze, Florida, and the Santa Rosa County Sheriffs Office is investigating her death. Brown, 33, seized and went into cardiac arrest…

Adrienne Glusman Marioles and her mom, Hetty, were best friends. Growing up, Hetty raised Marioles alone after her father left them, and worked hard to give Marioles a life of abundance. “It was my mom and I against the world,” Marioles tells The…

Despite efforts to raise awareness and make change, #metoo has not yet disrupted the doctor’s office Last week, 45 former patients of Darius Paduch, M.D., requested The New York State Department of Health investigate the hospitals where Dr. Paduch, a…

Katerina Klawes was born with a rare blood disorder that caused her to be hospitalized multiple times while growing up in rural northern Wisconsin. The disorder causes reduced blood platelets and can lead to increased bleeding from an injury or…

Survivors say they felt pressured to get breast reconstruction with implants and weren’t informed of the potential risks Surviving breast cancer is difficult enough, but some people who have mastectomies then develop breast implant illness after…

Jamie-Lynn Sigler has had Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) for over 20 years, and she has come to accept the illness as part of her life, but when she was first diagnosed, she struggled to come to terms with it. “After a long process and…

The number of babies hospitalized with syphilis has spiked in Mississippi, according to a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday. The rate increased by 1,000% between 2016-2022, with 10 infants hospitalized in…

In July, a new law intended to reduce the unusually high number of deaths from Brazilian butt lift procedures in Florida took effect. Between 2010 and 2022, 25 deaths were recorded in South Florida alone. The Brazilian butt lift, or BBL, is the…

Women have reported symptoms for decades, when will the research catch up? At least 300,000 people get breast implants each year — for cosmetic reasons, as a part of gender-affirming surgery or because of breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. And…

The European Medicines Agency and U.K. health officials are investigating weight loss drugs like Wegovy for their risk to mental health, after some patients have reported suicidal thoughts. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency…

Health officials also warn their go-to drug is facing a shortage Along with other sexually transmitted diseases, syphilis rates are surging in all U.S. regions and age groups, and the best drug to treat it, an injectable antibiotic, is costly and…

Morgan Ryland thought pain in her breast was due to breastfeeding, but later discovered she had two types of breast cancer, one of them stage 4 Morgan Ryland thought she may have mastitis from breastfeeding her third child, Westin, and went to her…

Karen Smith got uterine cancer from the toxic chemicals near to Ground Zero. She is one of the first women to be certified by the World Trade Center Health Program, which finally added uterine cancer to the list just this year Karen Smith was working…

Oprah Winfrey had intense heart palpitations prior to menopause, and wants to inform other women about this common symptom Oprah Winfrey knows from personal experience that perimenopause and menopause can interrupt a woman's life. When she was 48,…