December 21, 2018
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team Hanging up giant stockings filled with whimsical but practical gifts by the fireplace is one of the best traditions of Christmas. Stockings are right up there with Christmas trees, Santa Claus and mistletoes. Guaranteed to have anyone smiling – with the […]
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August 17, 2018
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team When it comes to women’s nether regions and how to properly care for them, confusion and misinformation often leads the conversation. One of the biggest misconceptions has to do with terminology. There is the vulva and there is the vagina — […]
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February 1, 2019
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team The bleachers are full of people ready to support their favorite team. You have been preparing for this competition for over a year now and you can confidently say you are ready. Your stomach has been feeling queasy but you have […]
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August 15, 2020
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Christal Birth control will not make you fat. Somehow through all the grapevine that is social media, we all have heard that getting on birth control makes you fat. However, in a study by American Academy of Family Physicians concludes that there is insufficient evidence to support […]
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August 30, 2016
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Christal Fall 2016 is about to start. Is your body ready? For some of you, this is your first semester in college or your first year of grad school. For others of you, it’s another semester and another year. For the rest of us, it’s […]
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May 9, 2017
Written and medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH The FDA approved the birth control Pill 57 years ago today. This revolutionized women’s quality of life across the US with its positive impact on society as well as health benefits to women. The Benefits to Society Economic Freedom and Power Researchers at Harvard and the University of Michigan have largely […]
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May 25, 2017
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team Congratulations! You just graduated! Now what? Transitioning from college to the real life can be overwhelming. This new chapter in your life is a time when you may be making big life changes. Maybe you’re starting a new job. Or moving […]
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October 12, 2017
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team In light of recent events, we want to be a source of information about the ACA: what the contraceptive mandate is, how changes by the Trump administration would negatively impact our society, and what women can do now. Contraceptives should be […]
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July 9, 2020
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team. What is breakthrough bleeding? Breakthrough bleeding (also known as spotting) is bleeding that occurs when you’re not expecting your period. The bleed is usually lighter than your usual menstrual flow, but it can be the same in some cases. Read on […]
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March 28, 2018
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team Emergency contraception (EC) is usually an afterthought, but at Pandia Health, we want you to treat EC like a fire extinguisher. You want it ready in your house when an emergency happens – no running to the pharmacy, worrying if it […]
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August 17, 2018
Medically reviewed by Sophia Yen, MD, MPH – Written by Pandia Health Editorial Team Ah, vacations. The perfect time to relax. There’s no school or work to stress you out, no early alarms demanding you get out of bed and you have lots of hours of fun ahead of you. Until you realize that your […]
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April 29, 2021
March 30, 1876, a newspaper article was published in an effort to further rally Californians against the perceived threat of Chinese Americans, many of whom had joined the effort to build the transcontinental railroad. Others had formed self-sustaining communities in the face of Xenophobia. The charges in the aforementioned article classified Chinese Americans as “a […]
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