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Humane, proper medical care should be something all people — regardless of status — have access to. Here are tips for medical self-advocacy for fat people.

We’ve been telling researchers, doctors, and anyone who will listen that we’re not satisfied with the birth control pill because of its side effects for years, but maybe this latest study from Sweden will make them actually listen.

In 1988, when AIDS was still a newly discovered health condition, it was a death sentence.

If you’re like me, you’ve probably been getting annual pelvic exams since you were a teenager. You did this because conventional wisdom told you that you needed a Pap smear and a physical exam to keep your vagina and uterus up and running. Also, your doctor probably held your birth control prescription hostage every year until you came in to get checked out.

According to new research, a type of hysterectomy performed on 50,000 women a year could spread cancerous cells.

According to a prominent doctor of his time, having a freak child was (surprise!) typically a woman’s fault.

The famous hacker group—Anonymous—has set their sights on Boston’s Children’s Hospital in defense of parental rights. But they just might be defending child abusers. Vigilante justice can come at a high price.