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Sarah Graham
Taking Care
Do You Have Sudden Allergies? It Could Be Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
Sarah Graham
11 Jan 2024
Immunity Health
My Hyperflexibility Was The Root Of So Many More Problems
Sarah Graham
20 Sep 2023
Dedicated Feature
I Thought I Was Going Crazy, But My Bowel Symptoms Were A Sign Of Crohn’s
Sarah Graham
3 Jul 2023
Body
How To Get Doctors To Listen When You’re Being ‘Hyste...
Update: Image changed on 06/01/23 Have you ever come out of a doctor’s appointment feeling frustrated, fobbed off and like the entire endeavour was a col
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Sarah Graham
Body
Test Your Vaginal Health At Home – With A Tampon
How’s your vaginal microbiome looking today? If it’s never even crossed your mind, you’re not alone. Like much of the inner workings of our bodies, t
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
How Can We Know So Little About Clitorises?
wherever there is a gender health gap it is underpinned by a research and data gap!
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Sarah Graham
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Bathroom Break
“It Was Easier Just To Stay Home”: Living With Faecal...
Welcome to Bathroom Break, Refinery29’s series all about poo and the complicated relationship we have with our bowels. To see the rest of the articles, c
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
The Truth About Oxytocin AKA The Love Hormone
Oxytocin, the so-called ‘love hormone’, could actually play an important role in combating stress-related digestive problems. That’s accordin
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Sarah Graham
Body
You’ve Probably Been Doing Pelvic Floor Exercises All Wrong
When was the last time you exercised your pelvic floor? And no, it doesn’t count if you gave it a quick squeeze as you read that last sentence. Experts r
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Sarah Graham
LGBTQ+
The Ugly Truth About Trans Broken Arm Syndrome
When you think about trans healthcare, you might (rightly) think of long waiting lists to access Gender Identity Clinics (GICs), the challenging hoops tran
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
There Are New Patronising Proposals Trying To Police What Pregnan...
I’m currently five months pregnant and have spent the summer sipping my way through non-alcoholic versions of wine, beer, cider, gin and prosecco – of
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
Pelvic Pain: A Pandemic Perfect Storm
There’s been no shortage of commentary on the effects of the pandemic on our collective health. The mental health impact of social isolation and economic
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Sarah Graham
Body
This Painful Condition Affects One In 10 Women & No One Knows Abo...
Gemma Taylor had never heard of adenomyosis before she was diagnosed just last week, after a year of painful unexplained symptoms that her GP had put down
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Sarah Graham
Coronavirus
Answering The Biggest Questions About The Vaccine & Underlying Co...
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Sarah Graham
Coronavirus
This Is Who Will Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine Next
Since the UK launched its COVID-19 vaccination programme in December, more than 22 million people have received their first jab – including health and so
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
There’s A New Coil In Town, So What’s The Deal?
If you’re a fan of non-hormonal contraception or even looking for a new form of contraception to try, you may well have heard excited rumblings about a n
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Sarah Graham
Dedicated Feature
Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions, Answered By Scientist, Dr Anna B...
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Sarah Graham
Dedicated Feature
These Women Take Us Through Their Period Sleep Rituals
Getting a decent night’s sleep on your period is tough at the best of times. One in three women experience disturbed sleep during their time of the m
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Sarah Graham
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Mind
I Did Everything Right But I Still Had A Mental Health Relapse
They say admitting you need help is the first step to recovery. But what if you’ve already recovered? What if you’ve done everything in your po
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Sarah Graham
Dedicated Feature
Periods, PCOS, Endometriosis: How Being A Woman Impacts Sleep
Is your period keeping you up at night? From headaches, depression and anxiety, to cramps, digestive issues and breast tenderness, the rollercoaster ride o
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
I Was Ghosted By My Friends When I Got Cancer
Being diagnosed with cancer turns people’s lives upside down. From anxiety about what the future might hold to the grim day-to-day realities of being
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Sarah Graham
Lights Out
Let’s Count The (Very) Many Ways That Having Periods Can Af...
Is your period keeping you up at night? From headaches, depression and anxiety, to cramps, digestive issues and breast tenderness, the rollercoaster ride o
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Sarah Graham
Body
The World’s First Vagina Museum Is Much More Than One Glitt...
The wait is finally over. After two and a half years, three pop-up exhibitions and a £50,000 crowdfunding campaign, the Vagina Museum is finally opening
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Sarah Graham
Body
How Other Women’s Vaginal Fluids Could Help Cure Recurring ...
When it comes to gynaecological symptoms we don’t feel comfortable talking about openly, the strong fishy smell associated with bacterial vaginosis i
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Sarah Graham
Alcohol & Culture
Drink Ruined My Life: 3 Young Women On Alcoholism
How many times have you woken up, head pounding, and promised yourself: Never again? Most of us are familiar with the killer hangovers, mystery bruises and
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Sarah Graham
Festivals
How To Look After Your Mental Health At Festivals – Despite...
With Glastonbury already been and gone, and Camp Bestival on the horizon, summer 2019's festival season is well and truly upon us. If it's been a
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Sarah Graham
Mind
5 Women With PTSD Describe What It's Like To Live With
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Sarah Graham
Dedicated Feature
I Was Diagnosed With Arthritis In My 20s: Here's What It's Like
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
Is Sexism In Medicine Driving Women To Dangerous 'Natural' Cures?
Barely a week goes by without another weird and wacky wellness trend hitting the internet – from Kardashian-approved vampire facials to colonics, to an e
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Sarah Graham
Wellness
Every Single Reason Why Women Aren't Taken Seriously About Endome...
“My first period looked like a murder scene. It started when I was 10 years old, and I was rolling around in bed in so much pain that it woke me up,&
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Sarah Graham
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