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3 Innovations in Cervical Cancer Prevention

3 Innovations in Cervical Cancer Prevention

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization, January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. An estim...

LILAS Fall Internship Reflections

As we become accustomed to the winter weather and we launch into a new year, LILAS Wellness wants to celebrate the incredible accomplishments of ou...

Menstrual Cups and Sustainable Periods

Does sustainability just make period equity more complicated? Well, not necessarily. As something that plays a critical role in a variety of social...

The Tea on Vitamin D in the Winter

When we think of vitamin D, we often think of sunshine and safely basking in the warm rays. Sunshine is after all one of the most accessible sourc...

Community Snapshot: 2021 New Year’s Resolutions

One of our 2021 new year’s resolutions for 2021 at LILAS is to better reflect how much you all, our incredible wellness community, mean to us. To ...

In the Spirit of Holiday Giving: 10 Women’s Wellness Organizations to Support

As we continue to social distance and wear masks, we can still turn our hearts to service and generosity. In the spirit of holiday giving, here are...

Beyond the Cramps: 5 Lesser Known PMS Symptoms

Sometimes, when we consider menstruation, we may be tempted to oversimplify the experience of it. Usually, abdominal cramps get most of the spotlig...

The Future of Medicine is Female

Over the past few years, I've heard the phrase “The future is female” often, and that seems to be true across a multitude of fields. Though clear ...

Am I washing my hands correctly?

This year, December 6-12 (or December 1-7 according to some sources) is National Hand-washing Awareness Week. Throughout this pandemic, ways to pre...

3 Health Benefits of Healthy Friendships

I’m sure that we can all agree that this year has been overwhelming. Fortunately, thanks to the use of different digital technologies, we've been a...

LILAS Gift Guide for Wellness Enthusiasts 2020

After quite an eventful year, to say the least, the holiday season is finally here! In the midst of a lot of things really not making any sense, we...

3 Things to Consider Before Using a Heating Pad for Period Pain

Though the warmth was soothing, I’m still not sure how much the heat actually alleviated my pain. This is not to say that heat treatment isn’t help...

A Key to Agreeable Disagreements

Oftentimes, the fiercest disagreements happen when some parties involved in the discussion have much more at stake in the issue than others. More a...