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Will COVID-19 Vaccines Impact My Period?

Will COVID-19 Vaccines Impact My Period?

Recently, doctors and medical researchers have started to investigate the extent to which the COVID vaccine affects womxn’s menstrual cycles. While...

What Causes Irregular Periods?

Oftentimes, we as womxn get a little bit nervous when our periods are delayed. It can be disorienting for our cycle to be off kilter, especially if...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month

As womxn, navigating medical care and one's own wellness needs can be incredibly challenging, especially when we're faced with a set of symptoms th...

Abuse Unspoken: Proactive protection of people with cognitive and developmental disabilities

As with most transgressions against bioethics and human rights, education is the key to the prevention of the concentrated mistreatment of arguably...

Metrodora: The True Mother of Gynecology

Today, we’d like to highlight who could be called the mother of gynecology, Metrodora. Though not much is known about her life outside of her work,...

Community Snapshot: The Impact of Endometriosis

As National Endometriosis Month draws to a close, we wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the types of discussions we’ve had over the past ...

Beyond the Blog: Endometriosis Awareness Series on YouTube

Throughout March, LILAS Wellness has focused on Endometriosis Awareness Month and honoring the experiences of womxn with endometriosis in our commu...

Giving Rosalind Franklin the Recognition She Deserves

Today, we'd like to focus on Rosalind Franklin, a British chemist and crystallographer, who first captured the helical structure of DNA in 1951, a ...

“Your Body is Your Own”– Endometriosis Experiences with LILAS Ambassador Victoria Marmet

We at LILAS Wellness are so grateful to our ambassador Victoria Marmet for sharing her endometriosis experience with us. As a skilled blogger and...

Why Henrietta Lacks Continues to be Immortal

Because the medical field at-large is still tainted with gendered disparities and biases, we all need to do the work of uplifting women’s contribut...

3 Ways to Celebrate International Women's Day

Though March is Women’s History Month on a national scale, March 8th calls for a global acknowledgement and celebration of International Women’s Da...

When should I ask about endometriosis?

If you're experiencing irregularities with your period, such as extreme pain, your period lasting longer than seven days, your menstrual cycle bei...

Endometriosis Awareness Month

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month. At LILAS Wellness, we always make sure to emphasize multifaceted elements of womxn's health. Given that end...