Recently I had the special opportunity to participate in the Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) Lobby Day in Washington, DC. EDC is an advocacy organization for people with eating disorders whose mission is to improve the recognition of eating disorders as a public health priority at…
PCOS has been called: “tricky, complex, problematic” and other adjectives that suggest a kind of mysterious condition. But why? I assume this is because even though polycystic ovary syndrome is fairly common (1 in 10 women have it, and it is the most common cause…
Did you know that teenagers like us spend about 60 minutes a day on our cellphones? Yeah I know that’s a whole lot of texting, checking our Facebook page and other social media we use. But when is it the right time to put our…
This weekend, Emma Watson delivered a speech to the United Nations to launch a new campaign called HeForShe which aims to include men and boys in the discussion on gender inequality. She focused on a point that often gets neglected in the feminist rhetoric: how…
Hi! My name is Astrid and I am the newest “peer leader” here at the Center for Young Women’s Health, at Boston Children’s Hospital. I’m a typical teenage girl who loves to read, hang out with my friends, go shopping and most of all just…
Happy PCOS Awareness Month! September is PCOS Awareness Month. It also means time for many to go back to school! I remember when I was younger, going back to school brought on the stress of planning and packing my brown paper bagged lunch. Now I’m…
Hi everyone! My name is Anna and I’m thrilled to be joining the team here at The Center for Young Women’s Health as the new Media Coordinator. I just graduated from Yale University in May, where I studied Art (focusing in Graphic Design) and took…
Recently I was asked if the “environment” played a role in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The etiology or cause of PCOS has a “multifactorial pattern” meaning, there are many different factors that influence whether or not a young woman will be the “1 in 10”…
Going back to school after two months of relaxing can be a difficult task for most people. However this year I am anticipating the start of school due to the fact that I will be entering my fourth and last year of high school. Along…
We were all shocked this week by the suicide of actor Robin Williams who brought so much laughter into the lives of so many. It is public knowledge that Robin Williams suffered for many years from bipolar disorder and substance use problems. It can be…