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Do I Need to Stop Drinking Alcohol When Trying to Conceive? And What Can I Do If I Drank and Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant?
Do I Need to Stop Drinking Alcohol When Trying to Conceive? And What Can I Do If I Drank and Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant?

Key Takeaways: Current guidelines recommend that women who are pregnant or those who are trying to become pregnant avoid alcohol. There is no safe amount of alcohol use during pregnancy.  Fetal exposure to ...

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Can the Pandemic Destroy US Birth Rates?
Can the Pandemic Destroy US Birth Rates?

Early this year, as vaccine programs rolled out across the country, many began to see the light at the end of the tunnel. And with all of us emerging from our homes after months of lockdown, many wondered if...

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Stillbirth's Have Increased Since COVID
Stillbirth's Have Increased Since COVID

For over the last year and a half, the pandemic has caused many delays and back ups in our life—delays in weddings, family reunions, or class semesters. But one particular area of delay has caused massive ra...

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Is There a  Growing Divide Between the Medical Community and the People They are Trying to Treat?
Is There a Growing Divide Between the Medical Community and the People They are Trying to Treat?

Despite the fact that in 2020, many of us were locked away in our homes as COVID froze our lives to a standstill, we still saw the rise of movement. The Black Lives Matter movement gained traction again, fol...

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Boosting your immune system to protect from COVID. What's real and what's not?
Boosting your immune system to protect from COVID. What's real and what's not?

Vaccination programs are currently rolling out not just nationwide but across the globe, vaccinating millions per day. And as many of us receive our chance back at normalcy, cities and states are following s...

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Can Asexual People Still Raise Families with Partners?
Can Asexual People Still Raise Families with Partners?

Since the works of Freud and Kinsey, mainstream awareness of sexuality’s spectrum has grown with every generation. We realize more now than ever that there are various shades of gray in a person’s sexuality and sexual orientation. We are learning new terminology every day. New terminology is being created every ... Read More The post Can Asexual People Still Raise Families with Partners? appeared first on DWC.

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Having Children After 40
Having Children After 40

Now, more than ever, women are delaying having children until later in life. According to the CDC, the average age a woman has her first child is 26. Why has the average age creeped higher? One reason is that fewer women are having children in their teens. The CDC notes ... Read More The post Having Children After 40 appeared first on DWC.

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Bike Riding and Infertility
Bike Riding and Infertility

Bike riding has been blamed for low sperm count, erectile dysfunction, and even testicular cancer, but what does the research say? Can bike riding really lead to infertility, fertility issues, and erectile dysfunction? Like many questions involving health, the answer lies in the details. First, let’s be clear: exercise and ... Read More The post Bike Riding and Infertility appeared first on DWC.

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Large Families/Many Kids are the New Status Symbol
Large Families/Many Kids are the New Status Symbol

It wasn’t too long ago when we could look at popular media and could tell instantly what class someone was by the size of their family. Many of us have seen the classic, WASP-ish, upper middle class family photos of two parents, two kids. A family restrained in taste, manners, ... Read More The post Large Families/Many Kids are the New Status Symbol appeared first on DWC.

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Desire: Men and Women are Different
Desire: Men and Women are Different

Sigmund Freud famously said there was one question he could never answer in his research. The question? “What does a woman want?” It turns out that modern science continues to have difficulty answering this same question. Female sexuality remains a relatively new and unstudied field. During the Roman era, when ... Read More The post Desire: Men and Women are Different appeared first on DWC.

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Sex After Cancer
Sex After Cancer

Here are some key takeaways: Talk to your doctor about how cancer treatment will affect your sex life before treatment begins. Your doctor may be able to help you navigate treatment options that can better preserve your sexual functioning. Any type of cancer can affect your sex life, not just ... Read More The post Sex After Cancer appeared first on DWC.

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How to Plan for 2021 Without Losing Your Mind
How to Plan for 2021 Without Losing Your Mind

Never has the world been more collectively ready for a fresh new year. After the difficulties of 2020, many people are looking at 2021 as their new start. A new chapter to write in better times and better memories. And many people start this writing with New Year’s resolutions. But ... Read More The post How to Plan for 2021 Without Losing Your Mind appeared first on DWC.

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