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Hormone-related symptoms are widely recognized in clinical literature as a common experience among women of reproductive age, particularly in relation to premenstrual syndrome. Research in the National Library of Medicine highlights symptoms such as fatigue, mood changes, and physical discomfort as frequently occurring in the days leading up to menstruation, with the potential to interfere…

Tammy MacDonald is a director at Blue Hills Adult Education in Dedham, Mass. When she needed a new primary care doctor, she was turned away by 10 practices. A few told her she could get an appointment after waiting a year and a half, or even two years. Jesse Costa/WBURhide caption

I’ve been tracking biometric data about my body since what feels like the dawn of time (or at least the dawn of wearables). I ran a half-marathon with the first Fitbit tracker, reviewed the very first Apple Watch and used the first smartphone-connected thermometer for ovulation tracking back when it was a pen-and-paper operation for…

The United Nations’ World Health Organization projects a shortfall of approximately 11 million health workers by 2030. As this global workforce gap widens, it’s getting harder to deliver high‑quality hospital care