Menstrual Health

PMOS: Why the New Name Matters for Women’s Health Care

PCOS might not be an unfamiliar term to you and if it is, you’re in the right place. PMOS stands for Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome and the name change didn’t come out of no where. To be honest, it’d been a long time coming. At Scrub Life Cares, we talk about and normalize biological processes

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Understanding Ovulation Pain: What Every Girl and Woman Should Know

Did you think menstrual discomfort only occurs during the bleeding phase? For some, this is true. For others, it can be another added layer of discomfort through the fertile phase of the cycle, otherwise known as ovulation. Now, this may come and go without a trace other than the fertile cervical fluid that is produced.

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Endometriosis 101: What’s Normal, What’s Not, and How to Speak Up

You’ve probably heard that periods are supposed to hurt; the pain is normal because someone might have told you it is. Maybe someone told you to just pop an ibuprofen, use a heating pad, and power through. But what if your cramps feel like someone is stabbing you from the inside? What if you’re so

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