Hi everyone, My name is Regina Apparicio. I am the Mental Health Director of Scrub Life Cares and a mental health advocate. My passion for women’s health issues stems from my own personal experience with PMOS (formerly known as PCOS). Symptoms that caught my attention began showing up two years before my formal diagnosis.
My PMOS Story: Grieving the Body I Once Had Read More »
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
PMOS: Why the New Name Matters for Women’s Health Care Read More »
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.
Understanding Ovulation Pain: What Every Girl and Woman Should Know Read More »