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No One Told Me!
By The Gal Pals GuideHealth & Fitness
No One Told Me! episodes
- 16: Period/Cycle Tracking
This week the Gal Pals talk about Period/Cycle Tracking.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5432133/
ACOG committee opinion and recommendations:
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2015/12/menstruation-in-girls-and-adolescents-using-the-menstrual-cycle-as-a-vital-sign
29 min - 15: Pap Smears
This week the Gal Pals talk about Pap Smears.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
Ontario Screening Pathway: https://www.cancercareontario.ca/en/system/files_force/derivative/OCSPScreeningGuidelines.pdf
30 min - 14: Fertility Awareness Based Methods (aka. NFP)This week the Gal Pals talk about Fertility Awareness Based Methods (aka. Natural Family Planning). *Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”Resources:https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/familiarizing-yourself-fertility-awareness-birth-control-optionhttps://www.naturalcycles.comhttps://fertilityfriday.comhttps://femmhealth.orghttps://www.fertilitycare.cahttps://www.vitaefertility.comhttps://woomb.cahttps://ccli.orghttps://billings.life/en/https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/rhythm-method/about/pac-20390918Frank-Herrmann P., Heil J., Gnoth C., et al. “The effectiveness of a fertility awareness based method to avoid pregnancy in relation to a couple’s sexual behaviour during the fertile time: a prospective longitudinal study.” Human Reproduction 22 (2007): 1310-1319.29 min
- 13: Non-Hormonal BirthControl
This week the Gal Pals talk about Non-Hormonal Birth Control. *Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
- https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw237864
- https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control
35 min - 12: Hormonal Birth Control
This week the Gal Pals talk about Hormonal Birth Control.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:- https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/birth-control
- https://www.optionsforsexualhealth.org/facts/birth-control
- https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/tw9513
36 min - 11: What is Sex Education (Series 3 Intro and Discussion) - SE
This week the Gal Pals discus What is Sex Education.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:- Global review on comprehensive sexual education (2015) https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000243106
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6406865/
- https://www.ontario.ca/document/health-and-physical-education-grades-1-8/human-development-and-sexual-health-education-grade
26 min - 10: Traveling Tampon (Tampon Myths) - MB
This week the Gal Pals Talk about losing Tampons and TSS Myths.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
- Types of Hymen: https://www.nationwidechildrens.org/conditions/hymen-variants
- TSS: https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/tss.html
28 min - 09: Sticky Swimming (Swimming when Menstruating) - MB
This week the Gal Pals Talk about Swimming when Menstruating Myths.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
More on Myths Debunked: https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/womens-health/2016/june/swimming-and-your-period-5-myths-debunked
Exercising on your period (summarizes studies): https://www.evidentlycochrane.net/exercise-for-period-pain/
Shark Info:
- https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/reduce-risk/menstruation/#:~:text=A%20shark's%20sense%20of%20smell,a%20factor%20in%20shark%20attacks.
- https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/sharks
25 min - 08: Flowery Fanny (Scented Products) - MB
This week the Gal Pals Talk about Scented Feminine Hygiene Product Myths.
*Please bear with us, we had some audio issues this episode and are working to fix them :)
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
Office on Women’s Health (US): https://www.womenshealth.gov/a-z-topics/douching
Cleveland Clinic on scented products: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/are-scented-tampons-and-pads-bad-for-you/
Vaginal Douching Literature review:
Cottrell BH. Vaginal douching. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2003 Jan-Feb;32(1):12-8. doi: 10.1177/0884217502239796. PMID: 12570177.
26 min - 07: Cranberry Cleanse (UTI) - MB
This week the Gal Pals Talk about UTI Myths.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”
Resources:
Christina M. Coleman, Kimberly M. Auker, K. Brian Killday, Parastoo Azadi, Ian Black, and Daneel Ferreira. (Mar 2019). Arabinoxyloglucan Oligosaccharides May Contribute to the Antiadhesive Properties of Porcine Urine after Cranberry Consumption. Journal of Natural Products 2019 82 (3), 589-605. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jnatprod.8b01043
Juthani-Mehta M, Van Ness PH, Bianco L, Rink A, Rubeck S, Ginter S, Argraves S, Charpentier P, Acampora D, Trentalange M, Quagliarello V, Peduzzi P. Effect of Cranberry Capsules on Bacteriuria Plus Pyuria Among Older Women in Nursing Homes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2016, 316:1879-1887.
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Join the Gal Pals every other week for some TMI talks where you’ll be thinking “ No One Told Me!”. For friends, sisters, and moms. For all women and vagina havers. Evidence based information brought to you by a Science Master obsessed with research and a Physician Assistant.
*Disclaimer*: This is for educational purposes only, please seek a medical professional if you have concerns. We do our best to provide up to date information backed by evidence based medicine. “We do the research, so you don’t have to”