TV’s The View panelist Meghan McCain is accustomed to being the black sheep of her less conservative co-workers – but this week she got called out offstage. The host tweeted out a conspiracy theory about ‘late-term’ abortions, the source of which is unclear – and an OB/GYN was happy to correct her.

As a medical student, I remember reading books about the early days of the HIV epidemic and wondering what it was like for doctors to take care of patients who had a new, unknown disease. It seemed to me like it would be frightening for both patients and doctors alike. I didn’t expect that early in

Getty Images I once showed up to the Emergency Room bleeding profusely. Seven months later, that profuse bleeding finally ended. No, it’s not because I had a condition that could not be remedied easily. I had a uterine polyp. Okay, well, a kinda big uterine polyp....  

After sleeping with an NYU law student who I was hopelessly in love with but couldn't give me the commitment I wanted, I noticed a strange bump on my vagina. At the time, I didn't have reliable health insurance — or any health insurance at all, being a freelancer. I asked my friend Nikki (the ...

I showed up to my recent gynecologist appointment actually looking forward to it. My husband and I were trying to have a baby and I thought there could be a slight chance I was pregnant, despite the negative home pregnancy tests. Sure, the tests are something like 99% percent accurate but I can ...