In the United States, maternity leave is a patchwork of policies. Some are generous, but most are lacking in adequate time, pay, flexibility, or realistic expectations. Almost all are failing to ...

Menopause occurs when people assigned female at birth stop having menstrual periods and can no longer get pregnant. During the years leading up to menopause, known as perimenopause, the ovaries start ...

Impulsive, anxious, overheated, scatter-brained, depressed and in pain are just some of the terms that many women use to describe themselves when they reach perimenopause, or the years that ...