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Um, Can You Still Get Your Period While You’re Pregnant?

One of the perks of pregnancy—you know, other than no one judging your weird Pringles-dipped-in-hot-sauce cravings—is that your period is basically MIA for months, right? Technically, yes. You definitely don’t menstruate (a.k.a., shed blood and tissue from your uterus) each month, but that doesn’t mean your bathroom trips will always be blood-free (which can be scary AF). So, what… Read More »

Why you’re attracting nasty mosquitoes

Researchers have identified a gene that makes someone more likely to be bitten by a mosquito. Gordana Rasic of the QIMR Berghofer medical research institute in Brisbane was part of an international study into the genetics of the insect. She told the ABC they had discovered several new genes, including ones that determine why some… Read More »