Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

As someone on a journey to zero-waste, Kate Hall struggled to find the perfect contraceptive. The packaging of the pill left behind plastic waste, and she was forced to abandon the birth control ...

If you've tried to track ovulation, you might have heard of the basal body temperature (BBT) method, where a person takes daily temperature checks to monitor their menstrual cycle. It's a natural ...

Daysy is a fertility tracker designed for people who want to conceive. It uses a proprietary algorithm and basal body temperature to calculate the daily menstrual cycle in real time. Many people use ...

What's considered normal body temperature varies from person to person, yet overall, the average basal temperature of the human body has decreased since the 1860s for unknown reasons. A study points ...