In partnership with Science Up First (SUF), we are translating scientific resources to share clear and accessible health information. We share these resources on our social media platforms, covering a wide range of health issues—from reproductive health (e.g., menopause, menstruation, STIs, gender-affirming care) to chronic illnesses (e.g., diabetes, heart disease)—to counter misinformation. By mobilizing our social media presence, we inform Indigenous peoples about their health and empower them to advocate for improved healthcare.
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- 8 Period Myths We Need to Set Straight | Healthline
- Menstrual cycle | Better Health Channel
- Periods and fertility in the menstrual cycle | NHS
- Science says: Gender is not binary! | ScienceUpFirst
- Queering Menstruation: Trans and Non‐Binary Identity and Body Politics | Sociological Inquiry on Wiley Online Library
- How Long Does Ovulation Last? | Verywell Family
- Can you get pregnant if you have sex during your period? | Planned Parenthood
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) – Symptoms and causes | Mayo Clinic
- Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) | Johns Hopkins Medicine
- Why Does My Period Smell: Death, Fishy, Rotten, and More | Healthline
- What Causes Period Blood To Smell? | Health.com
- Endometriosis| World Health Organization
- Endometriosis Is Undervalued: A Call to Action | Frontiers
- EndoAct Canada | EndoAct Canada
- Endometriosis – Symptoms and causes | Mayo Clinic
- Endometriosis – Diagnosis and treatment | Mayo Clinic
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Endometriosis | Caroline Wellbery
- Influence of race/ethnicity on prevalence and presentation of endometriosis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis | Bougie et. Al.
- Behind the times: revisiting endometriosis and race | Bougie et. Al.
- Endometriosis: Why Canadian women are flocking to a clinic in Bucharest for surgery | Global News
- ‘Giving these women their lives back’: Canadian starts fund to help those struggling with endometriosis get care abroad | CTV News
- #ActOnEndo Advocacy Toolkit | EndoAct
- Understanding Endometriosis | The Endometriosis Network Canada
- Birth Control Methods & Options | Planned Parenthood
- Contraception: Hormonal contraceptives | InformedHealth.org on NCBI Bookshelf
- Oral Contraceptive Pills | StatPearls on NCBI Bookshelf
- Patient education: Hormonal methods of birth control (Beyond the Basics) | UpToDate
- Myths and facts about the Pill | International Planned Parenthood Federation
- Myths and facts about the Pill
- Effects of progestin-only birth control on weight
- Weight and Body Composition Changes During Oral Contraceptive Use in Obese and Normal Weight Women
- Birth Control Myths
- Oral Contraceptives (Birth Control Pills) and Cancer Risk
- Lifetime cancer risk and combined oral contraceptives: the Royal College of General Practitioners’ Oral Contraception Study
- Cervical cancer and hormonal contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of individual data for 16,573 women with cervical cancer and 35,509 women without cervical cancer from 24 epidemiological studies
- The Influence of Hormonal Factors on the Risk of Developing Cervical Cancer and Pre-Cancer: Results from the EPIC Cohort
- Correcting Influencers about Cancer Risk and The Pill
- Breast Cancer Risk: Age at First Period
- Menstrual History
- Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of 13 studies
- What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?
- Know the Facts – #GYT
- Condom Fact Sheet In Brief
- Effectiveness of Birth Control Methods
- Can Birth Control Cause Infertility?
- Return of fertility after discontinuation of contraception: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- No, Birth Control Can’t Cause Infertility — Here’s Why
- 10 common birth control myths debunked
- When Women Can Stop Using Contraceptives
- Contraception in women over 40 years of age
- Oral contraceptive use among women aged 15 to 49: Results from the Canadian Health Measures Survey
- Family planning/contraception methods
- Diagnosis of Breast Cancer Occurs at a Later Stage among First Nations Women in Ontario | Cancer Care Ontario
- TI Ontario Community Cancer Toolkit | Tungasuvvingat Inuit
- Métis people in Ontario are at greater risk for a number of cancers | Métis Nation on Ontario
- Cancer among circumpolar populations: an emerging public health concern | International Journal of Circumpolar Health
- Family history and risk of breast cancer | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Age, Genetics & Others | Cedars Sinai
- Risks for Breast Cancer | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast Cancer | World Health Organization
- Know your breasts | Canadian Cancer Society
- The Breasts | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast cancer in men | Canadian Cancer Society
- Palpable breast lumps: An age-based approach to evaluation and diagnosis | South African Family Practice
- Symptomatic Breast Cancer and Why Breast Pain may not always Need Clinical Review | European Journal of Breast Health
- No association between breast pain and breast cancer | British Journal of General Practice
- Breast and chest self-exams for trans and nonbinary people | breastcancer.org
- Breast Cancer in the Transgender Population | Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology
- Breast Cancer Statistics | Canadian Cancer Society
- ACS Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines | American Cancer Society
- Screening for Breast Cancer | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast self-exam for breast awareness | Mayo Clinic
- Self-Breast Exam: Purpose, Steps & How To | Cleveland Clinic
- Memo-Mamo | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast Self-Exam | Mount Sinai
- Family history and risk of breast cancer | Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Breast Cancer Risk Factors: Age, Genetics & Others | Cedars Sinai
- Risks for Breast Cancer | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast Cancer | World Health Organization
- Know your breasts | Canadian Cancer Society
- The Breasts | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast cancer in men | Canadian Cancer Society
- Palpable breast lumps: An age-based approach to evaluation and diagnosis | South African Family Practice
- Symptomatic Breast Cancer and Why Breast Pain may not always Need Clinical Review | European Journal of Breast Health
- No association between breast pain and breast cancer | British Journal of General Practice
- Breast and chest self-exams for trans and nonbinary people | breastcancer.org
- Breast Cancer in the Transgender Population | Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology
- Breast Cancer Statistics | Canadian Cancer Society
- ACS Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines | American Cancer Society
- Screening for Breast Cancer | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast self-exam for breast awareness | Mayo Clinic
- Self-Breast Exam: Purpose, Steps & How To | Cleveland Clinic
- Memo-Mamo | Canadian Cancer Society
- Breast Self-Exam | Mount Sinai
- Get the Facts about Preventing Cervical Cancer | First nations health authority
- HPV (human papillomavirus) | Cleveland Clinic
- HPV Vaccine: Who needs it, how it works | Mayo Clinic
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines: Canadian Immunization Guide | Government of Canada
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV) | Government of Canada
- Cancer vaccines | Canadian Cancer Society
- Invasive cervical cancer incidence following bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a population-based observational study of age at immunization, dose, and deprivation | Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI) on Oxford Academic
- Prophylactic vaccination against human papillomaviruses to prevent cervical cancer and its precursors | Cochrane Library
- Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent Anogenital Diseases | New England Journal of Medicine
- Quadrivalent Vaccine against Human Papillomavirus to Prevent High-Grade Cervical Lesions | New England Journal of Medicine
- The effects of the national HPV vaccination programme in England, UK, on cervical cancer and grade 3 cervical intraepithelial neoplasia incidence: a register-based observational study | The Lancet
- HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer | New England Journal of Medicine
- Study Confirms HPV Vaccine Prevents Cervical Cancer | National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Cancer statistics, 2023 – Siegel – 2023 – CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians on the American Cancer Society
- Addressing HPV vaccine myths: practical information for healthcare providers | Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics on PubMed
- Debunking Myths about the Human-Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine | Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO
- Population-level sexual behaviours in adolescent girls before and after introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine (2003–2013) | Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
- Parental intention to have daughters receive the human papillomavirus vaccine | Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
- Do HPV vaccines promote earlier sexual activity? | Immunize BC
- Effect of human papillomavirus vaccination on sexual behaviour among young females | Canadian Family Physicians on PubMed Central
- Effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on clinical indicators of sexual behaviour among adolescent girls: the Ontario Grade 8 HPV Vaccine Cohort Study | Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) on PubMed Central
- HPV vaccination has not increased sexual activity or accelerated sexual debut in a college-aged cohort of men and women | BMC Public Health
- HPV vaccine promotion doesn’t increase teen sex | Harvard School of Public Health
- Legislation to Increase Uptake of HPV Vaccination and Adolescent Sexual Behaviors | Pediatrics on American Academy of Pediatrics
- Human papillomavirus vaccine and risky sexual behavior: Regression discontinuity design evidence from Brazil | Economics & Human Biology on ScienceDirect
- Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections After Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Among Adolescent Females | JAMA Network
- Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Sexual Behavior in Young Women | Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology on ScienceDirect
- Protect your child from cancer with the HPV vaccine. | Immunize BC