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Helen Massy
Helen Massy

Helen has an extensive background as a health care professional and senior leader in the UK National Health Service, along with being a mother to three young children and a well-traveled military spouse. Over a decade of clinical experience as a respiratory specialist underpins her passion for opening discussion around taboo topics and decoding complex medical information. This eclectic mix of attributes brings a unique blend of clinical insight and life experience to her health writing.

Your seminal fluid, thanks to certain antibodies, doesn't always recognize friendly forces.
Some 'healthy' foods aren't a great choice for men with diabetes. Avoid this elevated-GI fare.
Here's how to become a safe space so your friends and family feel they can open up.
Ringing in your ears may sound like no big deal, but there could be worse to come.
For couples with male-factor infertility, IUI and ICSI are good alternatives to traditional IVF.
Women with a higher genetic risk may want to avoid steroids, but more research is needed.
Gonorrhea is evolving so fast that it's outsmarting our ability to cure it.
SRPE, a rare disorder, can be uncomfortable, but it shouldn't affect your sexual function.
Identification of the NPSR1 gene variant could lead to nonhormonal treatment of the disease.
Newsflash: Sometimes they don't point outward—and that's usually okay.