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Rachel Crowe is a Denver-based comedian, screenwriter and freelance sexual health journalist. Follow her at @racheddar on Twitter or @thelma_and_disease on Instagram.

Your Bladder Has Acupuncture Points

The practice uses hormone responses to promote health, including for urinary issues.

By Rachel Crowe

How Do You Know If You Have Monkeypox?

The U.S. has more mpox cases than anywhere else. Learn what you can do to prevent infection.

By Rachel Crowe

How Celiac Disease Is Diagnosed—and the Consequences of Ignoring It

Know the symptoms of CD and your predisposition for it. Getting tested could save your life.

By Rachel Crowe

Celiac Disease Is Surrounded by Uncertainty and Debunked Myths

What's the actual science and what's just something someone heard once?

By Rachel Crowe

Monkeypox: How We Got Here and Why the Name Had to Change

As the world was reeling from COVID-19, the last thing anyone needed was another virus.

By Rachel Crowe

The Widespread Pain of Fibromyalgia

First identified 100 years ago, the condition is still controversial and often misdiagnosed.

By Rachel Crowe

Learn the Keys to Living With Celiac Disease

Create a gluten-free home, be safe in social settings and know how to react to gluten ingestion.

By Rachel Crowe

Celebrate Your Sexual Performance…With a Glass of Water

Good sex requires lubrication, inside and outside of your body.

By Rachel Crowe