by Laura Wershler | Jan 20, 2012 | Birth Control, Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Is there a woman over the age of 18 anywhere who doesn’t know that taking the birth control pill can make her periods lighter and less painful? Most women know this, but not many know why. The news stories swirling around a new study about the pill and period pain...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Jan 19, 2012 | Menstruation, New Research
I read a blog post about a paper (that I have not read). The post is “Why do women menstruate?” by PZ Myers, a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, blogging at Pharyngula. The paper is “The evolution of...
by David Linton | Jan 18, 2012 | Amenorrhea, Menstruation, Sports
Guest Post by Lianne McTavish — University of Alberta (aka Feminist Figure Girl) While working out at the gym yesterday—something I do on a daily basis—I felt a strangely familiar pressure in my lower abdomen and noticed that it was protruding, despite the...
by Chris Hitchcock | Jan 17, 2012 | Menarche, Menstruation
Last month I wrote about menarcheal age in Ethiopian girls, and that food insecurity leads to a delay in the onset of menstruation. This fits with the general response of the reproductive system to energetic stress – low energy leads to suppression of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 16, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, Menstruation
Tampons were so empowering in the ’80s. Note also the brief, fine print warning about Toxic Shock Syndrome. It’s apparently important that you read the other...
