by Chris Hitchcock | Feb 22, 2011 | Media, Menstruation, New Research
The NYT article title reads The threatening scent of fertile women. I’ve felt it for years, and I still haven’t quite figured out why I react this way to this kind of article. Certainly it echos the age-old misogynistic discomfort of learned men for their...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 17, 2010 | Birth Control, Humor, Pharmaceutical
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by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 19, 2010 | Anatomy, Media, New Research
This morning, ladymag The Stir posted an article titled, “5 Weird Things Our Menstrual Cycles Make Us Do”. Over the weekend, science site Live Science featured an article about the recent surge in ovulation-related research (with the unfortunate title,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 2, 2010 | Amenorrhea, Health Care, Media, Menstruation
The headline of a story at ABC news about infertility among female athletes is “Female Athletes Are Too Fit To Get Pregnant“. Many women athletes in their 20s, at peak performance levels and peak physical fitness by most measures, may find themselves...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 11, 2010 | Health Care, Menstruation, New Research, Ovulation
Fascinating new research from the National Institutes of Health finds that women’s cholesterol levels correspond with cyclic changes in estrogen levels. Total cholesterol levels can vary by as much as 19% over the course of the cycle. The researchers found that...