by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 20, 2014 | Internet
The Sunday New York Times published interactive graphs showing the likelihood of failure of the most popular methods of birth control in the U.S., comparing typical use to perfect use. Sanitary panties: Not just for ladies anymore (via Chris Bobel). Dr. Sanjay Gupta...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 13, 2014 | Internet
The National Academies of Science recently confirmed that styrene is a carcinogenic chemical. Why do we care? Styrene is among the chemicals listed as a fragrance in Procter & Gamble products – but P&G doesn’t identify which products. So is styrene in...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 30, 2014 | Internet
Your period, day-by-day, with the women of M-TV’s Girl Code. Hospitals are less likely to encourage Black mothers to breastfeed. A lingerie company that specializes in ‘leak-proof’ underwear for menstruation and for new moms has been catching some...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 16, 2014 | Internet
What color is your menstrual blood? And what does it indicate about your cycle and your health? A newly published Swedish study reports the risk of combined hormonal contraception raises the risk of venous thromboembolism fivefold compared to the control group....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 9, 2014 | Internet
re:Cycling contributor Holly Grigg-Spall is also a contributor at Lady Clever. Her first post there deals with lessons we as a society don’t seem to be learning from repeated public debates about access to birth control. Holly Grigg-Spall also wrote this essay...
