by Heather Dillaway | Oct 11, 2010 | Activism, Art, New Research
19th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Chatham University June 2, 2011 – June 4, 2011 The 19th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (SMCR) will be hosted in Pittsburgh’s East End at the Woodland Campus of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 11, 2010 | Menorrhagia, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Nearly a year ago, we shared news of FDA approval of tranexamic acid tablets as treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding. Today we learned of successful clinical trials of the drug this purpose: The current issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology includes the results of a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 9, 2010 | Internet
Pfizer recalls ThermaCare HeatWraps menstrual product for safety concerns. October 3-9 is National Midwifery Week. Several good articles about pinkwashing and the monetization of breast cancer: Esther Steinfeld says Stop Using Our Diseases to Sell Your Products....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 8, 2010 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Media
One of my students just sent me this. I don’t think it’s recent — and it may even be a fake — but I’d never seen it before. I like it, even though the liquid is blue....
by Heather Dillaway | Oct 6, 2010 | Film, Independent Film, Media, Menopause
Okay, I haven’t seen the film in full yet. And, yes, I’ll admit right up front that I’m not menopausal yet. And for many readers this may be enough to discount what I might say here, but…. I have interviewed quite a number of menopausal women in the last ten years...
