by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 14, 2009
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Priorities for Women’s Health Research Prepared Testimony to Office of Research on Women’s Health at NIH, Chicago – October 4, 2009 This document is also available as a PDF. I. Preface: The Society for Menstrual Cycle...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 12, 2009 | Communication, Health Care
Via Women’s Health News (a very useful blog maintained by medical librarian Rachel Walden), I learned of My OB said WHAT?!?. This site tracks appalling, offensive, and a few downright abusive things OB-GYN practitioners have said to their patients. A few...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 9, 2009 | Communication, Menstruation, New Research
It’s great that menstrual taboo and stigma is ‘over’, as Amanda Fortini informed us earlier this week (see Chris’ post about the menstrual activism shitstorm across several blogs this week). Now maybe all those women suffering from debilitating...
by Chris Bobel | Jul 14, 2009
Research2005 Conference Papers Articles from the 2005 conference in Boulder appeared in Women and Health, 46(1) 2007, guest-edited by Phyllis Kernoff Mansfield and Peggy Stubbs Attitudes Toward Menarche Among Mexican Preadolescents, Ma. Luisa Marván , Angeles Vacio,...
by Chris Bobel | Jul 14, 2009
Position StatementsMenstrual Suppression (2003) Menstrual Supression Developed at: Menstrual Suppression Panel SMCR 15th Biennial Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 5-7, 2003 In an effort to raise awareness about menstrual suppression and initiate dialogue among women’s...