by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 17, 2012 | Internet
The National Institutes of Health provides a tutorial about what to expect at your first mammogram. Holly Grigg-Spall and Laura Wershler have developed a comprehensive resource guide for women who are ready to give up the pill for good. Virginia Republican caucus...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Mar 15, 2012 | Anatomy, Communication, Menstruation
Tell me again, why can’t we talk about body stuff? Your body is your home. It’s your medium of self-expression — your voice spoken and written, your hands gesturing, making things, touching someone, legs walking toward, running away from, hips dancing, butt sitting,...
by Chris Hitchcock | Mar 13, 2012 | Menstruation, New Research, PMS
According to a recent study, women are best at picking out a picture with a snake during the days immediately before their period. You might think this would be a surprise, given the general idea of premenstrual compromise in women. Mind you, there isn’t much data to...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 10, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Politics, Religion/Spirituality, Reproduction, Sex
Research by SMCR members Tomi-Ann Roberts and Nicki Dunnavan garnered a lot of attention this week. Stories showed up at Live Science – Why Why Women Should Bring Their Periods ‘Out of the Closet, popular ladyblog Jezebel – Your Period Is a Time for Deep...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 7, 2012 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Hormones, Menorrhagia, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, PMS, Reproduction
Everybody can use a good map to help them get to where they’re going. Why not women heading to the land of non-hormonal contraception? In my post on January 11, 2012 I asked if coming off the pill was a growing trend. I proposed to write a series of posts about...