by Heather Dillaway | Jan 3, 2013 | Communication, Media, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Sometimes I think biomedical researchers and media spokespersons are just searching to find the pathology in our lives. Not that we don’t know this already, especially when it comes to women’s health. Because of how medicalization works, of course anything that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 5, 2010 | Health Care, Menstruation
England’s Advisory Committee on Cervical Screening (ACCS) has developed new guidelines [pdf] for screening cervical cancer in young women who experience symptoms such as bleeding after sex or between periods, pain during sex or an unusual discharge. Screening...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 4, 2010 | DIY, Menopause, New Research
The Indianapolis Star has a short interview today with Professor Janet S. Carpenter of Indiana University’s School of Nursing. Dr. Carpenter is conducting a study of whether menopausal women can control hot flashes through breathing techniques. She told the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2009 | Activism, Communication, Newspapers
I was quite excited to see our own Chris Bobel and Giovanna Chesler quoted in this piece from The Guardian about menstrual activism, and then to discover that the Guardian published a second piece the same day about menstruation: Rowena Davis explains What My Period...