by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 8, 2010 | Activism
Today is International Women’s Day, and the subject line above is the IWD theme for 2010. Search here for events in your...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 7, 2010 | Health Care, Menopause, New Research
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research A hot flush causes failure on a lie detector test! The same galvanic skin response (in simple terms—clammy skin) is positive in both. Why? Because—with every flush—there is massive...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 6, 2010 | Internet
This week’s recommendations: Heather Corinna (friend of re:Cycling and founder of Scarleteen, the internet’s BEST sex education site) was featured in The Feministing Five. And you can help out Heather C. by participating in her survey on multi-generational...
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 | Birth Control, Men, Menstruation, New Research, Sex
Here’s a hint: the title of the new study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is How Misperceptions, Magical Thinking, and Ambivalence Put Young Adults at Risk for Unplanned Pregnancy. The study [PDF] surveyed American singles ages...