by Laura Wershler | May 30, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, New Research, Pharmaceutical
If you quit the pill would you replace it with forget-about-it or mindful birth control? How you feel about your body, your menstrual cycle and your sexual relationship(s) will influence your choice. Another consideration might be your attitude towards an unintended...
by Paula Derry | May 28, 2012 | Health Care, Menopause
One important idea in a holistic approach to health is that symptoms or uncomfortable physical experiences don’t exist separate and apart from the whole person. For this reason, it is important to know how a unique individual experiences that symptom or experience....
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 26, 2012 | Internet
Sir Richard’s Vagina Rules is an ad for ‘chemical-free’ condoms. Peggy Orenstein delivers a sharply worded memo to the “Hippest Town in NJ:” Please Stop Painting Yourself Pink. I’m wary of anything The New York Times calls a trend, but The Week...
by Heather Dillaway | May 24, 2012 | Communication, Health Care, Hormones, Language, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
An article on Medscape News on May 7th reported survey results that suggest that “fewer than one third of women with menopause symptoms are receiving treatment for those symptoms.” The article goes on to report that about half of women aged 45 to 60 report...
by David Linton | May 22, 2012 | Advertising, Disposable menstrual products, FemCare, Girls, Internet
Scary Little Menstruating Girl [note: Although re:Cycling has an international audience, the following post is written from the perspective of an North American consumer.] As is well known, cultural practices and attitudes regarding menstruation vary widely from place...
