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- Check out Kendra Wells’ ongoing series, Girl Tips, excerpted at right, at The Toast.
- What is the One Key Question that doctors should ask to transform women’s health care?
- It’s that time of year again—October, when everything around us is covered in cotton candy pink. Breast Cancer Action’s awesome Think Before You Pink project is hosting a free webinar to “ask and explore “What Are Pink Ribbons Hiding?” and how we can use this year’s Breast Cancer Industry Month to make a real change in the breast cancer epidemic”. The seminar is offered twice: Wednesday, October 16th at 10am PST/1pm EST and Thursday, October 17th at 2pm PST/5pm EST.
- In a short piece at The Atlantic, Sarah Yager explores how the mythology of menstruation (“the weeping of a disappointed womb”) continues to permeate both culture and medical practice in the U.S.
- Women with irregular periods who are trying to conceive might do well to insure that they are eating a big breakfast every day before they seek infertility treatments, according to a study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv University.
- What, exactly, is a menstrual migraine, and how is it treated?
- The Wall Street Journal, India edition, discusses how shame and menstrual taboo make menarche difficult for girls in India.
- Our friends The Red Tent Sisters offer Top Ten Tips for Using the Diva Cup.
- If you’ve been wondering what the acronym WASH is all about, check out this brief article about the importance of safe drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services and education, especially for women and girls.
