- It’s another music video about menstruation! It’s my period!
- “Endometriosis has a significant social and psychological impact on the lives of women across several domains”. This isn’t news, but it’s good to see it reinforced in the medical literature. The statement is the conclusion reached in a recent critical review of 42 papers about endometriosis, published in the November-December 2013 issue of Human Reproduction Update. The authors also state, “there is an urgent need to develop and evaluate interventions for supporting women and partners living with this chronic and often debilitating condition”.
- Remember the 2011 story about the Indian man who developed a method for manufacturing low-cost menstrual pads? There’s a new documentary film telling his story. It’s called Menstrual Man, of course.
- Doula Dalene Burton suggests that ingredients and manufacturing processes in conventional tampons may impair fertility, and explains how.
- Obamacare has the potential to end the birth control pill’s dominance over the contraceptive market.
- Writers at Into the Gloss share stories of how they learned to use a tampon for the first time.
