- We wrote about Arunachalam Muruganantham’s story back in December, 2011, but he’s in the news again, in much more detail at BBC News, as Menstrual Man, the film about his invention, has been released. (If the trailer is not visible at right, click through to watch.)
- Cosmopolitan tested re-usable products – and liked them!
- Canadian magazine Herizons reviews current controversies around the pill.
- Johnson & Johnson improperly destroyed files about some vaginal-mesh implants and may have to let juries weighing lawsuits over the devices hear evidence about the destruction.
- Flibanserin, the so-called female Viagra, is again under review at the FDA, and again facing controversy.
- The March 1, 2014 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives features a review article about vaginal exposure to chemicals.
- David Linton reports that the Sunday, March 2, New York Times included an op-ed piece by Lara Vapnyar titled “Soviet-Era Sex Ed” about the nearly complete absence of sex ed in the old USSR and what happened after its fall. David says, “It seems that there was even period perestroika: ‘. . . the tiny kiosks by the subway stops were flooded with . . . cosmetics, tampons, chocolates, liquor. . . most of that previously inaccessible. . .’ “
