by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 21, 2011 | Disposable menstrual products, Men, Menstruation
When Arunachalam Muruganantham discovered that his wife was using old rags for menstrual pads to save their family the cost of pre-manufactured sanitary napkins (paying Indian prices for sanitary napkins “meant no milk for the family” that week), he...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 17, 2011 | Internet
Sociologists for Women in Society has just published The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective [pdf] (by the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research) — a comprehensive and handy summary and reference list for anyone just getting started in menstrual...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 16, 2011 | Anatomy, Health Care
I’ve recently developed a whole new understanding of why it takes so long for women to receive a diagnosis of and treatment for endometriosis. It’s not just the constraints of menstrual etiquette or the belief that painful periods are normal, especially...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 10, 2011 | Internet
Learn to relieve menstrual cramps and low energy with the yoga pose, Baddha Konasana, with a video demonstration. [Note: You’ll have to watch a commercial first.] New research from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at the University of California, Irvine finds...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 3, 2011 | Internet
Five guaranteed ways to start your period, from Dr. Jen Gunter (with tongue firmly in cheek). A new piece from the National Women’s Health Network recommends NOT treating osteoporosis in healthy women, and that women under 65 avoid bone mineral density...
