by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 16, 2010 | Internet
Listen to this interview with Elizabeth Scharpf, CEO of Sustainable Health Enterprises (S.H.E.) about the project that lead to her winning the Curry Stone design prize. New guidelines from the New York State Department of Health on menstrual disorders in HIV-positive...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 14, 2010 | Communication, Objects, Religion/Spirituality
Female visitors to Te Papa (Museum of New Zealand) are faced with a difficult moral dilemma regarding the taonga Maori collection included in an upcoming tour. An invitation for regional museum staff to go on a behind-the-scenes tour of some of Te Papa’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 13, 2010 | Activism, DIY, FemCare, Girls, Menstruation, Philosophy
Check out the new video about the latest developments from Sustainable Health Enterprises (SHE). (Previously at re:Cycling — SHE featured in Marie Claire; Girls, Periods, and Missing School II: Breaking the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 11, 2010 | Menorrhagia, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Nearly a year ago, we shared news of FDA approval of tranexamic acid tablets as treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding. Today we learned of successful clinical trials of the drug this purpose: The current issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology includes the results of a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 9, 2010 | Internet
Pfizer recalls ThermaCare HeatWraps menstrual product for safety concerns. October 3-9 is National Midwifery Week. Several good articles about pinkwashing and the monetization of breast cancer: Esther Steinfeld says Stop Using Our Diseases to Sell Your Products....
