by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 7, 2010 | Internet
Advice from the LunaPad Ladies about the best menstrual products to use while swimming. Will the Pill make you fat? RH Reality Check says probably not. University of Texas researchers discover — surprise! — that race and ethnicity affect how women...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 4, 2010 | Language, Menstruation, New Research
It’s always fascinating to look at perceptions of menstruation in societies other than one’s own, but I’d really like to see the questionnaire used in this study of attitudes toward menstruation among young Pakistani women. Results: Out of 500...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 31, 2010 | Internet
Two from Leslie Botha: Another method of period elimination, endometrial ablation, is marketed as easy-breezy menstrual suppression, claiming “64% reduction in women reporting pain” and “71% reduction in women reporting a lack of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 29, 2010 | Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Men, New Research
In our May 28 “Saturday Surfing” round-up of recommended reading, we highlighted Lynn Harris’ essay for The Nation about new research on “reproductive coercion”: the alarming frequency with which young men try to get their partners pregnant, often by...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 26, 2010 | Dysmenorrhea, Menstruation, New Research
Women have long been advised that exercise is among the best pain relievers for painful periods. But a new Cochrane Review (also published in July, 2010, issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology) indicates that research confirming that advice is inconclusive. Yet, the...
