Home Remedies for Period Pain
The health and fitness web site Helium has recently posted some sound suggestions for coping with menstrual pain without drugs (personally, I'm a big fan of medication for pain but I know that not everyone is). They recommend exercises, iliopsoas stretches, and...
Weekend Links
More evidence that "abortion trauma syndrome" is a political label, not a clinical one: new research finds that teens who have abortions are no more likely to experience depression or self-esteem problems than than those who keep the pregnancy. Jezebel identifies 14...
Party Time
Have you ever wanted to make a uterus piñata? Say, for a baby shower or a menarche party? Liz Henry explains how. Ms. Henry notes that the symbolism is not as violent as it might first appear: Now you might think of this as perturbingly violent or promoting the idea...
Paper Covers Period
Poor Mother Nature. Defeated again. In saying "Paper wins", do you think this ad is intended to criticize cloth pads and menstrual cups? Magazine ad for Tampax Pearl, October 2010
Because women aren’t medicated enough?
Some of you may recall that in my book, Capitalizing on the Curse, I argued that the addition of PMDD to the DSM-IV and the re-branding of fluoxetine HCI as Sarafem are linked. It was no coincidence that pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly sought a unique FDA...
Weekend Links
Ms. Magazine blog reports on crisis pregnancy centers using the lure of free pizza to attract women to fake clinics. Rodent research shows promise for treatment of premature ovarian failure with stem cells. Dozens of television stations (more than 100, by some counts)...
