New “Brilliant” tampons
Ladies, are your tampons doing enough? Apparently absorbing menstrual fluid without leaking is no longer sufficient: new, Brilliant pH tampons "are clinically shown to reduce the usual feminine pH increase that occurs during your period." But let Dr. Streicher explain...
Sex, the Brain, and the Pill
Does taking the Pill increase the size of your brain? According to this story in The Daily Mail, you betcha. And it makes women more talkative, too. That's right - brain scans of 28 women PROVE it. I know not to take too seriously such headlines in The Daily Mail...
But I Thought Lightning Never Strikes Twice
Procter & Gamble femcare ads are such an easy target. It's shooting fish in a barrel. Periods = lightning? Really? And the classic deictic euphemism, "it", well, that just makes me tired. At least there's no blue liquid.
Saturday Surfing
This week's picks: Ella, a new emergency contraceptive that is effective for up to five days after unprotected sex, was approved by the FDA yesterday. New study of 2000 Chinese women indicates the IUD is effective for emergency birth control. Contrary to most previous...
The Leap from Younger Puberty to Fat-Shaming
When the story that girls are reaching puberty earlier than ever began popping up everywhere this week, I did not doubt its veracity. It was no coincidence that I received an email from a friend yesterday, observing with mixed feelings that she had just purchased a...
Hold the Eggs When Ovulating
Fascinating new research from the National Institutes of Health finds that women's cholesterol levels correspond with cyclic changes in estrogen levels. Total cholesterol levels can vary by as much as 19% over the course of the cycle. The researchers found that as the...
