When Mirena Meets Mommybloggers
Guest Post from Evil Slutopia There are Tupperware parties, Passion Parties, Pampered Chef parties, and...Mirena IUD parties? Yes, apparently these events popped up early last year and were a joint effort from Bayer Pharmaceuticals and the mom marketing site Mom...
Book Review: The Modern Period
If I correctly understand the terms of SHM's copyright agreement with Oxford University Press, I am permitted to publish this unedited version of my review as a "pre-print" article. The final version will be available only from Social History of Medicine. Lara...
Another Risk Associated with Hormone Therapy
A study to be published in the British Medical Journal's Thorax,* which focuses on respiratory medicine, finds that estrogen-only hormone treatment for menopause symptoms is associated with higher risk of asthma. The study involved nearly 58,000 women over 12 years....
‘Baby Brain’ Is a Myth
When new moms are sometimes forgetful or spacey, it is often attributed to 'baby brain' or 'mumnesia' or some other clever appellation that reinforces the idea that pregnancy leads to memory loss. It's another variation on the women-are-ruled-by-hormones meme. In my...
Study links reduced fertility to flame retardant exposure
Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants is widespread, with 97% of Americans having detectable levels. Yet there have been no published studies of their effects on human fertility - until now. A study to be published in the January 26 issue...
Men in Menstruation: Vinnie’s Tampon Case
We've had a couple of productive discussions recently here at re:Cycling about men and menstrual humor, so it seems a good time to introduce Vinnie D'Angelo, creator of Vinnie's Tampon Case. Therese Shecter has graciously shared this clip from her thought-provoking...
