Adventures in Menstruating LIVE in New York!
If you're anywhere near NYC, don't miss this opportunity to see our friend Chella Quint perform tonight at Bluestockings. She will be reading from Issue #5 of Adventures in Menstruating, her awesome period-powered zine, at 7pm on Tuesday, December 29th, at the...
Contraceptive Injections Increase Risk of Bone Loss
New research from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston finds that nearly half of women using depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), commonly known as the birth control shot, will experience high bone mineral density (BMD) loss in the hip or lower...
Open Call: Medical Screening Procedures Unique to Women
One of the reviewers for the forthcoming edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, who blogs anonymously at Mom’s Tinfoil Hat, is seeking contributions for the chapter she is reviewing. I am busy reviewing and contributing to the second chapter of Our Bodies, Ourselves that...
The cure for all things menstrual?
A recent press release from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announces that Hormonal Contraceptives Offer Benefits Beyond Pregnancy Prevention. This is in the same vein as similar articles published over the years about "non-contraceptive...
Season’s Greetings
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. To commemorate the holiday, here is an mp3 download of the only known Christmas song that mentions tampons: Robert Earl Keen's "Merry Christmas from the Family". Flow (of new posts) will be light at re:Cycling over the next few...
Pills and Soap: Birth Control Now Available without Prescription in London Pharmacies
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, freelance writer ("Sweetening the Pill") In the summer of this year, I was researching for a feature for Easy Living magazine on the potential side effects of the birth control pill and when searching for a news hook for the piece, I...
