Abortion, Mikveh, Why It’s Important to Talk about Women’s Health, and Other Weekend Links
Dr. Jen Gunter explains some of the reasons why women who do it at home die even when abortion is free and legal. Virginia Sole-Smith wrote a frank and touching post about endometrial cysts, and why it's important to talk about these things. Margaret Cho longs for the...
Is Your Period A Sentence?
My friend and colleague Patty Chantrill loves clever menstrual puns as much as I do, and recently snapped this picture of an area billboard from her car. I've edited the photo to try to highlight the sign, but there's only so much one can do with a Blackberry in...
Coming Off The Pill: Considering “forget-about-it” birth control?
If you quit the pill would you replace it with forget-about-it or mindful birth control? How you feel about your body, your menstrual cycle and your sexual relationship(s) will influence your choice. Another consideration might be your attitude towards an unintended...
Make Friends With Hot Flashes
One important idea in a holistic approach to health is that symptoms or uncomfortable physical experiences don’t exist separate and apart from the whole person. For this reason, it is important to know how a unique individual experiences that symptom or experience....
Vagina Rules, Frozen Egg Cells, How to Sponsor a Uterus, and More Weekend Links
Sir Richard's Vagina Rules is an ad for 'chemical-free' condoms. Peggy Orenstein delivers a sharply worded memo to the “Hippest Town in NJ:” Please Stop Painting Yourself Pink. I'm wary of anything The New York Times calls a trend, but The Week adds a few additional...
Should Symptoms Always Be Treated?
An article on Medscape News on May 7th reported survey results that suggest that “fewer than one third of women with menopause symptoms are receiving treatment for those symptoms.” The article goes on to report that about half of women aged 45 to 60 report...
