by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 10, 2011 | Internet
Learn to relieve menstrual cramps and low energy with the yoga pose, Baddha Konasana, with a video demonstration. [Note: You’ll have to watch a commercial first.] New research from the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at the University of California, Irvine finds...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 3, 2011 | Internet
Five guaranteed ways to start your period, from Dr. Jen Gunter (with tongue firmly in cheek). A new piece from the National Women’s Health Network recommends NOT treating osteoporosis in healthy women, and that women under 65 avoid bone mineral density...
by Chris Bobel | Nov 28, 2011 | Activism, Internet, Menstruation, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Amy Rae Elifritz was 20 when she died of tampon-related Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) on June 13, 2010. Take a moment to reckon with this. Because of a tampon. 2010. Her remarkable mother, Lisa Elifritz founded a not for profit You ARE Loved (ARE=Amy Rae Elifritz). The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 19, 2011 | Internet
Aunt B uses SCIENCE to explain why no one is getting buzzed from vodka-soaked tampons. Our blogger Laura Wershler reported on Tuesday about the news that Canadian researchers have discovered a possible link between birth control pills and prostate cancer — and...
by Heather Dillaway | Oct 13, 2011 | Communication, Internet, Media, Menopause, Newspapers
I get Google Alerts on “menopause” every Wednesday because it’s important that I know about the new bits of information popping up about the topic I research most. Most of the time, though, I’m frustrated with the discussion of menopause online and don’t pay attention...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 1, 2011 | Internet
Today is October 1, the first day of what is known as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month” in the US, or “Pinktober” as Gayle Sulik and other critics of Pinkwashing call it. It’s a good day to watch Raise A Stink, a new video from Breast...
