by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 18, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Paula S. Derry, Ph.D. Déjà vu An article in today’s New York Times Magazine recounts the author’s experience with a debilitating depression that began during her perimenopause, the transitional time leading up to menopause. For her, prescription...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 24, 2010 | Dysmenorrhea, Language, Menstruation, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
London newspaper The Telegraph reports on the development of a new medical treatment for dysmenorrhea, or painful periods. The article contains very little information about the new pill — most of the article describes the variety of misery some women experience...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 9, 2010 | New Research, Newspapers, PMDD, PMS
Guest Post by Amber Steele, University of Cambridge There have been a couple of stories in the press recently touting a study by Joanna Spencer and colleagues suggesting that PMDD may be genetic. I had a cursory look through the paper and read the article. Changes in...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 10, 2010 | Celebrities, Communication, Internet, Men, Menstruation, Newspapers, Television
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College Four years ago I published an article in Sex Roles (March 2006) about the twists and turns of the media coverage of a scandal that came to be known as “Camillagate.” It concerned the publication of a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 2, 2010 | Anatomy, Communication, Internet, New Research, Newspapers, Ovulation, Reproduction
There’s been quite a bit of internet buzz during the last week or so about a study conducted at University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University by Tom Kelsey, in which he and his colleagues develop a computer model of how a woman’s supply of eggs...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 4, 2010 | Menorrhagia, Menstruation, Newspapers, Sex
Back in November, we commended a bold student columnist for taking on menstrual sex in the student paper at Chico State University. In yesterday’s edition of The Faster Times, a columnist advises a reader about how to broach the subject of period sex in a casual...
