by Chris Bobel | Dec 26, 2011 | Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
What happens when get a bunch of interdisciplinary menstrual cycle researchers together and give them each a topic or two and a word count? You get a pithy document called “The Menstrual Cycle: A Feminist Lifespan Perspective” available to anyone who needs to...
by Chris Hitchcock | Dec 20, 2011 | Menarche, Menstruation, New Research
Many girls in Africa have insecure access to food, that is, they worry about getting enough food, and they sometimes eat less than they want, or go without food. There are two theories about how this might affect the onset of menstruation (menarche). One is that the...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Nov 24, 2011 | Girls, Menarche, Menstruation
Ever since I saw this uterus pillow, I have been thinking about what to tell the girl in my life about menstruation. She’s ten years old. This pillow is exactly something I would give her! It’s handmade, using strong colors of the kind I like, and about a...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Sep 29, 2011 | Communication, Menarche, Newspapers
Oh, Mr. Dad! Is that the best you can do? Mr. Dad is a syndicated parenting advice column in my local paper, and the September 26 edition featured a query from a dad worried that his 11-year-old daughter may begin menstruating while her mom is deployed overseas (she...
by Laura Wershler | Sep 21, 2011 | Girls, Menarche, New Research
Could vitamin D deficiency in young girls contribute to early onset of menstruation? A study conducted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health suggests this may be the case. Blood vitamin D levels were measured in 242 girls between the ages of 5 and...
by David Linton | Aug 9, 2011 | Humor, Media, Menarche, Television
From time to time menstrual references show up in TV programs, mostly on situation comedies and, unsurprisingly, they are usually played for laughs. The most common inclusions have had to do with menarche with menopause coming in second. First periods have provided...
