by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 27, 2009 | Birth Control, New Research, Pharmaceutical
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...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 17, 2009 | Birth Control, Disposable menstrual products, Health Care, New Research
The first known case of fatal TSS related to an IUD was recently reported recently. Here’s the abstract from the November 2009 Annals of Emergency Medicine (the full article is behind a subscription firewall): Toxic shock syndrome is a rare toxin-mediated...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 14, 2009 | Dysmenorrhea, Girls, Menstruation, New Research, PMS
A recently published population-based study of teens in Australia found that menstrual pain is the norm among young women: Typical menstruation in adolescence includes pain (93%), cramping (71%), premenstrual symptoms (96%) and mood disturbance (73%). This surprises...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 11, 2009 | Girls, Health Care, Law/Legal, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Today I want to point to two important articles about women’s health from our friends at Women’s eNews: Yesterday, they published a story about Myriad Genetics and their firm grasp on the patents for diagnostics tests for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which are...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 9, 2009 | FemCare, New Research
Toxic shock syndrome is a potentially deadly complication of bacterial infection, resulting from Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria. It has been associated with the use of super-absorbent tampons (most notably, the infamous Rely brand in 1980), but other risk...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 3, 2009 | Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Menorrhagia, Menstruation, New Research
A couple of months ago, we wrote about Kate Seear’s research findings that menstrual etiquette is a frequent cause of delayed diagnosis of endometriosis. In related news, medical researchers writing in a recent issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology...
