by Laura Wershler | Nov 16, 2011 | Birth Control, Health Care, Men, New Research
Of the growing list of reasons why women might want to reconsider using birth control pills, this could well be the strangest. Researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto published a study on Nov. 15 in the BMJ Open Journal in which they found a “strong...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 14, 2011 | Disposable menstrual products, FemCare
From parenting.com: If you’ve got Kotex tampons at home, check your boxes: Kimberly-Clark, Kotex’s parent company, has recalled the brand’s Natural Balance Security Unscented Tampons (Regular Absorbency) in both the 18- and 36-count boxes, reports...
by Heather Dillaway | Nov 10, 2011 | Language, Menopause, Menstruation
Last Friday I attended a conference on autoethnography and was privileged enough to listen to Carolyn Ellis give the keynote speech on this new and upcoming qualitative methodology. Sitting there and listening to Ellis talk about the need for all of us to be...
by David Linton | Nov 8, 2011 | Celebrities, Menopause, Menstruation
In Gore Vidal’s 2006 memoir, Point to Point Navigation, he name drops his way through more than four decades of a very interesting life with great stories about the famous and notorious folks who crossed his path. One tale is related by his stepmother, Kit, about her...
by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 25, 2011 | Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Prevalence of Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in UK women 54-65 In a new, large (over 10 000 women) survey of UK women aged 54-65, Myra Hunter and colleagues reported on the proportion of women who have hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS), and on how frequent and...
