by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 2, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Media, New Research
The Internet, especially the feminist blogosphere, is all abuzz this week with the promise of a new contraceptive pill for men within the next five years. But researchers always say a pill for men is just five years away, according to University of Washington medical...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 30, 2010 | Anatomy, Art, Menstruation
Researcher and artist Hiromi Ozaki has created the Menstruation Machine, an art installation featuring an appliance for men or boys (or other people who do not menstruate) to wear to simulate the menstrual experience. It features electrodes attached to the lower...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 28, 2010 | Media, Menopause, New Research, Newspapers
Guest Post by Heather Dillaway, Wayne State University I keep seeing news articles about a “new Iranian study” that hopes to better predict “age at menopause” for women, and the authors of this study supposedly discovered a “blood test” that will be able to “predict...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 26, 2010 | Internet
Institute of Medicine (part of the National Academies) held a series of meetings on Assessing the Human Health Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill: An Institute of Medicine Workshop. Click the “Presentations” button (under “Other Meeting...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 24, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, New Research
Did you know that last year’s combined sales of Yaz and Yasmin, the most popular oral contraceptives in the U.S., totaled $1.64 billion? Did you know the drugs are also the target of 1,100 lawsuits for potentially fatal blood clots? Did you know that an estimated 50...
