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 23, 2009 | Humor, Music
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. To commemorate the holiday, here is an mp3 download of the only known Christmas song that mentions tampons: Robert Earl Keen’s “Merry Christmas from the Family”. Flow (of new posts) will be light at re:Cycling...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 23, 2009 | Birth Control, Girls, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, freelance writer (“Sweetening the Pill“) In the summer of this year, I was researching for a feature for Easy Living magazine on the potential side effects of the birth control pill and when searching for a news hook for...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 22, 2009 | Celebrities, Men, Menopause
Guest Post by David Linton, Marymount Manhattan College An earlier re: Cycling post about a clever viral marketing strategy that exploited the notion of male cramps reminded me of some other ways that men have tried to appropriate aspects of the menstrual mythos for...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 19, 2009 | Communication, Girls, magazines
Guest Post by Therese Shechter, filmmaker (Trixie Films) Alert: Links are Not Safe for Work German teen magazine Bravo, known for it’s explicit information on sexuality and sexual health has done it again with their feature: Vulva-Galerie: Schau, welche...