by Chris Bobel | May 13, 2013 | New Research
With apologies to the Harpers Index, we present you with a snapshot of the upcoming 20th Biennial Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference held at Manhattan Marymount College, June 6-8, 2013. Number of presenters on the program: 125 Number of...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 11, 2013 | Internet
The National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder — has announced that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. This announcement comes just a few weeks before the release of the newest edition of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 9, 2013 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall, Sweetening the Pill Last year the FDA made the decision to keep the birth control pills Yaz, Yasmin, and Beyaz on the market despite controversy over corporate corruption of the review process.These drugs are back in the spotlight. The...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 4, 2013 | Internet
This open letter to Facebook from MotherWise is being circulated widely on the giant social network, protesting Facebook’s censorship of anatomical drawings of women’s bodies while objectifying representations of the same body parts and other violations of...
by Breanne Fahs | May 3, 2013 | Menstruation, Philosophy
As a professor and therapist, I see many people come through the door who struggle with a variety of feelings they identify as problematic to their lives: depression, anxiety, mania, suicidal thoughts, panic, grief, anger (and so on). We are taught, as therapists, to...
