by Ashley Ross | May 31, 2013 | Language, Menopause, Perimenopause, Philosophy, Religion/Spirituality
The Change. This name for peri/menopause has appeared in many cultures and has been passed down through the eons, generation to generation. I, myself, really like calling it The Change, as it describes the awe and magnitude of peri/menopause. The Change honors the...
by Laura Wershler | May 29, 2013 | Activism, Communication, FemCare, Menstruation
It was great to see the media attention garnered last week by Red Moon Howl, the menstrual poetry slam happening in New York City on Friday night, June 7, 2013, at Marymount Manhattan College. The event is part of the upcoming Society for Menstrual Cycle Research...
by Paula Derry | May 27, 2013 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
Articles in the media often report research results with a number, for example the number of hot flashes per day or the severity of menstrual cramps. However, these are not facts in the way that “man bites dog” would be a fact. In part, this is because the numbers...
by Heather Dillaway | May 23, 2013 | Health Care, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Reproduction
OB-GYNS receive little to no medical training about menopause. Or at least that’s what recent research results show. Results of a web-based survey of 258 OB-GYN residency training directors across the country suggest that about one in five doctors receive any training...
by Heather Dillaway | Apr 24, 2013 | Menopause, Menstruation, Perimenopause
My kids and I read a book about “the last snowflake” a few years ago. The book was a story about how the last snowflake felt as it hit the ground each winter – lonely because his friends were ahead of him and probably melted already, or maybe carefree and floating on...
