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Talking About Menstruation

Susan Kim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Stigma, Pad, Feminine Hygiene, Tampons, Period, Menstruation, Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation, Living News
Susan Kim

Why is menstruation still such a taboo subject? It's high time for a little more transparency. Let's perform a communal end-run around the usual secrecy and embarrassment

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A Natural Approach To Pelvic Health: Join A Research Study!

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Menstruation, Dysmenorrhea, Severe Uterine Pain, Skipping Periods, Cystic Ovaries, Painful Menstruation, Amenorrhea, Menstrual Pain, Pelvic Pain, Thyroid, Pms, Women's Health, Laughing Sage Wellness, Fibroids, Adrenal Fatigue, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, Adrenal, Pcos, Dr. Christiane Northrup, Health, Christiane Northrup, Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

Millions of women suffer from irregular, erratic, sluggish, heavy, lengthy, crampy, or difficult periods. It's so common that most women have been led to believe this is normal. It's not.

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Fun for the Whole Family: Girls Can Now Expect Longer Puberty

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Teenage Girls, Menstruation, Menarche, Breasts, Puberty, Research, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

The average age of breast development in European girls has dropped one year, from 10.8 to 9.8 years.

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When a Period Ends More Than A Sentence

Elizabeth Scharpf and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Women's Health, Sustainable Health Enterprises, Unicef, International Women's Day, Sanitary Products, Women, Menstruation, She, Menstrual Health, Living News
Elizabeth Scharpf and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff

Despite the fact that half the world menstruates, most people overlook the serious repercussions of a lack of affordable sanitary supplies in developing countries.

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Sex Deficit Disorder: The New Male PMS?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 12.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Guy Ritchie, Women, Menstruation, Madonna, Relationships, Sex, Pms, Men, Sex Differences, Sex Deficit Disorder, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Apparently men do go through hormone cycles that can lead to anger, depression, irritability and, yes, chocolate cravings. The causes, researchers say, vary.

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Period Panties Protest

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Menstruation, Rape, Sharon Stone, Victoria's Secret, Underpants, Crimes Against Women, Panties for Peace, Thailand, Myanmar, Lindsay Logan, Human Trafficking, Sexual Slavery, Junta, Period, Underwear, Burma, Sex Slaves, Karma, Protests, Upskirting, Women's Underwear, Period Panties, Cyclones, China, Ralph Lauren, Political Protest, Panties, The Giving Life, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

I always knew my undies were powerful. In college someone went to the trouble of breaking into my apartment to steal them. (Side story: the perp wa...

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