Menstruation

Fairy Tales, Child Development, And Unconscious Learning

Susan Kim | Posted 12.21.2009 | Living

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Susan Kim

Fairy tales communicate strong, unconscious messages to children in terms they can grasp. This is because these stories possess genuine resonance and dreamlike power.

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Birth Control, Water, And Women

Susan Kim | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Environment, The Pill, Menstruation, Women's Health, Susan Kim, Women, Health, Water, Public Health, Contraception, Water Supply, Condoms, Living News
Susan Kim

Thanks in large part to a decade of nearly nonexistent enforcement, tens of millions of men, women and children now routinely drink, bathe in and cook with tap water laced with illegal levels of contaminants.

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An Angry Woman

Susan Kim | Posted 12.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Pms, Menstruation, Serena Williams, Flow-the-Cultural-Story-of-Menstruation, The Balanced Life, Thanksgiving, Happiness, Living News
Susan Kim

PMS became the go-to, catch-all female diagnosis for doctors and laypeople everywhere, the chemical reason behind any expression of female anger, unpredictability, and hostility.

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Sex and the City Schools

Elissa Stein | Posted 12.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Menstruation, Middle School, Nyc Public Schools, Sex Education, New York News
Elissa Stein

Apparently, the NYC Department of Education doesn't feel it necessary to educate our kids about reproduction, contraception or sexual health.

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Women, Compliance And Medicine

Susan Kim | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

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Susan Kim

I've learned that medical truth isn't monolithic, carved on some stone tablet; it's constantly changing and is informed not only by observation and testing, but also by money, politics, and prevailing attitudes.

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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 11.25.2009 | 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

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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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