Tag: Menstruation
The US lacks adequate education around puberty and menstruation for young...
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
One thing few people have been talking about since Roe v. Wade was overturned is...
No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive...
Katie Siek, Indiana University; Alexander L. Hayes, Indiana University, and Zaidat Ibrahim, Indiana University
Social media users posted ideas...
How the tampon shortage is exacerbating period poverty in the US
Marni Sommer, Columbia University
Tampons have become the latest household product to fall foul of supply chain issues.
From healthy births to sustainable management, 5 essential reads on the...
Leah Samuel, The Conversation
As the most common route for arriving into the world, the human vagina has, of...
Short-sleepers are more likely to suffer from irregular and heavy periods
Kat Kennedy, University of Arizona and Sara Nowakowski, Baylor College of Medicine
The Research Brief is a short take...
How a Native American coming-of-age ritual is making a comeback
Rosalyn R. LaPier, The University of Montana
The Ojibwe, one of the largest indigenous groups in North America, with communities from Quebec to Montana, are...
Ack! I need chocolate! The science of PMS food cravings
Sara Twogood, University of Southern California
Premenstrual food cravings are the punchline of endless jokes. Like most good jokes, they’re funny because they’re true.
Certain parts...