Menstruation – REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ALERTS

08 Dec

Prioritizing Women’s Health

DoryLatest NewsHealthcare, Maternal and Child Health, Menstruation, Mental health, Reproductive rights

Research into the three M’s of women’s health—menstruation, maternity, and menopause—has uncovered new insights about the start of puberty, shed light on mothers’ mental health, and laid a foundation for much-needed conversations about menopause.

27 Oct

‘A medical miracle’: is period blood ‘the most overlooked opportunity’ in women’s health?

CoreyLatest NewsHealthcare, Menstruation, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

Somewhere in the US a woman on her period pulled out her dripping, saturated tampon. But instead of wrapping it in toilet paper and tossing it into a bin, she put the tampon in a special plastic sample container, screwed the lid on tight and mailed it to an address in Oakland, California.

17 Sep

At 14, she thought she had her first period, but when the bleeding went from monthly to daily, a Chicago teenager was diagnosed with a rare vaginal cancer typically found in women after menopause

JordanLatest NewsHealthcare, menopause, Menstruation, Reproductive rights, Women's Health

At the age of 14, during the height of the COVID pandemic, Liliana “Lili” Castaneda thought she had her first menstrual cycle. At first, she was actually excited about it, but then, the monthly bleeding turned into daily bleeding. Castaneda was bleeding so much that she would soak through menstrual pads in 15 minutes and would get dizzy when standing up.

16 Jun

Don’t let them politicize your menstrual cycle. Period.

CoreyLatest NewsContraception, Menstruation, United States

In a country where birth control access is in jeopardy and women's medical needs have been historically overlooked, how do social media trends like #lutealphase and "cycle syncing" complicate the narrative?

28 Jul

Data privacy after Dobbs: Is period tracking safe?

BarbraLatest NewsData Privacy, Healthcare, Menstruation, Post-Dobbs, United States

After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022 and abortion was banned in the state of Tennessee, Dr. Danielle Kelvas quit using an app that tracked her menstrual cycle. “It frightened me … I actually got frightened because it tracked me for like, a week,” Kelvas said of the Oura Ring feature Cycle Insights. “And I thought, where’s this information going?”

14 Feb

Various reproductive factors impact COPD risk in women

BarbraLatest NewsMenstruation, Miscarriage, Pregnancy risks, Stillbirth, United States

The risk for COPD rose among women who started menstruation at age 11 years or younger vs. 13 years, as well as at age 16 years or older. A high risk was observed among those who experienced miscarriage or stillbirth.