Image: 'Virgo' in Urania's Mirror, a set of constellation cards published in London c.1825 This week we tackle another reproductive health myth, and perhaps the most dangerous one of all...
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Archives for What’s normal?
Menstrual cycle length… What’s normal?
Image credit: Pastorius on Wikimedia- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plastic_tape_measure.jpg Many people are concerned because they think that their cycle is too short, too long, or just not ‘regular’ enough... Sometimes, there is a health
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Know thyself! The importance of tracking the menstrual cycle.
The phrase “Know thyself” is at least as old as Ancient Egypt, since it is inscribed on the walls of the temple at Luxor. One inscription reads “The body is
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No pain, The basics and What's normal?.
Differential diagnosis and the menstruation taboo
This week’s blog cuts to the very core of what Menstrual Matters is about- how the menstrual cycle (and/or contraceptive medications) are all too easily dismissed, or denied, as a
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The pain that dare not speak its name.
UPDATE: After a formal complaint to the BBC, the misleading content in the original article was changed… This blog describes the original claims made. As discussed in last week’s blogpost,
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