This is the third of three blog posts (post 1, post 2) looking at how the menstruation taboo can undermine the diagnosis of various health issues. This post focuses on
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Archives for No shame
Deducing the role of the menstrual cycle in ill health.
This is the second of three blog posts looking at how the menstruation taboo can undermine the diagnosis of various chronic health issues. Last week’s post highlighted the need to
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Is this a monthly problem?
Euphemistic language might spare our blushes in awkward social situations, but it has no place in the diagnostic process. The menstruation taboo is powerful. It has endured throughout human history, across
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Anatomy, Language taboos and No shame.
