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Menstruation Machine – Takashi’s Take
by
Vanessa R.
Posted
Wed 28 Jul 2010 3:45am
get periods to experience it. She is also concerned with looking at how menstruation and reproduction is viewed within human societies. Ozaki asks, “What does Menstruation mean...
Artist Hiromi Ozaki created this “Menstruation Machine [as] a device which simulates the pain and bleeding of an average 5 day menstruation process of a human (well…I
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Menstruation Disorders- Series of Amenorrhea Articles
by
Kyle Norton
Posted
Sun 07 Dec 2008 8:47am
Series of Amenorrhea Articles, Series of Menorrhagia Articles, Menstruation Disorders----Dysmenorrhea and Series of Endometriosis Articles have been added to website, if you would to take a look at it
Here is the link
http://medicaladvisorjournals.blogspot.com/
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Why we link sex and menstruation
by
Karen R.
Posted
Tue 11 Nov 2008 6:18am
about periods should be separate from it. I understand that menarche is part of puberty, but menstruation is not a sexual event and is not part of one’s sexuality. Getting your...
Yesterday someone commented on an earlier post called Making menstruation personal again. Here is what she (or he) said:
I find the “medicalization” of menstruation
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Making menstruation personal again
by
Karen R.
Posted
Tue 28 Oct 2008 6:16am
period of time (no pun intended), young girls went from learning about menstruation and attending to their menstruation needs along side their mothers to learning about... and children about menstruation in the United States. This is really relevant because menstruation is one of the first parts of teaching young women about sex and sexuality
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Early menstruation linked to increased risk for heart disease
by
Heartstrong
Posted
Mon 01 Feb 2010 5:03pm
Previous research has suggested a possible increased risk of breast cancer in women who started menstruating early. They believe the greater lifetime exposure to estrogen could be related to an increased risk for breast cancer. Another study has reported an increased risk of adult onset diabetes in women who started menstruating early.
A new
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Menstruation: Not Mandatory
by
Tommy Kirchhoff
Posted
Tue 19 Jan 2010 8:49am
."
Menstruation.
Sounds a little like,
"Men's frustration." Hmm.
Imagine for a moment that a woman
now has the choice to menstruate or not.
Many women would choose to continue
to menstruate because they already have.
They feel it's normal, and natural, and
that it's a time of cleansing.
But let's look at the other side of it.
Blood is very important to your
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Amenorrhea-absence of menstruation
by
Julia J.
Posted
Tue 27 Jan 2009 8:22pm
Although many women consider their period a real drag, in Ayurveda it is thought that this is one of the reasons women live longer than men. When we bleed it's like a mini... for menstruation moves from the belly button down, called Apana Vata. This same aspect of Vata is responsible for childbirth, excretion and reproduction.
Apana Vata will be blocked
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Green Menstruation Sensation, Part 1: Ditch the Disposable Pads
by
Wired Berries ..
Posted
Tue 09 Sep 2008 7:18am
house of menstruation (yes, apparently Vedic princesses get entire houses for their monthly bleed) and taken before the royal court after she is "won" in a game of dice... never-ending saris, we've pretty much knocked the period on its face. We have pads, tampons, and pills that virtually eliminate it. But these solutions come at a pretty high
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Green Menstruation Sensation, Part 2: Deep-Sixing Tampons
by
Wired Berries ..
Posted
Tue 09 Sep 2008 7:17am
Truthfully, it took awhile for this tampon devotee to make the switch to something greener, and you may try out an alternative product and find that it really, really isn't for you. But at an initial investment of about $30 bucks, a successful switch to a menstrual cup could be the last $30 bucks you spend on, you know, "feminine hygiene product ...
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Female Smokers and Menstruation
by
Dirk H.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:08pm
Better to quit after ovulation, study finds.
Women stand a better chance of successfully quitting smoking if they stop during the later phase of their monthly menstrual cycle, according to new research conducted at the University of Minnesota and published in the May 2008 edition of the journal Addiction .
Sharo ...
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