Artemis is a new body suit for period pain – here’s why it’s named after a Greek goddess Helen King, The Open University A new body suit to control period pain is in the pipeline – and it’s called Artemis. Named after the Greek goddess of chastity, hunting, childbirth and the moon, it works by combining… Continue reading Period pain and Artemis (from The Conversation UK)
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A history of period products (from The Conversation UK)
From rags and pads to the sanitary apron: a brief history of period products Skrypnykov Dmytro/Shutterstock Helen King, The Open University Period blood: it’s not something many people want to talk about. Taboos around menstruation and menstrual blood have been around for centuries. Even today, despite menstrual blood being featured in contemporary art, this basic part… Continue reading A history of period products (from The Conversation UK)
Humoral medicine: a beginner’s guide
How do we know what's wrong with our bodies? We may be aware of symptoms – of pains, twinges, immobility. We can also aware of some of our bodily fluids: our saliva, sweat, urine, menses or semen. Sometimes a fluid which is clearly abnormal emerges from an orifice or a wound. If we seek medical treatment, our blood… Continue reading Humoral medicine: a beginner’s guide
Beans at bedtime? How to dream well
Why did Pythagoras advise against beans at bedtime? and what do dreams mean?
Women have ways? Seeds, wombs and ‘legitimate rape’
In an infamous and much-repeated comment made in 2012, US Republican Todd Akin claimed that ‘if it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down’. Not surprisingly, he was ridiculed for the lack of knowledge of biology that this comment betrays. It didn’t take long, though, before history started to… Continue reading Women have ways? Seeds, wombs and ‘legitimate rape’
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