The news about potentially harmful chemicals in tampons sparked my curiosity to explore alternative options. So, there I was, ...

Social media users are shocked to learn of a simple method that securely fastens a sanitary towel to underpants.

The chances are slim to non-existent, according to pelvic floor and prolapse specialists I spoke to for this story. No research has shown that menstrual cups can increase the risk for prolapse, with ...

In this issue, Moerman and Potts demonstrate the presence of heavy metals in cigarette butt leachates—the toxic soup produced when butts are ... been banned in a number of communities, and plastic ...

Ashley DeSkeere spent 5 days in the ICU fighting for her life Kennedy News/Ashley DeSkeere Ashley DeSkeere developed toxic shock syndrome after wearing a tampon at her friend’s wedding for eight ...

So, the family rushed her to a hospital. Doctors concluded it was a case of toxic shock syndrome from a tampon that had been worn for many hours. Besides the use of (super-absorbent) tampons for ...

Tampons are dead - long live period underwear. That was the consensus from a focus group of six New Zealand teenagers recently held by RNZ. The teenagers, ranging from ages 13 to 19, chatted about ...

Gwen Walz, wife of Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential hopeful Tim Walz, indicated offering tampons in school bathrooms would help students learn to read during an appearance on ...

In a 2000 study, researchers in South Africa used tampons to detect sexually transmitted infections in women, finding 247 cases of the parasite trichomonas, which causes the infection trichomoniasis.