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TikTok Creators Are Warning About Harmful Chemicals In Period Products. Are They Right?
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(Living)
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... even know what’s inside the period products we use.
This is because the FDA classifies tampons and pads as medical devices, meaning they do not legally have to put their ingredients on the packaging. ...
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Created on 12 January 2023
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Here’s How to Get A Medication Abortion Using the “Abortion Pill”—No Matter Where You Live
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(Sex)
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... rate in the first trimester (up to week 12).
The medicine Mifepristone is approved by the FDA. It is also used to regulate blood sugar levels for adults with Cushing’s Syndrome who has a sugar intolerance ...
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Created on 18 November 2022
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In a Post-Roe World, Cautious Optimism Can be Found in Medication Abortions
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(Living)
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... area. The pills used for medication abortions—Mifeprex and Mifepristone—are FDA-approved, and states can’t pass laws that contradict the FDA. This is because the FDA is a federal organization, and the ...
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Created on 15 June 2022
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Zendaya Honored as Youngest Recipient of CFDA Fashion Icon Award
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(Style)
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Wednesday night’s Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Fashion Awards pulled out all the stops as Hollywood’s starlets stepped out in jaw-dropping ensembles. Dubbed the “Oscars of Fashion,” ...
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Created on 12 November 2021
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Vaccines? FDA Issues First Full Approval of Pfizer Vaccine, For People 16 and Up
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(Living)
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The Food and Drug Administration has given their full approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday, marking the first covid vaccine to receive FDA approval.
Previously, vaccines ...
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Created on 24 August 2021
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In Honor of Mental Health Action Day, Here Are 8 Mental Health Organizations to Know and Support
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(Living)
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... With Loneliness One Year Into The Pandemic? These 9 Simple Tips Can Help.
"This Close To Okay" Zooms In On A Romance Interwoven With The Realities Of Mental Illness
An FDA-Approved Nasal Spray Could ...
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Created on 20 May 2021
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Johnson & Johnson Shot Pause Shocking Americans, but What Does it Mean for Vaccine Rollout and for Those who Already got the Vaccine?
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(General)
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On Tuesday, April 13 the CDC and FDA recommended US distributors “pause” inoculations using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women developed blood clots. Within two weeks of being given the vaccine, ...
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Created on 13 April 2021
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Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
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(Living)
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... “spermicide,” especially when used in reference to a Lysol solution that could “spread” and “search out germs in deep crevices.” With the FDA not involving itself in matters of female troubles at the time, ...
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Created on 25 March 2021
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COVID-19 Has Made Access To Reproductive Healthcare Evasive, As If Getting An Abortion Wasn't Already Hard Enough in Americ
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(Living)
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... as an “essential health service.” And, just this past month, the Democratic leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform requested that the FDA lift “the medically unnecessary in-person dispensing ...
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Created on 23 February 2021
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Ted Cruz Thinks the Abortion Pill Should be Banned and, Apparently, Pregnancy is a Walk in the Park
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(Feminism)
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On Tuesday, Senator Ted Cruz co-authored a letter to the FDA requesting the removal of the abortion pill, otherwise known as RU-46 or Mifeprex, from the U.S. market. Cruz asked Commissioner Stephen ...
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Created on 03 September 2020
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This Indian Company Offers Menstrual Leave To Its Employees -- Is It Helping or Hurting?
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(Feminism)
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In many parts of India, menstruation is often associated with dirtiness, making it a taboo subject. The origin of this taboo can be traced back to The Vedas, or ancient Hindu scriptures, which associates ...
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Created on 11 August 2020
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An FDA-Approved Nasal Spray Could Help Treat Depression
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(Living)
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... find benefit from a nasal spray that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved in March. The drug, esketamine (sold under the name Spravato), is a fast-acting version of the anesthetic ketamine. ...
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Created on 10 August 2020
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Get On Board With These 8 Skaters In This Fashion Editorial
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(Style)
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... Balance Sneakers; Socks and Jewelry: Model’s Own. On Yasmeen “Yaz” Wilkerson: Milfdad Tracksuit; Nike Sports Bra; Jewelry: Model’s Own. On Sam: Fila Sweatpants and Tank Top With Sleeves; Vans Sneakers; ...
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Created on 21 April 2020
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This Professor Created A Lifesaving Drug — And She's Donating All Her Profit
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(Living)
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... buzz I get from finding something out.”
Top photo via Unsplash / Drew Hays
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BadRx: How Victorians Survived ...
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Created on 04 December 2019
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"My Crotch Sets Off the TSA Scanner. I Have No Piercings, WTF Could Be Going On?!
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(Sex)
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... photo courtesy of Ross Parmly via unsplashed
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How To Choose A Lube For Shower Sex
How Do I Give A Blow Job Without Gagging?
New FDA Approved Vyleesi is Not “Female Viagra”—It’s ...
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Created on 21 October 2019
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16.
New Study Shows Work Can Lower The Risk Of Alzheimer's For Wome
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(Living)
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... from BUST
A Possible Scientific Breakthrough in Eradicating HPV - Thanks to a Mostly Female Team of Researchers in Mexico
The Link Between Endrometriosis And Childhood Abuse
New FDA Approved Vyleesi ...
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Created on 22 July 2019
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17.
A Sexologist Suggests A Better Lubricant That's Not Saliv
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(Sex)
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... 2019 print edition of BUST Magazine. Subscribe today!
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New FDA Approved Vyleesi is Not “Female ...
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Created on 16 July 2019
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Alabama’s Second-Trimester Abortion Challenge
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(Feminism)
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Under the power of precedent, the Supreme Court finally did something right. On Friday, they declined to hear an appeal for a 2015 Alabama ban on the procedure used in 99 percent of second-trimester ...
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Created on 28 June 2019
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New FDA Approved Vyleesi is Not “Female Viagra”—It’s Much Worse
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(Feminism)
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... via vyleesi.com
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Sex Toy Company Sues MTA Over Rejected Ads To #DerailSexism
This Fertility App Is Using ...
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Created on 26 June 2019
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20.
Sex Toy Company Sues MTA Over Rejected Ads To #DerailSexism
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(Sex)
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... any gender are not permitted, and advertising for FDA approved medication -- for either gender -- is permitted.”
It’s important to note that advertisements for products like Thinx, a company that sells ...
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Created on 19 June 2019