Menstruation

unaddressed by the ad. A prime example of the manipulation of consumers by drug companies is an advertisement printed by Nexplanon for a birth control implant. The advertisement exemplifies how drug companies utilize racial stereotypes, medicalize menstruation, and present misleading information in order to sell their product, despite the consequences and efficacy of the medication. Foremost, Nexplanon employs long-standing racial stereotypes towards black women by featuring two women, one of…

Bloody Mary goes by many names in folklore including Mary Worth, Mary Worthington, Mary Whales, Mary Johnson, Mary Lou, and Mary Jane, just to name a few (Brunvand, 1988). Though the origins of this particular myth remain elusive, the original legend seems to be a form of “the vanishing hitchhiker” where Mary is a woman who has been in a car accident and in need of help, usually having a mangled or scratched face (Brunvand, 1988). Drivers pick her up on the side of the road and she ends up…

Introduction: Homeless Canadian women have issues accessing feminine hygiene products. There are as many as 235,000 Canadians experiencing homelessness, with 27% being women.1 Menstruation is unavoidable, and lacking the resources to cope with the monthly issue leaves homeless women vulnerable to certain disease and prone to infection by resorting to homemade pads/tampons. Furthermore, a gap in research pertaining to this issue exists with very limited knowledge beyond the barriers to access.…

investigates women’s experience with puberty, childbirth, menstruation, and menopause through interviews with 165 white and black women of different socioeconomic classes and ages. The author also works with medical models. Emily Martin is successful in explaining how cultural assumptions underlie individual’s perception of the body. A result of this is that normal biological processes are often defined in negative terms. For example, menstruation is referred to as a production system that has…

It's been a while since I made related to health but shouldn't matter anyway because I don't think am rusty in health pertaining matters just yet. Today, I'll be putting Corpus Luteum into consideration. What is Corpus Luteum? imageA Corpus Luteum forms in the ovary Corpus Luteum in a very simple language, is a number of cells that form in the ovary during the early pregnancy. The Corpus Luteum is in charge of the production of progesterone but in very technical or scientific way, the corpus…

Perimenstrual catamenial epilepsy is one of the many forms of epilepsy. This particular form of epilepsy only occurs in a person`s life during or closely around their time for menstruation. It only affects individuals who are already suffering from epilepsy. The percentage is a large range because it is sometimes hard to detect from a regular epileptic seizure. The percentage range for people suffering from perimenstrual catamenial epilepsy is anywhere from ten percent to seventy percent of…

understandings of menarche have many of the characteristics of ritual, including mystification, ritualized or symbolic language, a life crisis, etc. But, menarche in America is not seen as ritualized, as we do not have a defined secular ritual to accompany menstruation. An examination of menarche, however, must not end with the exclamation that…

walbrogistron. During the menstrual cycle, uterine begins to form a thin, spongy wall in preparation for receiving a fertilized. When an egg inoculation occurs and nothing happens fast, get rid of the uterus wall spongy through monthly bleeding any menstruation. Start your period with the first day…

and New York were the first state governments to not only agree but take action for the young women to improve their health and education. In all classrooms, all young women go through menstruation and all need tampons and pads. Therefore, public schools should provide free feminine hygiene products because menstruation is not a choice, it will ease the mind of those who cannot afford such items, and access to products will improve female student performance. To…

signs, symptoms, and ultrasound findings fail to diagnose the cause of pelvic pain, diagnosis can be made through the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists. (Vercellini et al., 2014). Over time, GnRH agonists inhibit ovulation and menstruation by inducing a menopausal state (Vercellini et al., 2014). This induced state suppresses the growth of endometrial tissue (Vercellini et al., 2014). This approach encompasses diagnosis through treatment but does not address the presence of…