Tampons have come a long way since their earliest uses. In the 5th century B.C., Greeks made them from lint wrapped around small pieces of wood, as noted by Hippocrates, "the father of medicine". The ...

There’s a lot of talk out there about tampons. It seemed to all come out of nowhere in the last five to ten years. Is that just me? From the day I entered puberty and through my college years, if I ...

A new study found that more than a dozen brands of tampons contain heavy metals, including lead and arsenic. The revelation, published in the journal Environment International, has many women saying ...

People started to worry tampons might be linked to cancer after a 2024 study found that several tampon brands contained toxic metals like arsenic, lead, and cadmium. But there hasn’t been any research ...

“Theoretically all of these make sense, but we don’t really know the long-term effects,” [Dr. Adeeti Gupta] tells The Post. “It’s true that these materials are ‘natural,’ but we don’t know how they ...

Maria Markina and Allie Griswold eye's bulged when they came across a piece of research about women. Over 50% of women are embarrassed to talk about their periods. That was the final spark that made ...

Which tampons are the best? For monthly protection, 70% of American women use tampons. Tampons are discreet, convenient and don’t interfere with active lifestyles. Their popularity is evident when ...

For far too long, people who use menstrual pads have been doubly stigmatized: first for their periods, and second, for their feminine hygiene product of choice. "Why do you want to wear an adult ...