Each October, all of our thoughts are coloured with pink ribbons in the name of breast cancer awareness. We are so tangled up in messages of hope that we fail to question what all the fuzzy pink socks, bookmarks, t-shirts and walks really mean. Are companies profiting off the deadly disease? Is it a marketing ...
Boys should be given the HPV vaccine, according to medical advice. A Canadian federal panel recommends that men aged nine to 26 receive the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. “Both genders contribute to the spread of HPV and develop diseases as a result of HPV infection,” advises the head of adolescent medicine at Montreal Children’s Hospital, ...
Long and luscious locks may always come to mind when I reminisce about Barbie, but surely there’s room for a bald version of the popular doll, especially if it’s for a good cause. Two women, whose lives have been greatly affected by cancer (Jane Bingham lost her hair when undergoing chemotherapy treatments and Rebecca Sypin‘s young ...
Scientists have been busy studying the effects of red wine. Again. The Journal of Women’s Health has recently published a study to challenge the claim that all alcohol consumption increases the risk of certain types of cancer. Their studies have shown that while even low to moderate consumption of alcohol can increase women’s risk of ...
Israel’s Health Ministry has set up a hotline for women concerned about unsafe breast implants. Over the weekend it received over 1,000 calls from women worried about the news that Poly Implant Prosthesis (PIP) implants could be unsafe. In recent months warnings have been issued that PIP implants may leak, rupture quickly and may be ...
Not planning to have a baby? There’s a pill for that. Not planning to have a baby ever, or to die from ovarian cancer? There’s also a pill for that. The same one, actually. As well as helping you to not become pregnant when you don’t want to be, that pill can also decrease your ...
Whether you love or hate your breasts there’s always this ominous sense that they’re actually bombs waiting to explode. In October, the abundance of pink signifies our steadfast efforts to raise awareness of breast cancer, seek more effective treatments and find preventative measures, but it also has a tendency to perpetuate paranoia. But never fear. ...
Dear Madame X, The monster in my pants in scaring me. I only wish I were talking about my larger than life penis but I’m actually worried about my giant balls. A female friend noticed that they were especially grand and ever since then I can’t shake the notion that they’ve actually gotten bigger. Like ...
Is it possible that women cause prostate cancer? Researchers in Toronto are looking at a possible correlation between the birth control pill and rising rates of prostate cancer. What a surprise! The story goes something like this: women consume the pill and pee out excess estrogen into the water, which then goes into our environment ...
Ladies, have you ever wondered how you could take part in Movember? Ever felt excluded because you can’t grow a moustache? Well now’s your chance to make a difference! This Friday, November 18th, is “Have Sex With A Guy With A Moustache Day!” But, in all seriousness, Movember is a time to raise awareness (and ...
Dear Madame X, I have just started seeing this girl. She seems great, but she recently told me she...
Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved arrived in my hands via a public library, when I was a broke teenager with...
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
