March 2020

Menstrual cup misuse ‘can cause pelvic organ prolapse’

Image copyright Getty Images Incorrect use of menstrual cups could be resulting in some women suffering pelvic organ prolapse, the Victoria Derbyshire programme has been told. The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy wants some manufacturers to include better safety advice. Menstrual cups fit into the vagina and collect period blood. They are not currently regulated in […]

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Billie Eilish Ditches Baggy Clothes To Make Powerful Point About Body-Shaming

Baggy clothes or not, Billie Eilish isn’t here to be body-shamed.  The 18-year-old Grammy winner kicked off her Where Do We Go? World Tour in Miami on Monday night by addressing an oft-discussed dimension to her celebrity: wearing oversized clothes that obscure her body.  Eilish has carved out her own fashion niche since skyrocketing to

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Talks Begin on Stimulus Plan as Trump Plays Down Virus Threat

WASHINGTON — President Trump and lawmakers began negotiations on Tuesday for an emergency relief package to bolster an economy battered by the coronavirus crisis, with lawmakers and administration officials expressing optimism despite partisan divisions about what to include. Mr. Trump, after weeks of playing down potential effects of the virus, called for a temporary elimination

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Virus could test Latin America’s already ailing economy

PROGRESO, Ecuador — For years, Dionisio Romero has relied for his livelihood on a magenta-colored dragon fruit that is wildly popular in Asia, planting dozens of the spindly trees at his farm near Ecuador’s Pacific coast. But as the coronavirus wreaks economic havoc worldwide, the 72-year-old farmer has watched demand for his fruit plummet and

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Colbert Torches Trump’s Confused ‘Plan To Plan To Have A Plan’ For Coronavirus

Or, as the “Late Show” host put it, a “plan to plan to have a plan to do stuff.”  Trump on Tuesday announced a series of proposals, including tax cuts and sick leave. He also claimed his approach to the virus and the economic crash is “really working out” and promised that “a lot of

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