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  2. Feminine hygiene - Wikipedia

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    From the German book The woman as a family doctor, 1911. In ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire and Indonesia, various natural materials – wool, grass, papyrus – were used as tampons. In ancient Japan, the tampon was made of paper and held in place by a special binder called kama, and was changed up to 12 times a day. [37]

  3. Menstrual pad - Wikipedia

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    Menstrual pads Different sized maxipads Different brands on a shelf. A menstrual pad [a] is an absorbent item worn in the underwear when menstruating, bleeding after giving birth, recovering from gynecologic surgery, experiencing a miscarriage or abortion, or in any other situation where it is necessary to absorb a flow of blood from the vagina.

  4. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as: "current": AC (for "alternating current"); less commonly, DC (for "direct current"); or even I (the symbol used in physics and electronics)

  5. 6 toxic ingredients to watch out for in your tampons - AOL

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    Photo, L. "We put between 10,000 and 11,000 tampons into our bodies throughout our lifetime," says Frenkel. "You're putting pesticides, chlorine, fragrance, and all sorts of harmful chemicals ...

  6. Tampon - Wikipedia

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    In her book Everything You Must Know About Tampons (1981), Nancy Friedman writes, [66] [T]here is evidence of tampon use throughout history in a multitude of cultures. The oldest printed medical document, Ebers Papyrus, refers to the use of soft papyrus tampons by Egyptian women in the fifteenth century B.C. Roman women used wool tampons. Women ...

  7. Menstrual hygiene management - Wikipedia

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    Reading in the book "Growth and change" about menstruation and puberty (Tanzania) Menstrual hygiene management (MHM) or menstrual health and hygiene (MHH) is the access to menstrual hygiene products to absorb or collect the flow of blood during menstruation, privacy to change the materials, and access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials. [1]

  8. Why Trump supporters are calling Walz ‘Tampon Tim’ - AOL

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    Former President Trump’s campaign and supporters are going after Vice President Harris’s running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), dubbing him “Tampon Tim” in reference to a bill he ...

  9. Menstrual cup - Wikipedia

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    There is an association between TSS and tampon use, although the exact connection remains unclear. [79] TSS associated with menstrual cup use appears to be very rare, [80] [81] probably because menstrual cups are not absorbent, do not irritate the vaginal mucosal tissue, and so do not measurably change the vaginal flora. [24]