For many who menstruate, tampons offer a convenient and discreet way to manage their periods. They provide freedom of ...

Shaped like a small cylindrical plug, a tampon is a soft product made from absorbent materials like cotton. It is inserted ...

Period care brand Viv saw thousands sign up last summer for its BPA-free, organic cotton tampons — founder Katie Diasti told ...

To insert a tampon, position it at a 45-degree angle, insert the tip fully, then push on the applicator. Choose a smaller tampon size if your period is light and a larger size if your period is heavy.

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Bill Gates and Melinda Gates' daughter Phoebe Gates, 22, believed she'd become the next Elizabeth Holmes after coming up with an idea for a Bluetooth tampon at Stanford University.

A coroner determined that 16-year-old Sara Manitoski died of toxic shock syndrome, related to her use of a tampon Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from ...

But a group of eight menstrual product industry-leading brands wants to end that. How? With a bold "Tampon Tax Back" campaign that allows purchasers in certain states to get a sales tax refund on ...

Growing concerns over their health and environmental impact are “turning women off the tampon”, said The Times, and with “talking about your time of the month more socially acceptable than ...

Your period blood may smell if you have an infection or imbalance of vaginal bacteria. Leaving a tampon in for too long may also cause an odor. You might not always smell period blood, but it ...

Vaginal secretions were collected by tampon before the procedures and analyzed. The results were compared subsequent to pathology reports. The study included 374 women with benign endometrium ...