The creators of the spiral tampon, Amanda Calabrese, right, and Greta Meyer. (Sequel) Amanda Calabrese and Greta Meyer had the idea to create a tampon with a helix-inspired shape in a product design ...

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I wasn't surprised two weeks ago when I was invited to see an early demo of a so-called smart tampon. I am, after all, one of few women who write for Engadget. Indeed, as I would later find out, the ...

TikTok and Reddit users are accusing Tampax of shrinking their tampon sizes — but the brand tells PEOPLE sizing has remained consistent for decades Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE ...

Most women probably don't worry a lot about their tampons, but should they? The sleek tubular contraptions have been around commercially since the 1930s in the U.S. and they've been doing their job of ...

According to Dr. Arumala, tampons most often feel stuck due to a lack of lubrication — meaning, the tampon hasn't absorbed enough blood for it to slide out easily. This can happen if you try to remove ...

In a 2000 study, researchers in South Africa used tampons to detect sexually transmitted infections in women, finding 247 cases of the parasite trichomonas, which causes the infection trichomoniasis.

A tax on feminine hygiene products (also known as a "tampon tax") was not new by the time social media interest in the topic appeared in May 2016, but a screenshot published by the page "Women's ...