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

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

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

Keeping a tampon in beyond this limit can put you at risk for infections that can be uncomfortable, and in rare cases, life-threatening. But this rule doesn't always apply – in some cases ...

Here's how to know when you should use light, regular, or supersize tampons. Different tampon sizes "Some women may not realize but the tampon size actually corresponds to the amount of flow ...

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 ...

Here's what you should know. Can wearing a tampon while you sleep cause toxic shock syndrome? It's rare. But using more absorbent tampons or leaving them in for too long can raise your risk of ...

The key is if you're going to wear a tampon, make sure that it's appropriate to the amount of bleeding you're having. So if you're having light bleeding, use a smaller tampon versus if you're ...