Diagnostic tampon can detect STIs, UTIs and yeast infections without office visit

Diagnostic tampon can detect STIs, UTIs and yeast infections without office visit

Say goodbye to the stirrups. Women’s health startup Daye is selling a “vaginal microbiome test” in the form of a tampon that users wear and then mail back for screening — and it can detect everything from infections to possible fertility issues. Daye’s diagnostic tampon can detect different bacteria with an at-home test. Daye Daye … Read more

Recycled beer yeast can remove lead from water: breakthrough discovery

Recycled beer yeast can remove lead from water: breakthrough discovery

We’ll drink to that! Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech have found a way to use recycled beer yeast to make water cleaner by removing lead, the schools announced. The breakthrough builds on their 2021 research that a year’s worth of discarded beer from a sole brewery could treat Boston’s entire … Read more

Twitch star making beer with her own vaginal yeast: ‘They’ll probably drink it’

Twitch star making beer with her own vaginal yeast: ‘They’ll probably drink it’

At yeast, it’s all-natural. Kaitlyn Siragusa, who goes by Amouranth on Twitch and OnlyFans, is adding her own special ingredient to a beer she’s creating with Polish beer company The Order of Yoni’s: her own vaginal yeast. The company, which announced the collaboration on Oct. 30, promotes alcoholic beverages as a sensual experience in the form of … Read more