After suffering years of injuries, Robert Peritz decided to take his health and fitness into his own hands. The Carmel Valley resident is the man behind the Flex Disc, a piece of exercise equipment ...

First there were THINX, the period panties. Now, Flex, another startup trying to change how women deal with their periods every month, has raised $1 million. Flex makes menstrual discs. The product ...

After decades without any real innovation, it appears the feminine hygiene industry is finally having its moment, with new products hitting shelves and -- crucially -- investors injecting capital into ...

Tampons are likely as much of a fixture in your life as your smartphone and your go-to pair of ankle boots (as in, you use them without even thinking about it). But did you know that applicator ...

Lauren Schulte never intended to start a medical device company. She was more than a decade into a marketing career, working alongside entrepreneurs and change-makers in Silicon Valley. She was also ...

The Flex Company, the makers of a disc-shaped tampon alternative, has raised $1 million from Y Combinator, Amplify.LA and several others and acquired menstrual disc competitor Softcup for an ...

Things can get messy if you have sex on your period, so many couples avoid it. But The Flex Company wants to replace outdated pads and tampons with a sleek, disc-shaped blood blocker. Flex can be worn ...