by Chris Hitchcock | Dec 7, 2010 | Menstruation, New Research
According to this article in the journal Radiology, menstrual timing affects how sensitive screening mammography is. The authors analysed the results of screening mammographies collected as part of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium. They used menstrual timing...
by Chris Hitchcock | Sep 8, 2010 | Menstruation
An open-access article published in PLOS Medicine yesterday, Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman, associate professor in the Department of Physiology at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, presents an article describing the ways in which the pharmaceutical...
by Chris Hitchcock | May 12, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
If you’re wondering why your doctor might not take you seriously when you question taking the pill to abolish your periods, you might want to look at this piece of advice. I had a look at the Clinical Advisor magazine information – it looks like they pay...
by Chris Hitchcock | May 11, 2010 | Birth Control, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
In an article in today’s Independent, Holly Grigg-Spall presents an alternative to the current celebrations of the pill. It’s an important message to add to the collective contemplation of what the pill has meant to women and to women’s lives, and...
by Chris Hitchcock | May 9, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Pharmaceutical
Today’s the day, ironically enough on Mother’s day, that marks half a century since the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in the USA. And, for better or for worse, it’s become part of the fabric of our culture, and allowed women to have...
