by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jan 19, 2011 | Menstruation
In the LA Times earlier this month, under the banner ‘oddities, musings and news from the health world,’ came a rewritten press release masquerading as one of the above that stated ‘Birth control pills using 24-day regimen may be more effective.’ Firstly,...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Dec 5, 2010 | Menstruation
The UK Daily Mail newspaper last week reported that a company in Norway required that its female employees wear a red bracelet when menstruating as a way to monitor the extra toilet breaks it is assumed they need at that time. Firstly, and aside from all the...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Nov 24, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats Alternet recently posted a list of the drugs most likely to make you sick. Writer Martha Rosenberg’s ’15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats’ contained some startling choices. Yaz...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Nov 17, 2010 | Birth Control, Communication, Health Care, Law/Legal, Media, Menstruation
Despite facing ever-rising numbers of lawsuits over their top-selling drug – birth control pill Yaz – the Bayer pharmaceutical company has released a rebranded version, with added vitamin B. Despite, or perhaps as a result of, the mounting claims for...
