Saturday Surfing: Link-ariffic Reading
This week's recommended reading: Is your period late? Or are you just counting days incorrectly? Heather Corrina @Scarleteen explains. (For more about how to track your cycle, CeMCOR offers Structured Daily Diary forms, and how-to instructions.) You're not a feminist,...
The IUD Makes a Comeback?
In our pill popping economy, the go-to option for long term birth control has, since the late 1970's, been the pill. In the 1970's the copper IUD (Intrauterine Device) fell out of favor after recalls, cases of infection and cases of sterilization. However, this...
Why are there no female sushi chefs?
As a native of the midwestern U.S., I know very little about sushi. (Much of it looks like what we call "bait" back in Indiana.) So I did not know that very few women prepare sushi in restaurants. This piece in Toronto Life explains why not: Women’s hands are too warm...
For Now, Your Genes Belong to You
Guest Post by Barbara A. Brenner Executive Director, Breast Cancer Action One of the saddest aspects of capitalism is that companies think they can and should own anything they get their hands on. Some time ago, they started obtaining patents on human genes, including...
Your Imprint Here
This catalog showed up in my office mailbox today. Do I need to say any more than Think Before You Pink? In other breast cancer news, Rachel at Our Bodies, Our Blog has a good summary (with lots of links) of the recently announced federal court decision to invalidate...
What’s Up with Yaz?
We've mentioned Yaz and its sister drug Yasmin before, and our friend Holly Grigg-Spall tracks the progress of complaints against them and other oral contraceptives. Yaz and Yasmin were Bayer’s top-selling drugs in 2008, bringing in about $1.8 billion, a 17 percent...
