by Giovanna Chesler | Apr 9, 2010 | Birth Control, Menstruation
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....
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 3, 2010 | Birth Control, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
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...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 18, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Women on the pill live longer. So touts a March 12, 2010 Reuters news story out of London, England reporting on a study published March 11 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). A misleading headline if ever there was one. The study followed 46, 000 women for up to 40...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 4, 2010 | Birth Control, Men, Menstruation, New Research, Sex
Here’s a hint: the title of the new study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy is How Misperceptions, Magical Thinking, and Ambivalence Put Young Adults at Risk for Unplanned Pregnancy. The study [PDF] surveyed American singles ages...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 9, 2010 | Advertising, Birth Control, Law/Legal, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post from Evil Slutopia There are Tupperware parties, Passion Parties, Pampered Chef parties, and…Mirena IUD parties? Yes, apparently these events popped up early last year and were a joint effort from Bayer Pharmaceuticals and the mom marketing site Mom...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 29, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menopause, Menstruation, Music, PMS
That’s the report from this arts blogger at the New York Times. Yesterday, doctors from the Methodist Center for Performing Arts Medicine of the Methodist Hospital in Houston held a daylong symposium on the management of medical problems among musicians...
