by Laura Wershler | Oct 17, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Birth control in the U.S. has become synonymous with drugs and devices. The pill, patch, or ring; Depo-Provera or hormonal implant; copper IUD or Mirena IUD; traditional hormonal birth control or long-acting reversible contraceptives. All impact the function of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Oct 3, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, New Research
The pill is one of the most intensely studied drugs in history, and believed to be among the safest – safer than aspirin, as an editorial in the American Journal of Public Health noted twenty years ago. Yet young women seem to be quitting in droves, for a variety of...
by Alexandra Jacoby | Aug 2, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation
I’m sick of being special. I am. I want to be ordinary. What brought this on? I was clicking through some of the July 28th Weekend Links (thank you, Liz!), and the article about birth control advice for women over 40 caught my eye, and while reading it, I became...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 26, 2012 | Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Abnormal Pap Smears, Cervical Dysplasia and Cervical Cancer Spike Post-HPV Vaccination Guest Post by Leslie Botha, Women’s Health Freedom Coalition Coordinator, Natural Solutions Foundation, and Janny Stokvis, VAERS Research Analyst In 2006, the HPV vaccine...
by Paula Derry | Jun 25, 2012 | Health Care
On June 13, 2012, the medical website Medscape posted an interview with the president of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on AAFP’s involvement with the “Choosing Wisely” campaign. “Choosing Wisely,” according to the article, is an initiative of the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 5, 2012 | Health Care, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Leslie Botha, Broadcast Journalist It appears that women ages 27 to 45 in Canada are being subjected to the same type of Gardasil® advertising campaign adolescents and their families are in the United States. The full page advertisements are running...
