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 | Apr 20, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, Reproduction, Sex
It’s starting. With the approaching 50th anniversary of the birth control pill, there will be a flood of anniversary celebrations and reviews of birth control methods. Which is good. We should have those discussions more often. Just say “no” (on the...
by Chris Hitchcock | Apr 13, 2010 | Communication, DIY, Health Care, Internet
In a story featuring a photo of a lovely couple holding a beautiful newborn, the Globe and Mail (a reputable Canadian national newspaper) has an article this week about using Robitussin as a fertility aid. According to the article, the TTC (trying to conceive)...
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 Giovanna Chesler | Mar 12, 2010 | Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Film, Health Care, Independent Film, Menarche, Menstruation
(This post also published at the blog g6pix.) I’ll try not to sound too fan-girlish here as I write about the documentary Scrambled: A Journey through PCOS by Randi Cecchine, but admittedly, it is a difficult task. For in this film, which chronicles Cecchine’s...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Mar 7, 2010 | Health Care, Menopause, New Research
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research A hot flush causes failure on a lie detector test! The same galvanic skin response (in simple terms—clammy skin) is positive in both. Why? Because—with every flush—there is massive...