by Laura Wershler | Oct 19, 2011 | Activism, Books, Communication, Health Care, New Research, Ovulation
OPINION Every October it’s the same thing: Buy pink, think pink, drink the pink Kool-Aid. All in pursuit of (mostly) the cure for breast cancer. Forget the cure. I’m much more interested in preventing the disease. As such, I’ve refused for years to...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Aug 11, 2010 | Health Care, Menstruation, New Research, Ovulation
Fascinating new research from the National Institutes of Health finds that women’s cholesterol levels correspond with cyclic changes in estrogen levels. Total cholesterol levels can vary by as much as 19% over the course of the cycle. The researchers found that...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jul 22, 2010 | Birth Control, Internet, Language, Ovulation
We’ve written previously about some of the apps for tracking menstruation and PMS, but this new iPhone/Pad app for tracking ovulation is problematic. iOvulation is an application that calculates the time of ovulation and generates your personal fertility...
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 | Feb 21, 2010 | Activism, Health Care, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, PMDD, PMS
The American Psychiatric Association has pushed back their timeline for the 5th version of the Diagnostic and Statistics Manual. The new psychiatric bible was originally scheduled to come out in 2011, but has now been delayed to 2013 . Initial drafts have been posted...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Feb 2, 2010 | Anatomy, Communication, Internet, New Research, Newspapers, Ovulation, Reproduction
There’s been quite a bit of internet buzz during the last week or so about a study conducted at University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University by Tom Kelsey, in which he and his colleagues develop a computer model of how a woman’s supply of eggs...