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 | May 11, 2010 | Birth Control, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
In an article in today’s Independent, Holly Grigg-Spall presents an alternative to the current celebrations of the pill. It’s an important message to add to the collective contemplation of what the pill has meant to women and to women’s lives, and...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 10, 2010 | Anatomy, magazines, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Barbara Sommer, University of California-Davis Why is it that assertions about hormones and behavior lead us to readily suspend our capacity for critical thought? It seems like folks will accept just about any assertion with regard to the power of...
by Chris Hitchcock | May 9, 2010 | Activism, Birth Control, Pharmaceutical
Today’s the day, ironically enough on Mother’s day, that marks half a century since the FDA approved the pill for contraceptive use in the USA. And, for better or for worse, it’s become part of the fabric of our culture, and allowed women to have...
by Elizabeth Kissling | May 7, 2010 | Birth Control, Pharmaceutical
In the flood of media commemorating the 50th anniversary of FDA approval of the birth control pill, this story from the Washington Post about its newest iteration may just slide under your radar: FDA approves new birth control pill from Bayer. Bayer, as you may...
by Chris Hitchcock | Apr 25, 2010 | Birth Control, Books, magazines, Media, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
This week was a big one for media coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Pill. And it looks like this is also being taken as an opportunity to reflect on women’s history over the past 50 years, which will also be a good thing. Women often lose our history, and...
