by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 18, 2012 | Birth Control, Law/Legal, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall How many of us read the inserts included in a packet of pills? How many decide not to take the pills on the basis of the information enclosed? The rapidly reeled-off list of side effects stated at the end of a televised advert...
by Laura Wershler | Mar 7, 2012 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Hormones, Menorrhagia, Menstruation, Ovulation, Pharmaceutical, PMS, Reproduction
Everybody can use a good map to help them get to where they’re going. Why not women heading to the land of non-hormonal contraception? In my post on January 11, 2012 I asked if coming off the pill was a growing trend. I proposed to write a series of posts about...
by Laura Wershler | Jan 20, 2012 | Birth Control, Communication, Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Menstruation, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Is there a woman over the age of 18 anywhere who doesn’t know that taking the birth control pill can make her periods lighter and less painful? Most women know this, but not many know why. The news stories swirling around a new study about the pill and period pain...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jan 12, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, magazines, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall “Less stressed, thinner and more interested in sex.” – but not buying magazines. In a recent issue of the UK’s Stylist magazine — a weekly women’s glossy that is available for free at tube stations...
by Laura Wershler | Dec 14, 2011 | Birth Control, Law/Legal, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Blood clots are a serious, if rare, side-effect of hormonal contraceptives. If left untreated, clots can lead to debilitating, or fatal, strokes. The increased risk of blood clots in users of some hormonal birth control brands has been the subject of several recent...
by Chris Hitchcock | Oct 25, 2011 | Health Care, New Research, Pharmaceutical
Prevalence of Hot Flushes and Night Sweats in UK women 54-65 In a new, large (over 10 000 women) survey of UK women aged 54-65, Myra Hunter and colleagues reported on the proportion of women who have hot flushes and night sweats (HF/NS), and on how frequent and...
