by Elizabeth Kissling | Dec 4, 2010 | Internet
Dysmenorrhea and constipation both occur more frequently in young women who skip breakfast, according to survey research published in December, 2010, issue of Appetite. Joan B. Wolf’s new book, Is Breast Best?, argues that there is no scientific reason to prefer...
by Giovanna Chesler | Nov 30, 2010 | Birth Control, magazines, Pharmaceutical
Rare is the feature on women’s health from a magazine hip to New York City’s nightlife, dining, arts and entertainment. Within the past two months alone the magazine featured articles on the Julie Taymor Spiderman play, Jimmy Fallon and John Stewart. Not...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 29, 2010 | Dysmenorrhea, Health Care, Menstruation, New Research
A cross-sectional study published in the November, 2010, issue of Fertility and Sterility reports that very painful menstrual periods during the teen years (that is, period pain so severe that girls miss school) may be predictive of an increased risk of developing...
by Holly Grigg-Spall | Nov 24, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats Alternet recently posted a list of the drugs most likely to make you sick. Writer Martha Rosenberg’s ’15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Throats’ contained some startling choices. Yaz...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Nov 24, 2010 | Menopause, New Research
So there’s a surge today in news stories about how hormone treatment for menopause (popularly known as ‘hormone replacement therapy’ or HRT) benefits the brain, apparently based on publicity over this study published in Hormones and Behavior. In...
