by David Linton | Jan 18, 2012 | Amenorrhea, Menstruation, Sports
Guest Post by Lianne McTavish — University of Alberta (aka Feminist Figure Girl) While working out at the gym yesterday—something I do on a daily basis—I felt a strangely familiar pressure in my lower abdomen and noticed that it was protruding, despite the...
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 | Jan 11, 2012 | Birth Control, Health Care, Menarche, Menopause, Menstruation, Ovulation
The Internet abounds with articles, posts and forum discussions about coming off the birth control pill. Women are looking for information and advice. Many are trying to get pregnant, others are just done with hormonal contraception. It’s a topic that interests many...
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 Laura Wershler | Nov 16, 2011 | Birth Control, Health Care, Men, New Research
Of the growing list of reasons why women might want to reconsider using birth control pills, this could well be the strangest. Researchers at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto published a study on Nov. 15 in the BMJ Open Journal in which they found a “strong...
