by Laura Wershler | Jan 9, 2013 | Activism, Amenorrhea, Birth Control, Communication, Health Care, Menstruation, Ovulation
As 2013 begins, I give thanks to each and every one of my colleagues at the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research and all my blogging buddies at re:Cycling. Without them I’d feel left out in the cold. I’ve been a menstrual cycle advocate since 1979 when,...
by Laura Wershler | Oct 17, 2012 | Activism, Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical
Birth control in the U.S. has become synonymous with drugs and devices. The pill, patch, or ring; Depo-Provera or hormonal implant; copper IUD or Mirena IUD; traditional hormonal birth control or long-acting reversible contraceptives. All impact the function of the...
by Laura Wershler | Apr 4, 2012 | Birth Control, Coming off the pill, Health Care, Hormones, Menstruation
April 14, 2015 I wish to thank all the women who’ve shared their experiences with Depo-Provera in the three years since this blog post was published. Comments are now closed. You can find more information here: Stopping Depo-Provera: Why and what to do about adverse...
by Heather Dillaway | Mar 29, 2012 | Communication, Health Care, Hormones, Internet, Language, Literature, Media, Menopause, Menstruation, New Research
As I embark on my 40th year I look ahead to menopause. I guess there is a good chance I’m approaching some foggy years. Brain fog, that is. In the past week a flurry of online news articles review new research findings on the “brain fog” that many perimenopausal women...
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...
