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 | Apr 23, 2010 | Menopause, Menstruation, New Research, Newspapers
Recently the New York Times published a long article entitled the Estrogen Dilemma. It’s an article rich with many issues, and previous blogs have critiqued its uncritical acceptance of the timing hypothesis, and its failure to distinguish between the transient...
by Laura Wershler | Apr 20, 2010 | Birth Control, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical, Philosophy
I read The Birth-Control Riddle by Melinda Beck, published today in The Wall Street Journal with interest and frustration. As a veteran pro-choice sexual and reproductive health advocate, I’ve spent decades contemplating this “riddle”. I have two specific...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 19, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Jerilynn C. Prior, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research I just read “The Estrogen Dilemma” in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, and I feel like weeping—in sorrow and deep sadness. This article by Cynthia Gorney is about energetic,...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Apr 18, 2010 | Menopause, New Research, Newspapers, Pharmaceutical
Guest Post by Paula S. Derry, Ph.D. Déjà vu An article in today’s New York Times Magazine recounts the author’s experience with a debilitating depression that began during her perimenopause, the transitional time leading up to menopause. For her, prescription...
