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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Women turning to natural methods of birth control

March 27, 2008 – 8:26 am

Star-Telegram.com
BY JULIE ONUFRAK
COLUMBIA NEWS SERVICE
THURSDAY MARCH 27, 2008
Amanda Zamani of Asheville, N.C., never really liked hormonal birth control and its effects on her body. She had a hard time remembering to take a birth-control pill at the same time every day, and she felt that the hormones exacerbated her emotional ups and downs.
“As a whole, […]

By Leslie | Posted in Birth Control, Natural Cycles | Comments (1)

Doctors Use Estrogen to Treat Memory Loss in Older Women

March 25, 2008 – 8:39 am

Wall Street Journal
March 25, 2008
HEALTH JOURNAL
By MELINDA BECK
March 18, 2008; Page D1
Gayatri Devi was a neurologist and psychiatrist specializing in memory
disorders when a patient’s case changed her career. The 52-year
Brazilian woman, once a dynamo, had become forgetful and disoriented.
Dr. Devi and her colleagues diagnosed early Alzheimer’s disease and
prescribed a standard AD drug. As an afterthought, […]

By Leslie | Posted in Estrogen, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Memory Loss, Menopause | Comments (0)

Period peace

March 20, 2008 – 2:19 pm

courier-journal.com
Louisville Kentucky – Southern Indiana

 

Birth-control pills for stopping menstruation promise

freedom, but do they deliver?
 
By Darla Carter 
March 20, 2008
Ladies, don’t go to your doctor asking for Annuale. The period-stopping contraceptive pill that was recently spoofed on “Saturday Night Live” doesn’t exist. But the concept of putting the call of Mother Nature on hold using […]

By Leslie | Posted in Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Lybrel, Menstrual Suppression, Seasonale | Comments (0)

1 in 4 Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease

March 11, 2008 – 1:23 pm

March, 11, 2008
 
CHICAGO (AP) - At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 […]

By Leslie | Posted in Adolescent Girls, Sexually Transmitted Diseases | Comments (0)

Hemitra Crecraft

March 8, 2008 – 11:26 pm

Teacher, celebrationist, designer, author and filmmaker. Hermita has created the multi-media programs “Women’s Rites of Passage: Reconnecting to the Source of Feminine Power” and “Coming of Age: From Bud to Flower,” featuring the critically acclaimed “From Girl to Woman” DVD. .
Since the mid 1980s, Hemitra has been a leader in the women’s spirituality movement in […]

By Leslie | Posted in Goddesses | Comments (0)