President Romney won’t be forcing nuns to dole out free diaphragms in violation of their religious freedom and the Constitution that guarantees it.
Obama ruling requires Catholic institutions to violate church teaching
February 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ruling on Contraception Draws Battle Lines at Catholic Colleges
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Bridgette Dunlap, a Fordham University law student, knew that the school’s health plan had to pay for birth control pills, in keeping with New York state law. What she did not find out until she was in an examining room, “in the paper dress,” was that the student health service — in keeping with Roman Catholic tenets — would simply refuse to prescribe them.
Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mix-Up
February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
National Public Radio INDIANAPOLIS February 1, 2012, 06:20 pm ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age. A manufacturing mix-up by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, led to Continue Reading …
The pill, reduced period pain and the ongoing delusion
January 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re:Cycling January 20th, 2012 by Laura Wershler Is there a woman over the age of 18 anywhere who doesn’t know that taking the birth control pill can make her periods lighter and less painful? Most women know this, but not many know why. The news stories swirling around a new study Continue Reading …
Off the Pill, Off the Magazines
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re:Cycling Guest Post by Holly Grigg-Spall January 12, 2012 “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 and selected clothing stores — there Continue Reading …
Is Coming off the Pill a Growing Trend?
January 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re: Cycling January 11th, 2012 by Laura Wershler 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 Continue Reading …
A True Help for the Cervical Dysplasia
January 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Pap101.com Natural Hormone Treatment of Cervical Dysplasia by Elizabeth Smith MD Previously, scientists had thought that cervical cancer was linked to sexual promiscuity and/or certain varieties of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Now, researchers believe that birth control pills are causing cervical cancer. Cervical dysplasia, is abnormal cells found on the cervix. If the cervical dysplasia Continue Reading …
Teens Use Birth Control — But Not to Prevent Pregnancy
January 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Huffington Post Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM Licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, women’s health specialist, founder of PAC Herbs, Chinese herbal medicine in PACkets. December 15, 2011 Women have choices today that have never been available in the past. Choices have ramifications, and choices about our health and drug use are no exception. Freedom of choice Continue Reading …
Does the Pill Cause Prostate Cancer?
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
re: Cycling
November 16th, 2011 by Laura Wershler
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 correlation” between the use of birth control pills and the incidence of prostate cancer worldwide.
Many American Women Use Birth Control Pills for Noncontraceptive Reasons
November 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Health News Digest
By Staff Editor
Nov 15, 2011 – 9:37:55 AM
[Guttmacher_7_1] The most common reason U.S. women use oral contraceptive pills is to prevent pregnancy, but 14% of pill users—1.5 million women—rely on them exclusively for noncontraceptive purposes. The study documenting this finding, “Beyond Birth Control: The Overlooked Benefits of Oral Contraceptive Pills,” by Rachel K. Jones of the Guttmacher Institute, also found that more than half (58%) of all pill users rely on the method, at least in part, for purposes other than pregnancy prevention—meaning that only 42% use the pill exclusively for contraceptive reasons.
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