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‘Extended Cycle’ Contraception Garners More Interest

August 24, 2008 – 11:45 am
Posted by Leslie

 Big Pharma makes another swing at it pushing cancer causing drugs on unsuspecting women. L.
WashingtonPost.com
By Karen Pallarito
HealthDay Reporter
Sunday, August 24, 2008; 12:00 AM
 

SUNDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) — With new “extended cycle” and “continuous” oral contraceptives on the market, women today can choose to have monthly withdrawal bleeding just four times a year — or […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Birth Control, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Synthetic Hormones | Comments (0)

Parents Rally in Albany Against Forced Vaccination

June 10, 2008 – 5:48 pm
Posted by Leslie

National Vaccine Information Center
Barbara Loe Fisher
June 9, 2008
Parents will rally in Albany, NY on Tuesday, June 10, to protest a vaccine bill
(AB10942) that would mandate the 69 doses of 16 vaccines the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends for all children through age 18 plus would automatically mandate all new vaccines federal officials recommend in […]

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Period peace

March 20, 2008 – 2:19 pm
Posted by Leslie

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 | Also posted in Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Lybrel, Menstrual Suppression | Comments (0)

Say goodbye to “that time of the month” and hello to “that time of the season.”

July 6, 2007 – 2:06 pm
Posted by Leslie

New pill specifically designed to limit periods to four times a year
 
Michelle Magnan
Calgary Herald
 
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
An oral contraceptive designed to give you only four menstrual periods a year instead of the usual 13 will be hitting Canadian pharmacy shelves by the end of the year.
 
On Thursday, Health Canada approved Seasonale, the first extended-cycle birth […]

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Menstrual-suppressing drug gets Canadian okay

July 6, 2007 – 1:52 pm
Posted by Leslie

 
In U.S. since 2003. Extended-cycle oral contraceptive
 
MIKE KING
The Gazette
Business Section Montreal, Canada
Friday, July 06, 2007
 
Montreal specialty pharmaceutical firm Paladin Labs Inc. has got the federal government’s green light to market the first extended-cycle oral contraceptive in Canada that allows women to suppress menstruation.
 
Seaonale, or levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol tablets, were approved for sale by Health Canada’s […]

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“Is menstruation obsolete?”

May 5, 2007 – 1:23 pm
Posted by Leslie

News & Reviews
May 5, 2007
British Medical Journal
Paula Derry
 
Menstrual suppression has been recommended for medical conditions such as endome­triosis, but it is also being pro­posed as a lifestyle choice for women who dislike menstruation or find it inconvenient. Articles in the professional and popular press have asserted that menstrual suppression is a reasonable lifestyle choice. Birth […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Depo Provera, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Natural Cycles, Periods, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research | Comments (0)

Hormone combo pills linked to higher breast cancer risk

July 25, 2006 – 2:05 pm
Posted by Leslie

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
 Tuesday, July 25, 2006
By CARLA K. JOHNSON
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHICAGO — Older women who take hormone pills that combine estrogen and testosterone more than double their risk of breast cancer, according to a study of more than 70,000 nurses.
“This type of hormone therapy may help with mood, libido and bone mineral density, but the possible […]

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Aluna: A Tidal Powered Moon Clock

December 13, 2004 – 9:04 am
Posted by Leslie

Positive News from Around the World
December 13, 2004
Aluna: A Tidal Powered Moon Clock
An unique proposal for a huge tidal-powered Moon Clock is being hailed by scientists and
anthropologists who believe this monumental timepiece could become an internationally
recognised landmark.
The Aluna Project, designed by artist, Laura Williams, will be a magnificent glass and steel structure illuminated by
tidal energy. […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Goddesses, Hormonal Honeys, Lunar Cycle, Menopause, Menstrual Cycle, Moon Cycle, My Sister's Song, Natural Cycles, PMS, Post Menopausal Women, Premenstrual Syndrome, Premenstrual Tension, Puberty, Social/Political, Teens, Women's Health | Comments (1)

Getting around that monthly cycle

April 7, 2004 – 10:31 am
Posted by Leslie

By ANDREA PICARD
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTER
TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL
Wednesday, April 7, 2004 –
Getting around that monthly cycle
Freedom from menstruation is necessary for some, a lifestyle choice for others
Like many young women, Adrienne Barstow takes the pill. But she takes only the first 21
pills in the pack and throws out the last seven, […]

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Menstrual Suppression Panel

June 19, 2003 – 6:50 pm
Posted by Leslie

Press Release
Society for Menstrual Cycle Research
15th Biennial Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, June 5-7, 2003
In an effort to raise awareness about menstrual suppression and initiate dialogue among women’s health practitioners and scholars of the menstrual cycle, a panel was recently delivered on June 6th, 2003 at the 15th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research […]

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