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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 Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Natural Cycles, Periods, Seasonale, Society for Menstrual Cycle Research | Comments (0)

Medicalizing Young Women - A Dangerous Trend

January 18, 2006 – 12:44 pm
Posted by Leslie

 
by Sherrill Sellman
Excerpted from Ms. Sellman’s newly released book
“What Women MUST Know To Protect Their Daughters from Breast Cancer”
Reprinted with permission 
 
January 18, 2006
 
These days, young women are besieged by many challenges. Social pressures, economic concerns, health problems, schoolwork, and family tensions all tilt the stress barometer into the dangerous red zone. Skipping meals, eating junk food along […]

By Leslie | Also posted in Acne, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Education, Estrogen, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Premenstrual Syndrome, Puberty, Synthetic Hormones, Teens, Women's Health | Comments (0)