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Morning after pill: Sisters are doing it for themselves

February 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Australia

Let’s face it, unprotected sex does happen and sometimes, with a bit of bad luck, condoms can break and situations can arise where a woman may need emergency contraception. This kind of contraception is used after sex but before you are pregnant. If you are unsure about talking with the pharmacist or GP for any reason – don’t be. It’s nothing to get nervous about. In fact, 3 out of 4 unwanted pregnancies could be prevented if all women used emergency contraception after unprotected sex, and many abortions could also be avoided. The power is yours.

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Not Your Mother’s IUD: Benefits and Risks of Modern IUDs

January 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

National Women’s Health Network

Women’s Health Activist Newsletter
January/February 2011

By Ginny Cassidy-Brinn

I had an Intrauterine Devices (IUD) in the 70s, when a feminist outcry exposed serious problems caused by the Dalkon Shield IUD, including infertility, uterine perforation, and death. The Dalkon Shield was removed from the market and its manufacturer declared bankruptcy after paying millions of dollars in malpractice settlements. So, I was skeptical when a young feminist told me she loved her IUD and said: “For my generation, IUDs represent freedom and empowerment.” What had happened in the 40 years between my experience and hers, I wondered? Had the IUD really been transformed?

Filed Under: Birth Control, IUD's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Ovulation, Periods, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

Contraceptive coil raises hope of delaying womb cancer

October 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

BBC News Health

28 September 2010 Last updated at 20:17 ET

By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News

European experts are hopeful that the coil contraceptive device could be used to delay womb cancer.

Promising early trial findings show an intrauterine device (IUD) can deliver hormones to the womb lining to halt and even reverse cancer growth.

Filed Under: Birth Control, Cancer, Cancer Research, Hormones, IUD's, Synthetic Hormones, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

Real Contraceptive Choices: Alternatives to Risky Hormone Pills, Patches and Shots

July 10, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Dr. Mercola

July 10, 2010

The birth control pill was first introduced to the American public for contraceptive use in 1960. By 2002, 11.6 million US women were on “the Pill” according to CDC statistics[1], making it the nation’s leading method of contraception.

Eighty percent of American women have used oral contraceptives at some point in their lives, according to a paper in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology[2].

Filed Under: Big Pharma Watch, Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Breast Health, Depo Provera, Estrogen, Hormones, IUD's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstrual Suppression, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Reproductive Rights, Sexual Health, Synthetic Hormones, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

New Heavy Period Drug

December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment

WSOCTV.com

Menorrhagia Most women have a period that lasts from 3 to 5 days. The average menstrual cycle is 28 days, but can range from 21 to 35 days.Menorrhagia is the term used to refer to heavy menstrual bleeding (more than 80 milliliters of blood/menstrual cycle). According to the FDA, the condition affects about three million women in the U.S. In most cases, the cause is unknown.

Filed Under: Hormone Imbalance, IUD's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Mothers & Daughters, Periods, Teens, Women's Health Tagged With: , ,

No Periods – Pros and Cons of Menstrual Suppression

May 9, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Natural Awakenings
by Lisa Marshall
May 5, 2009
Some see it as a curse that dashes vacation plans, stains sheets and wreaks havoc on emotions. Others view it as an integral part of womanhood, a welcome sign that we are healthy—and not pregnant. But, in an age with a pill for just about everything, more women are looking at their menstrual cycle as something else entirely: optional.

“Fifty years ago, with the advent of The Pill, suppressing ovulation became an option for women who did not want to get pregnant. Skipping your period [altogether] is also an option, and I think a lot more women are going to do it,” says Leslie Miller, a Seattle obstetrician and gynecologist and founder of the website NoPeriod.com, which coaches people on how to become period-free, via various forms of contraception.

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The Great Medical Money Sucking Machine

May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Feminist Mormon Housewives
By: fMhLisa – May 8, 2009

I went to my OB yesterday to get a new IUD (I’ve had the Minera for 5 years and I hate it), and before I could see the doctor they ushered into the billing office and asked me to pay $1,200 up front (because my insurance sucks).

But why? I’m so angry about it I can’t see straight, but I don’t know who to be mad at exactly. I know the insurance companies are bleeding us dry for huge profits, I know the pharmaceutical executives are going to rot in hell for their crimes (as a Mormon I don’t believe in hell, with the exception of this special hell for child molesters and pharmaceutical executives) . But I’m willing to spread blame around. I know conservatives like to blame litigious culture and the resulting insurance rates, but while some reform might help, mathematically speaking this can’t be blamed for most or even much of the problem. So where is this medical vacuum sucking my money?

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Why Accidents (The Pregnant Kind) Happen

April 21, 2009 By 1 Comment

National Public Radio Morning Edition By Brenda Wilson  April 20, 2009 · The average American woman — if she wants only two children — has to spend a total of 30 years trying to avoid becoming pregnant. Millions of women find that hard to do; more than half the pregnancies in the United States are Continue Reading …

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Knowledge: The Noninvasive Birth Control

February 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

NaturalNews Tuesday, January 27, 2009 by: Melanie Banzer, citizen journalist  As of now, the FDA has yet to approve of a safe option for birth control. The pill has been linked to higher breast cancer risk, the Depo Provera shot to infertility and osteoporosis, and the Mirena IUD to spontaneous abortions and even death. The Continue Reading …

Filed Under: Birth Control, Birth Control Pills/BCP's, Depo Provera, Hormone Cycles, Hormones, IUD's, Menstrual Cycle, Menstruation, Natural Cycles, Ovulation, Wellness, Women's Health Tagged With: , , , ,

Eliminate Birth Control Pills, IUDs are safer

May 28, 2008 By 1 Comment

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Dr. Erika.com Eliminate Birth Control Pills, IUDs are safer Let me preface this blog with a clear and unequivocal statement: Birth control pills are dangerous to your health! There is no debate here, just facts. Birth control pills are made of chemical substances that are specifically designed to destroy your body’s Continue Reading …

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