August 27, 2008 – 1:52 pm
Posted by Leslie
American Chronicle
By Terry Leder
August 26, 2008
“That missing piece of our complex human body is known and taught in grade schools as the body´s messengers, hormones. Hormones have not been completely ignored; there have been significant advances in this area of medicine as well. We have Endocrinologists to investigate and research how all of these substances […]
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August 22, 2008 – 2:36 pm
Posted by Leslie
musemother
Some of us are forgetting the sacred task of becoming a woman. The goal, the journey of self-realization, the inner voyage of the feminine, entering sacred space through becoming still, or marrying the self, a creative union in itself.
The Globe & Mail in Canada ran a story on the uses of menstrual blood for stem […]
August 22, 2008 – 2:10 pm
Posted by Leslie
Menstruation.com.au
Supporting women’s menstrual health through practical information and healthy products.
Human beings are affected by the moon. Women especially are affected by the moon and their menstrual cycle is intimately linked to this celestial body.
The moon:
regulates your menstrual cycle,
can trigger ovulation and fertile times,
affects your emotions and
affects the way people behave and view the world.
Women are connected […]
August 21, 2008 – 1:45 pm
Posted by Leslie
Written by, H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik
August 21, 2008
FINALLY!
In June of 2006, my writing partner, Leslie Botha, and I, started writing articles cautioning women against the use of Gardasil for girls and young women. We cited the limited nature of the clinical trials (the number, and ages of women tested) and the length of time from the […]
August 10, 2008 – 7:59 am
Posted by Leslie
pose challenge for parents
Daily Gazzette
Schenectady, NY
August 10, 2008
Last summer, you took your kids to the beach and they were excited to go.
You tossed a Frisbee with them and everyone had fun. Family picnics were enjoyable. Dad played basketball with the kids, shooting at the adjustable-height hoop on the stand at the end of the driveway.
Big […]
August 8, 2008 – 10:41 am
Posted by Leslie
Fact Sheet
The Girl Effect
www.girleffect.org
Little research has been done to understand how investments in girls impact economic growth and the health and well-being of communities. This lack of data reveals how pervasively girls have been overlooked. For millions of girls across the developing world, there are no systems to record their birth, their citizenship, or even […]
Posted by Leslie
By Don Sapatkin
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERPhiladelphia
August 6, 2008
Nurturing your kids is a good thing. And it may be even more important for adolescent girls who are going through puberty early.
Early maturation in girls is associated with aggression, delinquency and substance abuse, and some of the problems continue into early adulthood. The difficulties are thought to be […]
Posted by Leslie
Hilary Baldwin, MD
Medscape Dermatology. 2008; ©2008 Medscape
Posted 07/31/2008
Question
When prescribing oral contraceptives in women with acne, what issues need to be considered?
Response from Hilary Baldwin, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology, SUNY-Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York
Oral contraceptives can be highly effective in the treatment of acne. In a review of all randomized and controlled trials evaluating the effectiveness of oral […]
Posted by Leslie
Reporting
Dr. Sean Kenniff
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
July 30, 2008
A local doctor says that a woman’s hormones may be affecting everything from what you eat to what you wear, and it’s the shift in the levels of hormones each months that many women to experience shifts in their behaviors.
Dr. Carol Clark, a leading clinical sexologist, said the […]
Posted by Leslie
Tuesday July 8, 2008
By Dr. Erika
Gardasil, the controversial cervical cancer vaccine that is heavily marketed to young girls and women through schools, government agencies, media and physicians, is again coming under scrutiny amid thousands of complaints linking it to health problems, CNN reported yesterday.
The vaccine has been the subject of 7,802 “adverse event” reports, including […]