Alongside Scientists Exploring Why Women Menstruate

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 Society for Menstrual Cycle Research re: Cycling January 19th, 2012 by Alexandra Jacoby I read a blog post about a paper (that I have not read). The post is “Why do women menstruate?“ by PZ Myers, a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris, blogging at Pharyngula. The paper is “The evolution of menstruation: A Continue Reading …

The pill, reduced period pain and the ongoing delusion

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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

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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 …

Menstruation: The Basics

The onset of menstruation is called menarche. There are a variety of intervals between periods. That 28-day cycle you have heard about is really a myth because few woman have a perfectly regular cycle. The interval between periods may change many times during a woman’s life-time. There are many circumstances that may affect the menstrual Continue Reading …

Does the Pill Cause Prostate Cancer?

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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

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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.

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Could Eliminate Cervical Cancer Screening Need: Study

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ThirdAge.com

Boomer Health and Lifestyle

Posted by Claire Shefchik on November 12, 2011 1:30 PM

[Gardasil_vaccine] Vaccinating girls for human papillomavirus (HPV) early in life could reduce the need for later screenings, U.S. and Finnish researchers said Wednesday.

“Provided that organized vaccination programs achieve high coverage in early adolescents before sexual debut, HPV vaccination has the potential to substantially reduce the incidence of cervical cancer, probably allowing the modification of screening programs,” Matti Lehtinen from the University of Tampere in Finland told Reuters.

Sleepy and Depressed

The Star.com
Malaysia
Sunday October 23, 2011

CIRCADIAN rhythm disorders driven by changes in the sleep-wake cycle has been identified as one of the major causes of depression, the fourth most disabling disease in Malaysia, affecting up to 10% of the population.

Misdiagnosis and/or sub-optimal treatment of depression and the relatively little attention paid to changes to circadian rhythms that control physical, mental and behavioural patterns that follow roughly a 24-hour cycle is further hampering treatment of this malady.

Ovarian Cancer Risk Slashed by the Pill

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A new study found that women who take birth control pills for a decade lower their risk of getting ovarian cancer. On the other hand – BCP’s raise the incidence of cervical cancer – and we are now beginning to see that Gardasil is a vaccine gone bad…..Why are they poisoning our girls? Isn’t this Continue Reading …

Who Cursed Eve and Why? Part 1

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Menstruation taboos: un-clean, un-well and un-right Thousands of years of patriarchal propaganda have made women feel un-clean, un-well and un-right about the supremely natural cycle of menstruation and fertility. Menstruation taboos, ignorance and fear still drive women’s feelings and more shockingly, the scant understanding of their own bodily functions. The blessing from the Goddess — Continue Reading …