September 7, 2008 – 4:17 pm
Posted by Leslie
India Times
September 7, 2008
Many refer to it as ‘nature’s curse on women’. It’s commonly thought of as unclean. In some cultures, women are not even allowed to cook during those days of month. But, path-breaking new research could change the way people view the menstrual cycle. And it’s here in India, for the first time […]
August 31, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Posted by Leslie
LIVEJOURNAL
The Ambidextrous Chicken-Monkey’s Spaghetti Feed (maria_sputnik) wrote,
@ 2008-08-31 17:47:00
i am a crank
Below please find a crank letter. Any suggestions before I send it?
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Dear Women’s Health Research Center,
Hi, I wanted to give some feedback about an ad you ran recently in the Portland Mercury, soliciting women to join your study of continuous oral contraceptives/doxycyline.* The ad […]
August 30, 2008 – 11:05 am
Posted by Leslie
Jamaica Gleaner
KIngston Jamaica
August 30, 2008
Heather Little-White, Contributor
While there is talk about the virtues of Jamaican yams and their probable contribution to the success of our Olympians in Beijing, traditional yam lovers shouldn’t go wild about all varieties.
The wild yam, for example, is a herb, not a tuber that you would expect to cook […]
By Leslie
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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 15, 2008 – 7:58 am
Posted by Leslie
Straight.com
Vancouver’s Online Source
August 10, 2008
By Loretta Cella
Being a girl isn’t easy in this world of ours. With so many societal pressures in the media to “fit in”, it’s no wonder why so many girls have a lack of connection to themselves and as a result spend a large part of their adolescence battling body image […]
August 11, 2008 – 8:57 am
Posted by Leslie
ioL
www.iol.ca.za
August 11, 2008
By Anastasia Stephens
A new Australian study suggests that the faster speed that athletes achieve when taking performance-enhancing drugs is all in the mind. The study compared athletes on growth hormones with those given a placebo.
Those taking the placebo were able to lift heavier weights than those taking the hormones. The results imply that […]
By Leslie
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August 10, 2008 – 10:00 am
Posted by Leslie
Sunday Tribune
Nigeria
August 10, 2008
IT was during her search for solution to her childless condition that she sought medical help and then realised, better still, attached importance to her irregular menstrual pattern.
When questioned by her doctor on the various changes she had noticed in her body, Denrele, a married woman of three years in her twenties […]
Posted by Leslie
Eliminating periods with continuous birth control may sound like a woman’s dream, but is it safe?
By Katherine Kam
WebMD Feature
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
May 17, 2007
Karen Manser hated her periods. “I just had a horrible time. They made me miserable. Sometimes I would lay curled up like a little ball in the bed in pain.” So […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Leslie
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