USC study: Depo-Provera birth control may increase diabetes risk for obese women

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Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine found that obese women who received the Depo-Provera injection become more resistant to insulin. That means they were less able to lower their blood sugar levels, which leaves them more susceptible Type 2 Diabetes.

Pfizer Recalls 1M Birth Control Packs After Mix-Up

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National Public Radio INDIANAPOLIS February 1, 2012, 06:20 pm ET INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Birth control pills are known to be nearly 100 percent effective when taken properly, but a recall of the drugs could send a shudder through women of childbearing age. A manufacturing mix-up by Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drug maker, led to Continue Reading …

Study shows estrogen works in the brain to keep weight in check

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Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – Oct.  20, 2011 – A recent UT Southwestern Medical Center study found that estrogen regulates energy expenditure, appetite and body weight, while insufficient estrogen receptors in specific parts of the brain may lead to obesity. “Estrogen has a profound effect on metabolism,” said Dr. Deborah Clegg, associate professor of Continue Reading …

The Problem(s) with Sex

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The Chronicle of Higher Education January 21, 2012, 6:55 am By David Barash Sex is a problem for evolutionary biologists, a very big problem.  (Let’s be clear: we don’t personally have any more difficulty with it than does anyone else; it’s strictly a professional problem!)  And here it is: By all rights, sex shouldn’t exist. Continue Reading …

Facts known to vaccinators are not communicated to the consumer

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January 24, 2012 Letter to the Editor  In October, 2011 “Mercy” has published article by Dr. Joseph Mercola on Gardasil HPV vaccine from Merck produced by the company. A detailed analysis of the history of vaccines, clinical trials, promoting it on the market of pharmaceutical services, data on complications leads to the conclusion that the Continue Reading …

Women suffer needless IVF because clinics ignore male infertility

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Women are undergoing expensive, physically painful, emotionally grueling, and sometimes dangerous in vitro fertilization unnecessarily, because most fertility clinics continue to focus solely on women’s fertility issues, while paying little attention to the possibility of male infertility before starting a course of treatment. According to some of the UK’s top male health specialists, male infertility problems are going undiagnosed and untreated, resulting in women undergoing unnecessary IVF procedures; with all the inherent costs and emotional distress, as well as the possibility of medical injury.

Thousands of women at risk from DES

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The Independent Thousands of women at risk from ‘silent Thalidomide’ A drug intended to prevent miscarriage is blamed for causing cancer in the daughters – and possibly even granddaughters – of women who took it decades ago. By Sarah Morrison and Jaymi McCann  Sunday, January 22, 2012 Tens of thousands of British families are to Continue Reading …

Mass psychogenic illness after vaccination

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    PubMed.gov Drug Saf. 2003;26(9):599-604. Clements CJ. Source Department of Vaccines and Immunisation, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. ClementsCJ@telstra.com Abstract When vaccines are administered to groups, the physical reactions of the recipients may be similar, causing a form of mass reaction, the mechanism for which is the same as that for mass reactions from Continue Reading …

What We Left Behind: Girdles, Silence and Illegal Abortion

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MS Blog January 18, 2012 by Suzanne Braun Levine When I went to work at Ms. in 1972, I wore a matching pink skirt and blouse—and a girdle. I had just gotten married and was, therefore, not able to get a bank loan without my husband’s approval. I had given up playing basketball (half-court for girls) in Continue Reading …

HPV Vaccines VAERS Data August – December 2011: Cause for Mass Hysteria

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    VAERS data on deaths and injuries from HPV4 Gardasil and HPV2 Cervarix through December 14, 2011