Archive for the ‘Birth Control’ Category

New Experiments Find No Relation between Birth-Control Pills and Weight Gain

The conventional wisdom that said hormones in birth-control pills cause women to gain weight does not stand the test of science. Recent experiments conducted by Oregon National Primate Research Study …

Attention Women: All About Aging, Sex And Birth Control

Women should be more proactive in taking control of their health in general. We are the ones giving birth and nurturing our children from the womb and so we should always be concerned about fertility,…

Men Are Key Influence To Women’s Birth Control Use

According to a new study, young women are twice more likely to use birth control if their male partners favor it.

Moreover, women were more than twice as likely to use an effective method of birth …

Ella Works Longer Than ‘Morning After’ Pill

Already available in the European market – Ella (ulipristal acetate)- which works a lot longer than the US's 'morning after' pill is pending approval in the United States.

Manufactured …

Injectable Contraceptive, Linked To Bone Loss

As recently reported in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, the injected contraceptive has been found to be linked in significant loss of bone mass within two years of use in half the women who u…

Warning About NuvaRing

A couple of months ago I wrote a blog on a new method of birth control called NuvaRing. It sounded very promising. But it seems the risks far outweigh the benefits. The Star Ledger out of New Jersey r…

Birth Control Methods

As I mentioned in a previous article, there are many different methods of birth control to choose from. In the Dental and Health articles at Dental.com, there's a detailed description of the many …

Birth Control for Acne

Birth control pills were primarily brought on the market to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Since then they've been used for other purposes, like regulating menstruation or, in a recent development, s…

The Truth About Birth Control Pills

You hear a lot of stories about using Birth Control Pills, and there's controversy. So much, in fact, that women don't know what they should believe.

I found an excellent article this morning…

Morning After Pill Doesn’t Work (If You Don’t Take It)

A few days ago I blogged about the new morning after birth control pill. A funny thing about this pill – If you don't take it, it doesn't work!

An article from EarthTimes.org reports:
"E…