Heidi Ledford at Nature covers a recent presentation at the American Heart Association of data showing that oral contraceptive use increases the amount of plaques in women's arteries over years of use. This is part of several studies that have...
Posted on November 13, 2007 2:41 PM • 0 Comments •
Madam Fathom has a great piece on the results of fellow Sinai researcher John Morrison's study into cognitive improvement with estrogen treatment. (I would note, however, that hormone replacement therapy is still not recommended for anything other than the acute...
Posted on June 28, 2007 9:15 AM • 1 Comments •
God, what is with me today and women's health? You would think I had girls on the brain. I happened across this the other day, and it is simply the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. They are now...
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Posted on June 4, 2007 10:31 AM • 12 Comments •
This falls into the rather broad category of things I will post but about which I will not comment. This is in part because I think the results are relatively self-explanatory. Maybe it is because I am a big prude....
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Posted on June 4, 2007 10:15 AM • 1 Comments •
In June, we talked about a new human papiloma virus (HPV) vaccine that was being opposed by a Christian group in Colorado on the grounds that it might promote premarital sex. HPV is a virus that commonly infects the female...
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Posted on February 21, 2007 10:48 AM • 1 Comments •
There is a big controversy among doctors and patients as to the wisdom of C-section vs. vaginal delivery. It is a complex issue. For the first birth, there is no evidence that I am aware of that C-section or vaginal...
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Posted on January 31, 2007 10:46 AM • 11 Comments •
This is actually not a silly question. Birth control pills on the market such as Seasonale allow women to postpone having their period for three months and to only have four periods total per year. The way these oral contraceptives...
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Posted on December 13, 2006 10:52 AM • 10 Comments •