68th Carnival of Feminists, and some thoughts on waves

The 68th Carnival of Feminists went up last week at Fourth Wave . Highlights for me include a brief retrospective of the life of Olympe de Gourges, who in 1791 wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Woman as a ...

Contraceptive jabs for 13-year-old girls to curb teen pregnancy rate?

GIRLS as young as 13 could soon get long term contraceptive jabs at school as part of plans to curb Southampton's high teenage pregnancy rates.

Plasma levels and pharmacokinetics of ethynyl estrogens in various populations I. Ethynylestradiol

Contraception , Vol. 21, No. 1. , pp. 1-16. Abstract Single oral doses of ethynylestradiol ranging from 35 to 100 μg were given to a total of 98 adult women in Nigeria, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and ...

Bishops warn new law a threat to life

"It is our collective discernment that the bill in its present form poses a serious threat to life of infants in the womb," the CBCP said in a pastoral statement.

Contraception bill stirs battle

IN THE heart of Manila's business district, one chapel has put up a petition opposing a family planning bill before Congress and asking the faithful in this predominantly Roman Catholic country to sign.

Call of the wild

In cloning pioneer Duane Kraemer's lab in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Texas A&M University hangs a poster that reads, "Ask not only what Nature can do for you, but also what you can do for Nature." ...

Four decades celebrated of world leading pill study

GPs, family planning workers and women's health researchers will gather for a key conference taking place on Friday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception ...

Squirrels on birth control

Researchers at the University of California-Davis are about to do something that has never been done before.

New health curriculum set for APS students

The Alamogordo Public Schools is pleased to announce a new PED required prevention component that is being added to the 7th grade health curriculum.

How Have New Oral Contraceptives Changed the Potential 23 Billion Market?

Introduction The oral contraceptive market is mature, with a high level of competition and a stable patient population.