Intrauterine contraceptives are the fastest growing method of birth control in the U.S. One study showed that use doubled in just two years. Why are IUDs suddenly hot among young women? And what should you tell your friend or daughter when she says she wants one?
Month: October 2013
Post-Menopausal Study’s Final Results
After more than a decade and over 100 journal articles, the final results are in from the Women’s Health Initiative, the study that startled millions of post-menopausal women and doctors in 2002 by linking the commonly prescribed estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy to increased risk of breast cancer and heart disease.
Reproductive Biologists Move In Vitro Fertilization Knowledge Forward
Two new papers from reproductive biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with international partners, report advances in understanding the basic processes of sperm capacitation that may one day improve success rates of in vitro fertilization (IVF) by providing a shortcut to bypass problems, and may eventually lead to a male contraceptive.
Women Wrongly Believe They Can’t Get Pregnant
More than half of unintended pregnancies in America happen to the 10 percent of women who are not using contraception. A new survey of 50 women seeking abortions from the Guttmacher Institute reveals the psychology behind not wanting to be pregnant but not doing anything to not get pregnant. Most participants believed they were at a low risk of pregnancy for a variety of reasons requiring various degrees of magical thinking.
Sleep Answers: Sexual Dysfunction in Men
You just have to turn on the TV to know that there is an epidemic of male sexual dysfunction in America. We are bombarded with ads for medications that improve erectile function and correct low testosterone levels. However, what is rarely mentioned is the relationship of sleep and sleep disorders to sexual function.
Complementary Medicine and Fertility Concepts: Can They Meet?
by Andrea Braverman, Ph.D.
The concept of complementary medicine means different things to different people. For those who have never heard it before, the term can evoke expectations of strange or unfamiliar activities. …
As National Infertility Awareness Week Begins, Are Women Aged 35-45 Judged if They Don’t Have Children?
More than 60 per cent of women aged 35 to 45 who do not have children but want them feel judged for ‘leaving it too late’, a poll has found.
Now, a Kiss Isn’t Just a Kiss
Is there any recent research that would explain the etiology of geographic tongue, and which foods aggravate the condition?
Couples Welcome Babies Born From Embryos Saved During Sandy
They were some of Sandy’s smallest survivors: embryos trapped in a flooded fertility clinic and eggs ready to burst from the bloated ovaries of 21 worried women.
‘Morning-After Pill Brigade’ Protests for Better Emergency Contraception Access
A “roving band of feminists” organized by the National Women’s Liberation (NWL) took to the streets, or rather the aisles, in New York City Saturday to protest pharmacies that restrict over-the-counter access to Plan B One-Step.
A “roving band of feminists” organized by the Natio