What might have been news bizarre elsewhere was a top story on my Houston Chronicle the other day. The wild pig population in Texas is out of control and researchers are looking to oral contraceptives to combat the problem:
The Texas AgriLife Extension Service estimates the hogs cause $50 million in damage each year.
But the answer [...]
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Pills for pigs
Posted in News: Science, tagged animals, oral contraceptive, texas, wild pigs on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Male birth control pill almost ready to go
Posted in News: Science, tagged Birth Control, ivf, Male Birth Control, male contraceptive, the pill on March 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Exciting news:
A birth-control pill for men is now a reality, according to an international consortium of physicians who revealed their formula for “safe, effective and reversible” hormonal contraception for males.
The preparation includes progestin, a key ingredient found in women’s birth-control pills, and the male sex hormone testosterone. Progestin, a synthetic version of a hormone produced [...]
CycleBeads fail to impress
Posted in News: Science, tagged calendar-based methods, cyclebeads, fertility awareness, natural birth control, nfp, standard days method on March 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m absolutely baffled by this article I read about CycleBeads and the Standard Days Method of family planning. I think my first issue is that the article doesn’t really explain the method or how the CycleBeads are supposed to be used, but I figured that out with a little Wikipedia-ing. Standard Days is a calendar-based [...]
Closing the flood gates
Posted in News: Science, tagged Birth Control, contraceptive implant, infertility, Male Birth Control on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This story and this post are a few days old, but I don’t think anyone will blame me for only reading posts on Gawker blogs when Feministing takes them to task. The gist of the New Scientist article is that Australian scientists are developing a radio-controlled implant for men that will block the flow of [...]
