Public Citizen, a public interest non-profit, is petitioning the FDA to ban the Ortho-Evra patch. They go into great detail comparing the patch to the pill, with a couple major complaints: 60% more estrogen on average exposure; greater variability in estrogen levels; a possible two-fold increased risk of venous thrombosis (typically, painful blood clots of [...]
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What’s good for the goose isn’t always good for the next goose
Posted in News, tagged birth control patch, fda, hormonal contraceptives, ortho-evra patch, public citizen, side effects on May 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
No fooling: STD Awareness Month
Posted in News, tagged asha, Condoms, stds on April 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shoutout to the American Social Health Association and STD Awareness Month. They frame the issue pretty succinctly: There are nearly 19 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the U.S. each year, but obvious symptoms often don’t develop and many people who contract an STD are unaware they and there partners are at [...]
O-lympic Committee promotes safe sex
Posted in News, tagged beijing, beijing olympics, china, Condoms, olympics on February 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Olympic athletes might be some of the best-protected people in the world. I had no idea until recently that they’ve been provided with condoms at the start of the two-week long contest for years. Not only that, but organizers have upped the ante from 5 in 2000 to 12 in 2004 to who knows [...]
Viva la revolucion!
Posted in News, tagged Condoms, larcs, sex education, teen pregnancy, united kingdom on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is the UK’s latest effort to cut the number of unwanted pregnancies really signaling a revolution in contraception? Maybe not, but it’s still pretty exciting. The 27-million pound campaign encourages alternatives to the pill and also provides for free condoms and kits to test for pregnancy and STDs. The campaign discourages birth control pills and [...]
Teens speak out against abstinence-only
Posted in News, tagged abstinence only, Condoms, protest, sex education on February 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Two teenage girls in Illinois were suspended for two days for wearing homemade shirts that said “Safe sex or no sex” and were decorated with condoms. The superintendent called the shirts “inappropriate and a distraction at school.” Fair enough, but I don’t really buy that the only problem the administration had with this was the [...]
