by Holly Grigg-Spall | Jul 2, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, Health Care
Recently, in a piece for the Ms. Magazine blog, re:Cycling’s Elizabeth Kissling remarked on the lack of media coverage of serious safety issues with the popular birth control pill brands Yaz and Yasmin. Of the coverage there has been, little has looked beyond the...
by Elizabeth Kissling | Jun 25, 2013 | Activism, Birth Control, History, Toxic Shock Syndrome
Don’t feel bad if you missed last week’s headline news about the deaths of 23 young women from their birth control. It was a top story for CBC news and a few other Canadian sources, but it was barely a blip on the radar of most U.S. news outlets. Yaz and Yasmin, two...
by Kati Bicknell | Jan 15, 2013 | Birth Control, Fertility, Menstruation
Here’s a notion: Birth control pills are not the only way manage your reproductive health. The pill came out more than 50 years ago, and at the time, it was a symbol of liberation and freedom for women. Suddenly, they no longer had to worry about unplanned pregnancy....
by Ashley Ross | Oct 19, 2012 | Hormones, Menstruation
When we sit with our clients – whether it’s a medical consultation, a therapy session, a group program or even spiritual guidance – what happens when we include a woman’s cyclic nature in the conversation? As a holistic reproductive health coach using...
by Laura Wershler | Sep 7, 2010 | Birth Control, Health Care, magazines, Media
It’s great to see celebrity sexpert Laura Berman, Ph. D. – frequent Oprah TV guest, Oprah radio host, and (according to her website) world renowned sex and relationship expert – talk truth about the effect of the birth control pill on women’s...