Search results

"I am not quite getting your point by point response to my post." :-), no point, just force of habit. Re high iron intake and heart dz: here's an overview study (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=8935217), a more focused one here...

"Estrogen may also boost a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, that's still unclear." Studies found that a woman's risk of breast cancer is increased if she menstruates frequently. [The theory is that the increased number of menstrual cycles increases the brest cells' exposure to the...

"Medical technology has given us contol but, again, with risks because we are interrupting the natural flow." Ironically, taking the Pill and eliminating the monthly period allows modern women to return to a more natural state of prolonged menstrual suppression. "Reducing the number of...

The comparison is not between countries; it's between types of societies (industrialized vs. agricultural, etc.) For example, researchers looked at the !Kung (nomadic), the Dogon of Mali (don't use bc), and the Hutterites of North America (have 10.6 children per family). Overall women in these...

Any woman who uses a [combination] hormonal bc method stops having periods for the entire time she uses the method. Since the patch and the ring are relatively new methods, we don't have enough long-term studies for these methods. However, for the Pill, we have over 35 yrs of f/u: no evidence...

Ugh, the last part of the text didn't came through: [The monthly bleeding episode experienced by Pill users is called withdrawal bleeding, and it's a fake period. It has nothing to do with the real period; it's a chemically induced bleeding.]

"Doesn't the uterus hav to slough off eventually as no not have build up?" No, it dosen't. As long as you take the Pill there is no uterine build up. "I'm thinking there's a reason a women's body has periods." Yes, there is: in order to allow a pregnancy to implant. If a woman doesn't...