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Birth Control Pills Fail 20 Times More Often Than This Method

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.23.2012

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The pill is the reversible option most commonly used by women who practice contraception, but it is not the most effective. In a sweeping new stud...

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Changing My Metabolism

Heidi Dietrich | Posted 04.19.2012

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When I underwent metabolic testing, I figured the experience would simply make a good story, and prove entertaining for an avid athlete like myself. To my surprise, however, the tests indicated serious problems with my current exercise and diet regimen.

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POLL: Have You Ever Lied About Being On Birth Control?

Posted 04.18.2012

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So you meet the man of your dreams, set up shop and make plans to grow old together. Then you find out that his plan does not include having children....

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Balloon Boy Politics: The Media's Embrace of Birth Contracalypse 2012

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.14.2012

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The new supposed "culture war" may have captured the fevered imagination of the press corps, but not the electorate -- 71 percent of which still says the economy is the most important problem facing America.

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Would Jesus Dispense Contraceptive Pills?

Carol Howard Merritt | Posted 04.14.2012

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This week reminded me of the story of the woman who had been bleeding for 12 years. She maneuvered through the crowd that swarmed Jesus, reached for the hem of his garment, and was healed.

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Fear Factor: The Religious Right's Problem With Women

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.01.2012

What is it about women that the men of deeply conservative religions find so threatening? What runs so deep that it justifies traumatizing an innocent eight-year-old like Naama Margolese in Beit Shemesh?

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Why President Obama Is Right to Ensure Access to Contraception for America's Families

Sen. Barbara Boxer | Posted 03.31.2012

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I was stunned to read E.J. Dionne's column in the Washington Post today denouncing a decision that should instead be lauded, especially by those of us who care about religious freedom, women's health, and economic fairness.

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Picture a Technology Revolution. In Contraception. It's Here.

Valerie Tarico | Posted 03.27.2012

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Imagine a future in which we can simply toggle the default on human fertility, so that accidental pregnancy is a thing of the past and women become fertile only when they want to become pregnant.

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Teens Use Birth Control -- But Not to Prevent Pregnancy

Cathy Margolin, L.Ac. Dipl. OM | Posted 02.14.2012

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Do the 82 percent of teenagers using the pill for non-contraception reasons understand the risks of these drugs? Do they know all the possible ramifications of their choices?

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WATCH: 9 Unfortunate Birth Control Commercials

Posted 11.30.2011

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In honor of Advertising Week 2011, a time when advertisers gather to exchange ideas, celebrate great work, and discuss industry goals, we've decided t...

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Birth Control May Become Free Under All Health Insurance Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A highly influential panel of medical experts recommended to the U.S. Department of Health on Tuesday that all health insurance plans be...

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Planned Parenthood Defunded In New Hampshire

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 09.10.2011

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Until July 1, a low-income New Hampshire woman paid an average of $5 to fill a birth control pill prescription at any of the state's six Planned Paren...

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No-Cost Birth Control: The Facebook Application

Nancy Keenan | Posted 08.27.2011

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Did you know that 98 percent of American women use birth control during their lifetime? Yet for many women, it's simply too expensive. One in three women has struggled with the high cost of prescription birth control.

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The Nutritional Cost of Birth Control Pills

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 08.26.2011

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Scientific researchers have known for years that the birth control pill depletes nutrients, but to what extent have women been told this information and guided to supplements that will supply what's lost?

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Dear Planned Parenthood: Thank You for My Law Degree, My Planned Family and My Health

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 07.13.2011

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I am thankful to you, Planned Parenthood, for fighting all these years to maintain the right to safe, legal abortion.

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A Plea For Sainthood For Pope John XXIII

Edward Flattau | Posted 07.06.2011

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Although I am not a Catholic, I was among the many outside the Church who found Pope John to be an inspirational figure during his tragically short Vatican tenure in the early 1960's at the height of the Cold War.

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Is Your Birth Control Diminishing Your Sex Drive?

Ricki Pollycove, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Compounding the silent problem is the rarity of doctors even inquiring about women's sexual satisfaction as part of routine health care.

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'The Pill' Most Popular Birth Control Worldwide

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

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ATLANTA — The pill is still the No. 1 contraceptive for American women, but it's even more popular in other countries, according to the first go...

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