With the introduction of the abortion pill that can be used during early pregnancy, a trend toward this method rather than a surgical abortion has started to emerge. In fact, approximately a quarter of women in the United States who wanted abortions early on in their pregnancies last year…
According to a new study published in Diabetes Care, upwards of 40% of women who are diabetic and almost 33% of women who are overweight choose not to use contraceptives like condoms . This, however, is not directly due to the fact that these women are diabetic or medically…
If you want to rile up a group of people, simply utter the word “abortion” and stand back. The topic of abortion has generated the most heated discussions I have ever witnessed since the time I was in middle school when my best friend proudly declared in the middle…
Much like Brazil and its persistent crusade to offer reasonably priced antiretroviral drugs to those inflicted with HIV / AIDS , Thailand and the US, despite intense criticism, have partnered together to spearhead highly controversial research that would make available a new AIDS vaccine. Fortunately, they forged ahead with…
As a teenage girl, I can remember all the insane things I would do to try and keep my weight in check. I did Slim-Fast for a few weeks until I realized if I ever saw another chocolate shake again, I would have to run somebody over. I even…
In terms of the political path our country is now on, at the forefront of American minds is the new healthcare reform bill. The bill that the House of Representatives revealed this week seems to have one major driving force and, for once, it is not the almighty pharmaceutical…
In a disappointing twist of events, updated test results from a recent and what-was-thought-to-be promising AIDS vaccine experiment show that the vaccine is less effective than originally thought and that this effectiveness may tend to decrease over an extended period of time. Nonetheless, the results from this experimental study…
I think we can admit we’ve all been there…you are lying in bed thinking about how wonderful it will be to finally get a good night’s rest. As your eyes begin to shut and your mind begins its drift to la-la land, you are startled awake by a hand…
In just one month in honor of World AIDS Day on December 1st, new commercials will be released. These new commercials which hope to promote safe sex will not be featuring the hottest celebrity nor will they be featuring any of our current powerful politicians urging the public to…
More religion evidently means more teen pregnancy, according to results from a new study. Results from this study that will be published in Reproductive Health show that those states in the U.S. that tend to swing more towards conservative religious beliefs have also tended towards higher teenage pregnancy rates….