“I need safe long-term birth control.” Any form of birth control requires a detailed cost-benefit analysis. But it’s important to use “new math” in the equation, says Rebecca Booth, MD, an OB-GYN practicing in Louisville, Kentucky, and author of The Venus Week: Discover the Powerful Secret of Your Cycle … at Any Age. “The new low-dose birth control pills are radically different from the pills of our mother’s generation,” she says. “The same is true of the progestin-containing intrauterine device (IUD), Mirena. There’s really a new landscape with lots of good choices.” ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Women’ Category
What’s Healthier: The Pill or An IUD?
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Marianne Faithfull tried to seduce me with her dark eyes and smoky voice – what was a man to do?
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Fixing me with her dark, seductive eyes, Marianne Faithfull said in her sultry, smoky voice: ‘Do you want to have sex with me?’ What was a man to do? She was 32, a legendary Sixties rock icon and the former girlfriend of Mick Jagger. I was a 21-year-old photographer, who had barely made his way in the world. ... read more >>
Fixing me with her dark, seductive eyes, Marianne Faithfull said in her sultry, smoky voice: ‘Do you want to have sex with me?’ What was a man to do? She was 32, a legendary Sixties rock icon and the former girlfriend of Mick Jagger. I was a 21-year-old photographer, who had barely made his way in the world. ... read more >>
I’d was drunk and in the gutter, shamed Fergie tells Oprah as she tries to explain away access to Prince Andrew scandal
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010
The Duchess of York has tried to explain her offer to sell access to Prince Andrew for £500,000 by saying she was drinking at the time. She told Oprah Winfrey she was ‘not in the right place’ when she was caught out in the videotaped newspaper sting. The 50-year-old duchess said she had yet to see the damning videotape in which she tells a reporter posing as a wealthy businessman that ‘I can open any door you want’. ... read more >>
The Duchess of York has tried to explain her offer to sell access to Prince Andrew for £500,000 by saying she was drinking at the time. She told Oprah Winfrey she was ‘not in the right place’ when she was caught out in the videotaped newspaper sting. The 50-year-old duchess said she had yet to see the damning videotape in which she tells a reporter posing as a wealthy businessman that ‘I can open any door you want’. ... read more >>
Laura Robson’s verbal volley against the ’sluts’ of ladies’ tennis
Monday, May 31st, 2010
Tennis prodigy Laura Robson has branded her female rivals ‘sluts’, who make a ‘bad name for themselves’ because they date so many men. The 16-year-old, who won the junior girls’ Wimbledon title in 2008, claims she prefers turning in early to wild nights out, dislikes drinking and hates smoking. But she said of her fellow players: ‘Some of the tennis girls, they’re sluts. They go with every guy and make such a bad name for themselves – and you don’t want to be known for stuff like that. You want to be more discreet.’ ... read more >>
Tennis prodigy Laura Robson has branded her female rivals ‘sluts’, who make a ‘bad name for themselves’ because they date so many men. The 16-year-old, who won the junior girls’ Wimbledon title in 2008, claims she prefers turning in early to wild nights out, dislikes drinking and hates smoking. But she said of her fellow players: ‘Some of the tennis girls, they’re sluts. They go with every guy and make such a bad name for themselves – and you don’t want to be known for stuff like that. You want to be more discreet.’ ... read more >>
World’s most tattooed woman (video)
Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Julia Gnuse from New York enters the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most tattooed woman. Her body is 95 per cent covered in ink. ... read more >>
Julia Gnuse from New York enters the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s most tattooed woman. Her body is 95 per cent covered in ink. ... read more >>
Happy Feet at Any Age
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
Whether you’re pounding the pavement in a pair of killer heels, propelling through a 5K, or pursuing a 5-year-old around the house, you probably take your feet for granted. But as you get older, your tootsies develop their own unique growing pains and need you to show them some love. Here’s how to sidestep the biggest foot-health issues—and enjoy pain-free feet for years to come. ... read more >>
Whether you’re pounding the pavement in a pair of killer heels, propelling through a 5K, or pursuing a 5-year-old around the house, you probably take your feet for granted. But as you get older, your tootsies develop their own unique growing pains and need you to show them some love. Here’s how to sidestep the biggest foot-health issues—and enjoy pain-free feet for years to come. ... read more >>
More women are getting disorders traditionally thought of as ‘men’s’ diseases
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Once considered “men’s” diseases, gout, heart attacks and lung cancer now are sickening women, too. Experts partially blame the exhaustion that comes with stressful jobs. Women working in high-pressure jobs are twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease as other women, and women under 50 run the highest risk, according to a Danish study. ... read more >>
Once considered “men’s” diseases, gout, heart attacks and lung cancer now are sickening women, too. Experts partially blame the exhaustion that comes with stressful jobs. Women working in high-pressure jobs are twice as likely to have cardiovascular disease as other women, and women under 50 run the highest risk, according to a Danish study. ... read more >>
It seems there’s nothing the stars won’t try to look good – but could a celebrity diet work for YOU?
Monday, May 10th, 2010
As Naomi Campbell’s bizarre maple syrup and cayenne pepper diet proved last week, celebrities have some strange ideas about what constitutes a decent meal. Here, we enlist Ursula Arens, from the British Dietetic Association, and Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, to give their opinions… ... read more >>
As Naomi Campbell’s bizarre maple syrup and cayenne pepper diet proved last week, celebrities have some strange ideas about what constitutes a decent meal. Here, we enlist Ursula Arens, from the British Dietetic Association, and Professor Steve Field, chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, to give their opinions… ... read more >>
The Pill Turns 50
Saturday, May 8th, 2010
Untold millions of women have taken it at some point in their lives, Loretta Lynn wrote a song about it, people have been arrested for it and it’s still one of the most common prescription drugs in the world. And it’s simply known as “the Pill.” On May 9, 1960, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the birth control pill. The agency did just that 45 days later. ... read more >>
Untold millions of women have taken it at some point in their lives, Loretta Lynn wrote a song about it, people have been arrested for it and it’s still one of the most common prescription drugs in the world. And it’s simply known as “the Pill.” On May 9, 1960, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of the birth control pill. The agency did just that 45 days later. ... read more >>
Caught in the honey-trap: By day she’s a student. By night she’s paid to seduce enemies of the Kremlin. So is she Putin’s latest secret weapon?
Friday, May 7th, 2010
She calls herself Mumu, and she’s a 21-year-old part-time model with green eyes and brown hair. But while she’s a pretty student and model by day, she spends her nights seducing critics of the Russian government. On offer in Mumu’s apartment – according to men she has entertained – are illicit encounters with Mumu herself, menages a trois with her friends, dope-smoking and copious amounts of cocaine. ... read more >>
She calls herself Mumu, and she’s a 21-year-old part-time model with green eyes and brown hair. But while she’s a pretty student and model by day, she spends her nights seducing critics of the Russian government. On offer in Mumu’s apartment – according to men she has entertained – are illicit encounters with Mumu herself, menages a trois with her friends, dope-smoking and copious amounts of cocaine. ... read more >>
Women’s hearts at risk from stress at work – study
Thursday, May 6th, 2010
Women in high-pressure jobs face up to twice the normal risk of developing heart problems as a direct result of work-related stress, doctors reveal today. Those who report feeling work pressures to an excessive degree are at some increased danger of developing ischaemic heart disease, according to new research in the medical journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ... read more >>
Women in high-pressure jobs face up to twice the normal risk of developing heart problems as a direct result of work-related stress, doctors reveal today. Those who report feeling work pressures to an excessive degree are at some increased danger of developing ischaemic heart disease, according to new research in the medical journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. ... read more >>
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