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Beyond the Pill: Exploring Alternative Methods of Hormone Delivery
As more and more women seek personalized approaches to hormone therapy, the question of how to deliver estrogen efficiently has become a top concern. Pills are widely prescribed, but they aren't the only option—and they may not even be the best one for every woman....
One step closer to a precision medicine approach to birth control.
One step closer to a precision medicine approach to birth control? As you all know, I am a huge advocate of women’s reproductive health. And this means having something of a love-hate relationship with hormonal birth control. On the one hand, I love it because...
How do I know if I am on the right birth control?
Surprising side-effects of the birth control pill.
4 (Other) Books That Will Help You Understand Birth Control and Sexuality Better
Contraception has been around for decades, but it's only recently that it's become more widely talked about. The CDC reports that 14% of women between the ages of 15 to 49 are taking the pill, 10.4% are using long-term but reversible contraceptives, and 18.1% have...
What is the Truth About Taking the Pill When You’re 35+?
Does the pill make sense when you are 35+? It wasn’t all that long ago that doctors used to discourage all women – regardless of their health or lifestyle – to go off of the birth control pill once they were 35 or older. However, times have changed. Not only have...
5 things to say to your doctor about the hormonal IUD: Birth Control 101
One of the most common birth control misconceptions that I have encountered is the myth of the locally-acting IUD. This is the belief that the hormones in the IUD "act locally", affecting women's reproductive organs, but not their brains. But it doesn't work this way....
The pill and its surprising psychological effects on women.
Surprising side-effects of the birth control pill.
Are low-dose birth control pills more natural?
The Answer Might Surprise You. Low-dose birth control pills entered the market to make the pill safer for women. Which, thank goodness they did. The original birth control pills had pretty high levels of progestin and ethinyl estradiol, the latter of which increases...
Does the pill affect my stress response?
And if so, what does this mean? The birth control pill has been life-changing for generations of women. It has allowed us to dream bigger and achieve more than even the most optimistic feminist would have ever dared imagine possible 60 years ago. Freeing women from...
Low Progesterone, Stress, and Inflammation
Progesterone does a bunch of cool stuff in the brain that can change the way you feel. Big things. Like, how your body deals with stress and regulates inflammation.
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