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Alternative Treatments For Birth Control Pills Use - Articles
Birth control pills in anorexia treatment
by
Laura
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:04pm
In a good example of new scientific knowledge not making it to the people who need it, many physicians are still prescribing birth control pills to anorexics to "jump start" their menstrual cycles.
This is not a good idea. At best, hormone pills mask health status. At worst, it damages bone further.
Having a period is not, sadly
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Connection Between Birth Control Pills and Hair Loss?
by
Methods of Healing
Posted
Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:00pm
methods of birth control, and is used by women all over the world.
Side Effects of Birth Control Pills
Birth control pills, like so many other types of pills, have some side... sex without worrying about getting pregnant. One unfortunate side effect for some women is hair loss from using birth control pills.
Birth Control Pills and Hair Loss
Many
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Birth control pills may mask menopause symptoms
by
Cathy T.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:19pm
All women can expect to enter menopause sooner or later, but women taking birth control pills may not notice, at least for a while.
In the meantime, they can expect several benefits from the pill beside avoiding an unwanted pregnancy: They will avoid some of the most conspicuous signs of menopause, such as hot flashes, night sweats
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ANOTHER reason not to use birth control pills
by
Marie L.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:28pm
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I've heard from Ali and others about the weird things birth control pills seem to do to people healthwise. It's already known that they can cause blood clots (so DO... irregular even after only a few cycles.
Last I spoke, Julie Indichova (author of Inconceivable) is also conducting a study on birth control pills and their effect on infertility
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Using Estro-Sense In Combination With The Birth Control Pill To Clear Acne
by
Fran K.
Posted
Tue 23 Jun 2009 4:47pm
I’ve already blogged a bit in the past about using the birth control pill to clear acne at a surface level, but have not mentioned the supplement Estro-Sense before.
This supplement can be used in conjunction with the birth control pill to help break down the estrogen in your body. This means a reduction in side effects for those of us girls who
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Birth Control Pills and AutoImmune Disease
by
Lauren
Posted
Tue 14 Apr 2009 12:00am
Posting this because it is super important to me. Hormones play a huge role in AutoImmune Disease and most women may not know they have one until they take birth control pills and it triggers their condition!
I absolutely believe that the pill contributed to my body turning on itself around the time the scarring on my heart was starting (I
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Obesity in Women – No effect on Birth Control Pill Effectiveness
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rajesh moganti
Posted
Mon 23 Aug 2010 1:10am
Study investigators have uncovered that till the time oral birth control pills are used with consistency, overweight or obese women have the analogous risk of getting... Westhoff and associates noted that:
Follicular development was considerably suppressed among those study entrants who consistently used birth control pills which is a sign
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In which I rant about birth control pills.
by
Emily and Jenny ..
Posted
Thu 25 Feb 2010 1:58am
Between the two of us, Jenny and I have been on five different kinds of birth control pills in the last year, and all five of them have been horrible. Do you know why? Because BIRTH CONTROL PILLS SUCK.
Until a week ago, I was on Yaz. However, it turns out Yaz has a special kind of hormone that tends to kill women. So call me crazy, but I went
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