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Post Pill Amenorrhea - Articles
So.. no pill and no period. What now? How long is too long to wait?
by
Natalie K.
Posted
Tue 16 Oct 2012 4:43pm
Making the decision to stop taking the pill, for some is done easily, especially if they are at the family planning point of their lives. These recent posts on the pill ( here , here and here ) have sparked discussion and countless emails, of women's individual health struggles pre, during and post pill. I get it. It's really tough. ...
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More Questions, More Answers
by
Dr. Fred Licciardi
Posted
Wed 31 Mar 2010 2:35pm
Good day to all of you. As you have seen, the last few entries were on egg freezing. If you are not interested in egg freezing, but want to know more about IVF, I think you will learn a fair amount about regular IVF from the egg freezing entries.
I am in the “catch up” phase, so you will see a few more FAQs answered. I’ll start with a li ...
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Low Testosterone From Pain Pills by Jeffrey Dach MD
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Jeffrey Dach MD
Posted
Fri 26 Feb 2010 9:36am
Low Testosterone From Pain Pills by Jeffrey Dach MD
Joe has chronic fatigue, weakness, and erectile dysfunction. He was doing well until 10 years ago when he started pain pills after a car accident which left him with chronic back pain.
Left image: poppy field in Bu ...
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Health Talk, pt. 1: Amenorrhea
by
Eat, Learn, Discover!
Posted
Tue 03 Jul 2012 12:26am
[[disclaimer - this post gets personal, and talks about some girly things - male readers continue at your own risk]]
I know its late, and I have to get up early, and I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to post about this, but I decided I have a few more things that I just want to get out of my head. A couple of weeks ago, when I was home, I wen ...
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Feedback on Athletic Amenorrhea
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Cassandra F.
Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 2:03pm
As I mentioned in my last post, my talk at Univ of Akron on Feb 23rd was on the important, yet unmentioned topic of "Athletic Amenorrhea"
If you (a woman) have ever lost your period (that's why I stated woman :) ), for greater than 3 months in a row and it wasn't due to being pregnant or another condition, but rather due to dieting and exercis ...
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Infertility Terms - making sense of the jargon !
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Dr. Aniruddha M.
Posted
Mon 06 Apr 2009 11:44pm
All this may be TMI, but if you need to talk to your GYN, or help your DH make sense of what your RE is saying, this is a useful crib sheet !
This is from the book How to Have a Baby: Overcoming Infertility
by Dr. Aniruddha Malpani, MD and Dr. Anjali Malpani, MD.
Abortion: the medical term for miscarriage. The various types include:
...
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Amenorrhea and Bulimia
by
Edward Ramirez, MD
Posted
Thu 03 Dec 2009 12:00am
Question
I have not had a period since July of 2008 and my gynecologist told me that is is not dangerous to NOT bleed, only dangerous to bleed too much. At first, I assumed the loss of the period was because I had started working out so much and lost a decent amount of weight. However, (ironically) after joining the military, I've been le ...
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Birth Control and the Female Distance Runner
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Dana Solof
Posted
Thu 11 Jun 2009 8:11pm
Let me start by saying, of course this is a complicated issue with no black and white solution. I honestly think it will take me a number of posts to say what I would like to.
Both the pro and anti oral contraception crowds have some data to backup their claims. It’s easy to find female athletes across the spectrum: from those who are able ...
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My Period Post
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Tessa @ Amazing Asset
Posted
Tue 10 May 2011 12:08pm
Disclaimer: I am going to be quite honest in this post and talk about my period, menstrual cycle, that time of the month thing. If you are uncomfortable with this topic please read with caution or not at all. Also, if you are either my dad, brothers, or grandpa you are forewarned as well!
I hope people have some kind of reaction or insight ...
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