Interesting Links for 30-1-2011

[andrewducker]

• Hormones, contraception, menstruation and cancer. Absolutely fascinating article tying them all together.
  (tags: health science religion contraception sex menstruation women)
• A Student Loan Payment Calculator for the UK - allowing you to compare the different types of loans.
  (tags: student academia loans money uk)

Comments

[andrewducker]

Yes, exactly. And it's by trying to simulate that, that the problem occurs! People think that that's natural, when the point is that it's not.

[feorag.livejournal.com]

So, because I was on the pill for a couple of brief times in my late teens and early 20s, my condition is my own fault? Because that's what the article claims, at its very root.

And what the article proposes as a "solution" is essentially keeping women pregnant all the time, because it's "natural" that way. Do you agree with that?

It also doesn't mention that the reason said eternally-pregnant African women don't die of cancer is because they don't live long enough to get it!

[andrewducker]

So, because I was on the pill for a couple of brief times in my late teens and early 20s, my condition is my own fault?

What? I don't see the article talking about fault anywhere. Nobody is being blamed for anything. I can't see where it says anywhere that being on the pill causes cancer - it's talking about how high numbers of periods are associated with it, which happens with absolutely any kind of birth control that doesn't prevent them entirely.

And what the article proposes as a "solution" is essentially keeping women pregnant all the time, because it's "natural" that way.

Again, not what I read. "A truly natural Pill might be one that found a way to suppress ovulation without using progestin." and "Pike's proposed solution is a class of drugs known as GnRHAs, which has been around for many years." indicated to me that what they want is a pill that suppresses ovulation entirely, without the use of progestin.


It also doesn't mention that the reason said eternally-pregnant African women don't die of cancer is because they don't live long enough to get it!
From the article "Those who survive early childhood typically live into their seventh or eighth decade"