Great news out of Israel – that male contraceptive pill that they’ve been promising for the last 40-odd years may be only three years away thanks to breakthrough new research — not to be confused with any of the other breakthrough research that they’ve been reporting for the last 40-odd years. Because, as New Zealand Herald reporter Shelley Bridgeman points out, they promised in 2000 that the male pill would be ready …
This is a bit of a tricky one, for reasons that I will explain in a bit.
The administration of a New Hampshire high school has stopped the sexual health group ‘AIDS Services’ from distributing safer-sex kits because the contents included flavored lube, candy, and condoms. This occurred after about 70 kits were distributed to high school students during a World AIDS day presentation and “parents were upset.”
The group was then banned from the school district.
The group responded to the ban by saying:
it’s unfortunate some people are upset… the lubricant was included because it reduces …
A new contraceptive body cream, which could one day replace the Pill, has been developed by scientists, the UK media reports this morning. Women need only to rub a small amount of the product into their arms, legs, shoulders or abdomen, once a day, to ensure that they do not fall pregnant. In early clinical trials, the cream has thus far proved to be just as effective as using the Pill.
The main benefit of the contraceptive cream, reportedly, is that it does not cause the same side effects, such as weight gain, acne or mood swings, that affect 40% of women who take the Pill. Experts believe that this could make the cream popular with self-conscious girls …
At the end of my senior year of high school, I started taking a birth control pill for the first time. This pill was called Yaz, and it promised to rid me of my bad breakouts and debilitating cramps. My doctor, along with that ridiculously long information booklet with impossibly small print that comes with the pills, said that the odds of any side effects, especially the severe ones, were slim to none.
So I started taking Yaz. And, for a while, it was the best thing ever. My pimples went away and I no longer found myself incapacitated when the crimson wave came crashin’ through town. But that is, unfortunately, only the beginning of the story.
About six months into taking this pill, I noticed that none of my bras fit. And that’s an understatement. I was exploding. I then realized that I had, despite exercising, gained a significant amount …
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