Researchers at the University of Western Ontario in London have been given the go-ahead by the FDA to conduct human trials on an HIV vaccine. They have been working on this vaccine for the last ten years and it has finally reached the stage where it’s ready for human trials. There are three more stages ...
Breast implants have been declared safe after a two day discussion about the procedure by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Hooray! That means we can all go out and buy ourselves an extra cup size or two, right? Wrong. The FDA’s statement of “safety” is misleading, and frankly a bit suspicious. The department’s chief ...
The time when intrauterine devices (IUDs) were only for women with children is up. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has now officially approved the use of IUDs for healthy women who have never been pregnant and teens. The T-shaped pieces of plastic laced with copper or hormones placed in the uterus to ...
Who said women couldn’t make awesome businesswomen? Turns out they are in possession of one of the most valuable commodities, breast milk. So those who can sell it on the Internet in exchange for quite a bit of cash. Called a mother’s natural liquid gold, a month’s supply of milk can cost anywhere from $300 ...
So, we’re having this baby. It’s due in a few weeks and we’re trying to get organized with all...
I recently heard about what is claimed to be the rising phenomenon of Japanese men remaining virgins for longer...
Ladders. Patriarchal conspiracy. I’ll explain… This week I climbed a ladder. I was trying to reach a loft space,...
Dear Madame X, My boyfriend needs to look at porn while we have sex. It bothers me because I...
Mrs. Dalloway is yet another feminist classic that I had to grow into. Wrapped up in Woolf’s instantly recognizable...
Last week saw a Big Thing come to our soggy little island. Well, it was a Big Thing for...
Last weekend I was entertaining a guest, you know, the sort I was planning to have lots and lots...
All little girls want to be princesses… right?! It’s bad enough that toy aisles are separated out by what...
