Understanding semi-permanent birth control
January 28, 2015 Comments Off on Understanding semi-permanent birth control

Huffington Post

If you’ve considered birth control over the past few years, chances are you’ve had at least one friend wax enthusiastic about an intrauterine device, or IUD. The method, which is the most effective reversible form of contraception on the market, has grown exponentially in popularity over the last decade, despite low national rates.

There’s now even a small sub-genre of personal essay related to choosing IUDs, ranging from testimonials to tales of medical misadventure.
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Now can we quit fretting about gamers?
November 22, 2014 Comments Off on Now can we quit fretting about gamers?

Science Alert

While the data did appear to show a link between an increase in violent video game consumption and a decrease in youth violence, just as it did for films after 1990, Ferguson is not prepared to say the result is anything other than a coincidence. But what he can say for sure is that while media violence is definitely being consumed more now than ever before, there is absolutely no clear evidence to link media violence with societal violence.
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Who is having risky sex?
October 18, 2014 Comments Off on Who is having risky sex?

Women’s Health

It turns out that having higher levels of long-term self-regulation – that’s basically the ability to plan for the future, prioritize, and generally monitor yourself and your actions as they relate to your long-term goals – was associated with waiting longer to have sex, having fewer lifetime sexual partners, using condoms, and having low levels of sexual risk. Meanwhile, those who scored higher on short-term self-regulation – i.e.,
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Understanding date rape drugs.
September 20, 2014 5 Comments on Understanding date rape drugs.

Women’s Health

The three most common date rape drugs are:

Rohypnol (roh-HIP-nol). Rohypnol is the trade name for flunitrazepam (FLOO-neye-TRAZ-uh-pam). Abuse of two similar drugs appears to have replaced Rohypnol abuse in some parts of the United States. These are: clonazepam (marketed as Klonopin in the U.S.and Rivotril in Mexico) and alprazolam (marketed as Xanax).

GHB, which is short for gamma hydroxybutyric (GAM-muh heye-DROX-ee-BYOO-tur-ihk) acid.

Ketamine (KEET-uh-meen)
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The real roots of mental illness
April 3, 2014 Comments Off on The real roots of mental illness

Psych Central

But no matter how comfortable it is, no matter how much Warren, Venn, NAMI or Big Pharma, or anyone wants it to be THE cause, it’s not.

The facts are clear: the majority of people in treatment for substance use have histories of childhood trauma. And as many as 90% of the people receiving care in the public system have histories of childhood trauma, most notably abuse and neglect. An even bigger truth is that there are lots of things in addition to abuse and neglect that overwhelm children-and parents – leading to what is frequently diagnosed as mental illness.
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How to avoid loosing your mind…
March 12, 2014 Comments Off on How to avoid loosing your mind…

Science 2.0

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy of Gothenburg University previously analyzed Swedish men’s conscription results and were able to show a correlation between cardiovascular fitness as a teenager and health problems in later life. In a new paper based on data from 1.1 million young Swedish men, the Gothenburg researcher team shows that those with poorer cardiovascular fitness and/or lower IQ in their teenage years more often suffer from early-onset dementia.

“Previous studies have shown the correlation between cardiovascular fitness and the risk of dementia in old age.
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Can weed decrease the risk of suicide?
February 7, 2014 Comments Off on Can weed decrease the risk of suicide?

Huffington Post

A team of economists’ newly published report in the American Journal of Public Health suggests states that have legalized medical marijuana may see a reduction in suicide rates in young men.

The researchers took a close look at state-level suicide data over a 17-year period, from 1990 to 2007, from the National Vital Statistics System’s mortality detail files.
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The real cost of your cute little bundle of joy.
October 1, 2013 Comments Off on The real cost of your cute little bundle of joy.

Yet even such huge figures are “woefully insufficient,�? says John Ward, a Kansas economist who consults on economic damages for legal disputes, including wrongful death cases involving children. For one thing, Ward says, most of these analyses do not take into account societal costs, such as the property taxes all homeowners pay to support public education.
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Post Modern sex???
August 15, 2013 Comments Off on Post Modern sex???

Good Men Project – Dear Daughter, I Hope You Have Awesome Sex…

You know, if we draw a continuum, on the far right is the guy the above-linked author caricatured — the idiot who is busy trying to gain control over his daughter’s sexuality by threatening the life of his daughter’s boyfriend.
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When legalism dies, people don’t…
June 22, 2013 Comments Off on When legalism dies, people don’t…

NY Times

The magnitude of the decline in HPV infections surprised public health experts because only about a third of teenage girls in the United States have been vaccinated with the full course of three doses. By comparison, vaccination rates in countries like Denmark and Britain are above 80 percent.
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Session Notes

Understanding semi-permanent birth control

Now can we quit fretting about gamers?

Who is having risky sex?

Understanding date rape drugs.

The real roots of mental illness

How to avoid loosing your mind…

Can weed decrease the risk of suicide?

The real cost of your cute little bundle of joy.

Post Modern sex???

When legalism dies, people don’t…

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