Health
How not to get knocked up
By Michelle at 8 July, 2008, 3:39 pm
photo by once and future
Let’s say you don’t want kids at this very moment — perhaps you’re like me and scared of breaking children. But don’t forget that you may eventually give in to that whole biological clock thing and want one.
So how about you not screw up your reproductive organs now so that 5 [...]
Linkage: “F” Word Edition
By Michelle at 2 July, 2008, 10:33 am
photo by wonderjunkie
While I’m on vacation (well, visiting family) in New York, I haven’t been able to post too often…OK, dayyys. So this morning, I fired up all my fave sites to see what was happening in the world and within about 2 minutes, I’ve been reminded, “oh yeah, the world sucks if you have [...]
Guess The STD = Bad Idea
By Michelle at 26 June, 2008, 6:24 pm
Haven’t we learned from 9th grade health class that you can’t just look at someone and be like, “naaaah, he can’t have herpes!!” A new study shows that people judge their partner’s safety by their intelligence or outward appearance.
The questionnaire asked patients whether they would be “pretty sure” that a sex partner was “safe” in [...]
Talk about good timing
By Michelle at 12 June, 2008, 11:47 pm
Jacques Donnez at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) was able to capture the process of ovulation. The photos of the process, which has never been so clearly documented, were a “happy accident.” Earlier photos were kinda grainy and meh. These are for REAL!!
Donnez was preparing to do a partial hysterectomy on a 45 year [...]
Pole Dancing
By Michelle at 19 May, 2008, 6:01 pm
24-year-old Jenn Stuczynski broke her American record in the pole vault at the Adidas Track Classic on Sunday.
Stuczynski cleared 16 feet, .75 inches to break the mark of 16 feet she set last year. Only world record holder Yelena Isenbayeva has gone higher. Stuczynski missed three times at a world record 16-5½.
Olympics, here she comes!
8 Bad Ways to Remember Your Birth Control
By Michelle at 19 May, 2008, 2:29 am
(photo by Treyevan)
Taking a pill every day at the exact same time really sucks if you can’t remember to do things as elementary as brushing your teeth or watch Lost whenever it’s on. But with birth control, there’s that extra scary side effect of not taking the pill — you know, birth. Ever since you [...]
