The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
The gentlebirth.org website is provided courtesy of
Ronnie Falcao, LM MS,
a homebirth midwife in Mountain View, CA
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I just had my mind expanded this morning by Laureen Hudson's hour long online session on how to use the internet to get a message out. Laureen's session “Creating an Online Presence," gave me a wealth of information in a short time and impressed me with how many people are out there who completely rely on the internet for their information. I needed that, and maybe you do, too. - Ina May Gaskin I just hung up the phone from doing the hour long session with
Laureen Hudson on “Creating an Online Presence”. Laureen’s know-how
and expertise were enough to wake up even the birth oldtimers like me and
Ina May to the many unused opportunities of the internet. Laureen’s
engaging and easygoing teaching style made even those scary (to me) terms
like “hypertext, streaming, wordpress, technorati, feedreader and trackback”
start to make sense. Her passion is to reach the generation of young
women who have not yet given birth BEFORE they fall into the black hole
of aggressive obstetrics. I came away from the class today with lots
of ways to improve my website and make it more modern, usable and interesting
for readers. This class will run again this coming Friday (August
22) and I heartily recommend it.
Cost: $35 per session Each session will be 60 minutes in length Creating An Online Presence
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From: C-reuters@clari.net (Reuter / Paul Majendie) Subject: New male contraceptive as good as pill - doctors Organization: Copyright 1996 by Reuters Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 7:30:34 PSTLONDON (Reuter) - A contraceptive injection for men has proved to be as effective as birth control pills for women, scientists said Tuesday after worldwide trials.
The new contraceptive, a weekly injection tested on 400 men, was hailed as a major breakthrough. Doctors are now working on a daily pill version that could be taken in combination with less frequent injections.
``It is very significant. It is really for the first time showing the world that permanent contraception for men really works,'' said Dr. Fred Wu of Manchester University in central England, one of 15 international centers to test it.
The contraceptive secretes the male hormone testosterone into the body to reduce the sperm count to negligible levels.
The World Health Organization said the new method was as effective as the female pill in preventing pregnancy. Side-effects are minimal and Wu said it worked better than a condom.
Initial tests showed the sperm counts in 60 percent of men could be reduced to zero by weekly testosterone injections. Later trials showed it could be effective in a further 38.6 percent of men.
``The importance of a new male contraceptive which is reversible is to increase the options for men so that they can play a more active role in family planning,'' Wu said.
Asked if the researchers were effectively removing a barrier to disease, Wu told BBC Radio: ``What we are trying to do is to provide couples in stable relationships with a form of contraception which does not interfere with the sexual act.''
The contraceptive was initially administered by a weekly injection into the buttocks.
``We are now well on the way to testing more practical formulations which can achieve the same target,'' Wu said.
``For example we are using a daily pill which is combined with long-acting injections three or four times a year as well as skin patches and implants,'' he added.
But he warned against undue optimism, saying it could take up to eight years before a better technique of administering the drug is perfected.
``It now depends on whether the drug companies think they can produce
it profitably in the long term,'' Wu said.
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