Contraceptives May Double Risk of Stroke
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, October 30, 2009 11:23 AM
According to LifeSiteNews.com, a new study conducted by Chicago’s Loyola University Health System indicates that taking oral contraceptives increases the risk of stroke by nearly double for women.
The study was published by MedLink Neurology. It demonstrated that there are about 4.4 ischemic strokes — caused by the loss of blood supply to the brain — for every 100,000 women of childbearing... READ MORE
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Mutual Respect?
Posted by The Editors
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:51 AM
St. Joseph’s College in Hartford, Conn., describes itself as an institution of higher learning “enhanced by the Catholic intellectual tradition and the values of its founding Sisters of Mercy.”
Tonight, it’s hosting a speaker whose views would clash with those values.
Adrienne Germain, president of the International Women’s Health Coalition, is presenting the third in a four-part series... READ MORE
Filed under abortion, college, contraception
The Government vs. Belmont Abbey College
Posted by Tim Drake
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 9:40 AM
For those who haven’t followed it, there’s a battle shaping up over religious liberty at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C.
At issue is the college’s ability to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage in its health insurance plan. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Charlotte, N.C., ruled that Belmont Abbey discriminated against female employees by refusing to cover prescription... READ MORE
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The U.N.'s Unhealthy Approach
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, June 19, 2009 10:41 AM
'Reproductive health' clinic in Kenya. (hewlett.org)
A pair of new studies conclude that U.N.-sponsored health programs may have been a multibillion-dollar boondoggle.
“In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries,” Associated Press reports. “But just what the world’s gotten for its money isn’t clear, according to two studies published Friday in the medical... READ MORE
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Birth Control Nearly Killed Her
Posted by Tim Drake
Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:32 PM
The Washington Post has a startling story about Georgetown University senior Valerie Novak. Suffering from a headache that wouldn’t go away, eventually doctors discovered a blood clot in her brain.
“The probable cause, doctors concluded after performing tests that ruled out a clotting disorder, was the birth control pills she had been taking for more than four years,” says the article.
This... READ MORE
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World Gets Pope Wrong
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:16 AM
Marvin Olasky’s evangelical Protestant news magazine, World, has a great reputation. It gets a lot of things right. Catholicism, however, is not one of them.
The new issue of World takes a shot at Pope Benedict XVI for holding the line on contraception.
A “Buzz” item begins: “Two months after an open letter from 60 Catholic groups called the Church’s stance on contraception ‘catastrophic’ for... READ MORE
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