Progestin

a depo shot in long-terms. Although both methods are rather similar, differences tend to distinguish their results. The mini pill is a progesterone only pill that prevents change in a woman’s uterus. The Depo Provera is an injection of synthetic progestin that prevents pregnancy for three months. While statistics and research displays that the Depo Provera shot is more effective than the mini pill; the mini pill has many advantages as well rather than negative connotation. The Mini Pill was…

Gender is one of the most strange facets of human culture. As soon as a child is born, doctors and parents look at the newborn’s genitals, and based on whether or not they see a penis, they decide the entire future of the child right then and there. If they deem the baby to be a male, they automatically assume that the child is a boy and dress it in blue, expect it to want to play with trucks, feel attraction to girls, be financially successful, and be a great leader and active member of society…

“The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000” (Food, Inc). This really is true, because, before fast food and processed canned foods, people used to have to hunt for their food. Now, we have 24-hour fast food restaurants, and we have over 47,000 food products to chose from in our supermarkets. Since 1980, the percentage of obese children has gone from 5.8% to 17.5% (Obesity Rates 1). 38% of adults in our nation are considered obese, but 33% of the people who…

Throughout recent years, fast food has become a staple food for many Americans. On a typical day, a quarter of the adult population in the United States visit fast food restaurants such as McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy 's which results in these restaurants intaking more than $110 billion per year(Schlosser). Even though a quarter of the adult population visits a fast food restaurant daily, many do not know the torture animals used for fast food go through. Animals used for fast food are…

Elizabeth Mcdonald gave women a sense of choice and empowering more freedom that they never had before. She grew up in Athens, a small town in Clarke County, Georgia. Elizabeth was haunted by her mother's premature death giving birth to her, determined to escape similar fate Elizabeth decided not to have children and wanted to forever prevent the same scenario from happening to anyone else. Elizabeth attended Agnes Scott Institute in 1908, four years later when she was 21 she moved to New York…

Is Birth Control Morally Acceptable? Birth control has affected our society in so many ways. More and more couples are turning to contraceptives to avoid impregnation. Birth control has played a huge role in how our society views intercourse. Nowadays intercourse has no real meaning; rather it’s just another way for people to fulfil their own worldly desires. The Bible tells us that intercourse is to be between a man and woman after marriage. That’s how God designed it to be. I believe that…

It is a small device that looks like a “T” shape and gets inserted into your cervix at the doctor’s office. The 5 years device has a synthetic progestin hormone with no periods but it caused some bloating and cramps. When the Mirena was placed inside me, I immediately felt good about it, the heavy cramping went away. After having the I.U.D. the symptoms have been accurate. I have bloating and minimal…

Furthermore, to demonstrate the ties Big Pharma can have on the medical community, such influences grabbed the attention of Dr. Joseph Mercola, a once hired physician by the pharmaceutical industry to push estrogen medication. While Big Pharma compensated Dr. Mercola with a package included paid trips, and other lavish rewards, the physician continued the push for selling Premarin to other physicians around the globe. Sadly, the drug industry floods the market with medications with most having…

Benefits of Donating Blood Every two seconds someone in the U.S. is in need of a blood transfusion. Just one donation can save up to three lives, provide information for researching cures of certain life threatening diseases. Those diseases included but not limited are diabetes, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, and hemophilia disease. Although donating blood may seem like it is depleting nutrients and proteins from your body, it is actually benefiting you and those receiving your blood. A…

Of the many controversies that have affected the United States in the past 100 years, birth control devices have been one of the more significant. Some common birth control devices are male and female condoms and the birth control pill. Both of these devices protect against pregnancy and the male and female condoms protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and HIV. This arouses the question should teenagers be allowed to obtain these devices without parental consent. The answer is yes.…