With aging, all women reach an end to their fertility. First, there is a gradual decline in female reproductive capacity from age thirty on, reflecting both a drop in fertility and a higher rate of miscarriages. In addition, abnormalities of the menstrual cycle become more frequent over thirty-five as the aging ovaries respond less efficiently [...]

In the 1970s it was discovered that the body had its own natural painkillers which were similar in structure to morphine – a drug used to relieve severe pain in cancer patients. These natural painkillers were called ‘endogenous morphines’, or endorphins for short. Since their discovery it has been found that endorphins also: • help [...]

Most involuntary sterilizations in the United States have occurred under eugenic sterilization laws. The early advocates of eugenics (from the Greek, meaning “well-born”) were so zealous that there were hundreds of eugenic sterilizations even before there was any legislative authority for the procedure. During the 1880s and 1890s, a strong movement built up in favor [...]

Does pregnancy cure endometriosis? Many women are told by their doctors that the cure for endometriosis is pregnancy. Unfortunately, this is a myth which continues to be perpetuated in medical as well as popular literature. The mistaken belief that pregnancy cures endometriosis appears to have arisen from the impressions and speculations of some of the [...]