People, it’s said, fear public speaking more than they fear death. But if that adage applied to Michelle Obama when she took the podium last night, before a crowd of about 20,000 and a TV viewing audience of millions, it was hardly noticeable. To me, she seemed a little stiff when she first started speaking [...]
Category | Women Issues
Sex After Breast Cancer
Posted on 30 August 2008
Yesterday I discussed Christina Applegate’s diagnosis of breast cancer, and hundreds of reports on that news have been teeming with information—from the way she was diagnosed to what she can expect from treatment. But nowhere in this burst of coverage have I seen information on a side effect that’s rarely talked about: how tough it [...]
Delving Into the Mysteries of Unexplained Infertility
Posted on 30 August 2008
I can’t say I’m too surprised by a new study showing that certain low-tech fertility treatments don’t work for women with unexplained infertility. Much is still unknown about what it takes to achieve a successful pregnancy; in fact, for one third of couples who can’t get pregnant after a year of trying, there’s no apparent [...]
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