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Press Stories on the menstrual reduction topic:
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Washington Post
FDA Delays Approving 365-Day-A-Year Pill
Health officials have delayed approving a new birth-control pill that can stop many women from menstruating when taken without interruption throughout the year, its manufacturer said Wednesday.
The Associated Press
June 28, 2006
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National Public Radio - Morning Edition
'Continuous Contraception' May Banish Periods
For women who use birth control, there's growing popularity
for what's called "continuous contraception,"
a practice that suppresses the menstrual cycle so it happens
only once in three months, four months, or even a year or
more.
By Patricia Neighmond
June 9, 2006
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Chicago Sun-Times
Lifting the curse
Every month like clockwork, Sarah Hull knew she'd miss days of
school and work thanks to a most unwelcome visitor -- her menstrual period.
By Maureen Jenkins
June 9, 2006
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Washington Post
Period: Full Stop?
For Many Women, a 'Normal' Menstrual Cycle Is Now One They
Can Control -- or Suppress
By January W. Payne
June 6, 2006
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Seattle Times - The Associated Press
Menstruation becomes optional with new drugs that block
periods
For young women with a world of choices, even the menstrual
period is optional.
By Linda A. Johnson
May 22, 2006
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Salon.com
Off the rag
A new FDA-approved birth control pill will give women just
four periods per year. But is it safe to stanch the flow?
By Jennifer Fried
Nov. 24, 2003
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New
York Times - Health (free registration
required)
New Pill Fuels Debate Over Benefits of Fewer Periods
"Dr. Leslie Miller, an associate professor at the
University of
Washington, is studying the use of low-dose birth control
pills
with a goal of avoiding menstruation altogether."
By Tina Kelley
October 14th, 2003
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ABC
News 20/20
Move Over, Mother Nature
New Pill Curbs Periods to Four Times a Year.
Guests included Dr. Leslie Miller.
September 19th, 2003
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The Stranger (Seattle weekly newspaper)
No Flow
The FDA just approved a new birth control pill that will
allow women to have periods only four times a year--just
as nature intended.
By Audrey Van Buskirk
September 24th, 2003
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PBS - American
Experience
The Pill
A documentary recounting the development of the birth control
pill. The web site has a wealth of information concerning
the birth control pill and contraception.
Produced and directed by Chana Gazit
2003
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KIRO Eyewitness News
New Answers About The Pill And Periods
It's something many women have tried: taking birth control
pills continuously to suppress monthly cycles. Now new research
provides some answers about the practice.
By Micki Flowers
Wed, April 2nd, 2003
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King 5 TV News (registration required)
Study: No harm in skipping periods
Women have been doing it for years – skipping their periods
by not taking the placebo pills in their birth control packs.
But is it safe to do that indefinitely? A yearlong study
from Harborview suggests yes.
By Jean Enersen
Wed, April 2nd, 2003
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KOMO 4 TV News
'We Are Playing With Nature A Little Bit'
A Harborview study shows it might be OK for women to stay
on birth control pills for the entire month and just skip
their period.
By Leslie Knopp
Wed, April 2nd, 2003
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The Seattle Times
Study: The pill can avoid periods without 'spotting'
Savvy women for years have used the birth-control pill
to manipulate the timing of their periods, even to skip
menstruation altogether. But some skeptical doctors have
warned this method could cause surprise breakthrough bleeding
By Julia Sommerfeld
Thursday, April 3, 2003
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Seattle Post-Inteligencer
The pill indeed can stop periods
Periods may be many things for many women, but for some,
they are a hassle. Now research published this month in
the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology confirms what many
women have privately known for years -- continuous use of
birth control pills can eliminate periods altogether
By Carol Smith
Thursday, April 3, 2003
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Newsweek
Farewell to ‘Aunt Flo’
A new version of the birth-control pill would limit menstruation
to four times a year. Are women ready?
By Claudia Kalb
February 3rd, 2003
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Wall Stree Journal
(subscription required)
Doctors Prescribe New Methods To Eliminate Women's
Periods
A woman's period is now optional. A growing number of gynecologists
are prescribing continuous birth-control pills or using
other methods to suppress patients' menstrual cycles for
months, even years at a time.
By Tara Parker-Pope
Tuesday, June 25th - Page D1
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Health Scout
Teaching an Old Pill New Tricks
Extended-use birth control pills reduce some side effects
By Colette Bouchez
MONDAY, Nov. 19 2001 (HealthScoutNews)
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ABC News - Health
Fewer Periods - Experts Challenge Idea That Women on
the Pill Should Menstruate
Skipping a menstrual period is unusual for many women.
But experts say women taking birth control pills may not
need a monthly period.
By Melinda T. Willis
Oct. 31, 2001
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Kaisernetwork - Health Policy as it Happens
Friday, November 02, 2001
Extended-Cycle Birth Control Pill Use Reduces Number
of 'Bleeding Days' Without Breakthrough Bleeding, Study
Shows
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The New Yorker - Malcom Gladwell
March 10, 2000 ANNALS OF MEDICINE
John Rock's Error.The co-inventor of the Pill confesses
the period on the birth control pill was not necessary to
prevent pregnancy.
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WebMD
- Health
Are Monthly Periods Obsolete?
By Susan Chollar
June 18, 2001
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ViaHealth
- Woman's Health Update
Many Woman Taking Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives Choosing
to Eliminate Monthly Periods
By Gerald H. Druff
September 2000
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Humana
- WebMD
Ending Painful Periods
By Tracy Glover
June 23, 2000
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Lifetime
Online - Strong Medicine, Ask the Expert
What happens when you take your birth control pills
so as to not have your period? ...
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Daily
Herald - Health and Fitness (broken link!)
No more period. Period
By Lorilyn Rackl Daily Herald Health Writer
December 11, 2000
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Washington
Post Archives (pay per view archive)
A PILL TO UNCRAMP WOMEN'S STYLE
Libby Copeland WASHINGTON POST STAFF WRITER Thursday, September
7, 2000 ; Page C01 Section: Style Word Count: 814
"It seems like a colossal trick the gynecologists
have played on us. For all those years, we numbed the ache,
we nursed the curse. We endured, ahem, "Aunt Peggy's monthly
visit."
Medical articles on menstrual suppression:
Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Menstrual Reduction With Extended Use of Combination
Oral Contraceptive Pills: Randomized Controlled Trial
Extension of a monophasic oral contraceptive regimen from
28-day to 49-day cycles significantly decreases bleeding
and hygiene product use without increased spotting.
Leslie Miller, Katherine M. Notter
Volume 98 / Number 5, Part 1 / November 2001 / Article
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The Lancet
(pay per view archive)
Nuisance or natural and healthy: should monthly menstruation
be optional for women?
Sarah L Thomas, Charlotte Ellertson
Volume 355 Issue 9207 Page 922
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