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...dirty little secret about the birth-control "revolution" is this: three decades after the introduction of the Pill, many of the more than 57 million American women of childbearing age are still unable to control their reproduction. The proof: about six million unwanted pregnancies occur in the U.S. each year. Not only are all the available methods of contraception inconvenient, only partially effective or potentially risky, but the array of devices to choose from is also getting smaller, not larger. Some women must visit several doctors and spend hundreds of dollars before finding the contraceptive that is best for them...
...Europe, which is years ahead of the U.S., pharmaceutical companies are aggressively pursuing male birth-control pills, reversible vasectomies and long-lasting vaccines. Even women in many Third World nations have more choices than their American counterparts. Observes Carl Djerassi, a Stanford chemist who helped develop the first Pill: "The U.S. is the only country other than Iran in which the birth-control clock has been set backward...
...like her almost effortless microwave risotto. A sampled batch was creamy, a bit chewy and nearly identical to risotto made from the traditional Italian recipe that requires 35 minutes of nonstop, laborious stirring. "Microwaves don't cook everything well," Kafka cautions. "Manufacturers originally claimed that they were a magic pill that could do anything. They can -- badly...
Phenobarbital was once widely prescribed as a sleeping pill, and is still used by epileptics of all ages, but its impact on the intelligence of adults is not known. Despite the new evidence against phenobarbital, people taking the drug should not stop without consulting a doctor. As with any anticonvulsant, going cold turkey may trigger severe seizures...
...fact has been unable to fill many important health jobs because White House conservatives filter out nominees with proabortion views. Pro-lifers are sure to scrutinize Young's successor closely since the agency is likely to decide on approving new abortion-inducing drugs like RU 486, the pill manufactured by a French subsidiary of Hoechst...