Daily Loaf

A new study reported in The Cochrane Library found that giving women emergency contraceptive drugs before they’re needed doesn’t reduce pregnancy rates.

Emergency contraception works up to five days after unprotected sex. However, some countries don’t offer these drugs over the counter and it may be difficult to arrange a doctors appointment in time. To combat these problems, some have advocated providing sets of emergency contraceptive pills to women in advance. Opponents of this plan have argued that making these pills available preemptively would encourage using these drugs as a primary contraceptive. This study seems to invalidate both opinions.

The research covered 11 trials with 7,695 women from the US, China, India, and Sweden. The study also found that having these emergency contraceptives available before hand didn’t affect rates Read the rest of this entry »

It was bound to happen: I shook so many hands my first week back to work who knows where I picked up the latest bug. All I know is I came home on Monday (after driving right past the street where I have lived for the past seven years, yeah it was that bad) and felt like I had been hit by a mack truck, then a steamroller, then trampled on by a parade of pain — or as my father would say, “I felt like hammered poo-poo.” Read the rest of this entry »

If you’ve always wanted to watch someone beat the shit out of Will Ferrell with a baseball bat, have I got a movie for you …

• Finally, Karl Rove and Harriet Miers will testify on the record.
• Obama Administration fleshes out the details of the mortgage bailout plan.
• Chances the U.S. is headed for a Depression: One in five.
• Doctors now using waivers to prevent patients from posting about their visits online.
• Barbara Bush (the old one) goes under the knife.
• Tax laws get tougher for the wealthy, as the wealthy are now expected to pay taxes.
• Facebook battles Twitter in a fight you need your kids to explain.
• “Bucs Lose Buchanon To Lions.” Was 0-16 Detroit really a better option?
• Manny signs with L.A. for $45 million. I know I feel better now.