Birth Control Options,Effects and Side Effects plus Gains and Losses...MUST READ FOR EVERY WOMAN

Fertility Awareness

Fertility awareness is also referred to as natural family planning. This method involves timing sexual activity to avoid a woman's most fertile periods. Measuring basal body temperature and monitoring cervical mucus are ways to determine when a woman is fertile. Your health care professional can train you in the safest way to use this method correctly.

Pros: It's inexpensive and does not involve drugs or medical procedures.

Cons: Spontaneity is limited, and it is only effective about 75% of the time (meaning you have a 1 in 4 chance of getting pregnant).

MUST READ FOR EVERY WOMAN....Birth Control Options and facts

Birth control facts

• Types of birth controlBirth control methods can be broadly classified into barrier methods (that prevent sperm cells from reaching the egg), methods that prevent ovulation such as the pill, and methods that allow fertilization of the egg but prevent implantation of the fertilized egg inside the uterus (womb).
• Condoms and diaphragms are examples of barrier birth control methods.

Weight-Loss Surgery May Beat Diet, Exercise as Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

In a small study of obese patients, weight-loss surgery was better at keeping type 2 diabetes at bay than diet and exercise alone, researchers report.

In fact, three years after weight-loss surgery, more than two-thirds of those who had a procedure called Roux-en-Y gastric bypass to shrink their stomach

Women's Faces Are Redder During Ovulation, Study Says

Women's faces are redder than usual during ovulation, but this subtle change isn't detectable to the human eye, new research shows.

This change may be a possible signal of peak fertility, and it may have evolved

Too Few Men With Low-Risk Prostate Cancers Get 'Watch and Wait' Approach

 A wide majority of prostate cancer are being treated for the disease even though "active surveillance" is an option, a new report finds.

Active surveillance -- or watchful waiting -- is the careful monitoring of prostate cancer for progression of the cancer that would indicate a need for treatment. Men in the Northeast and on the West Coast were especially likely to have active surveillance rather than cancer treatment, potentially sparing them from complications associated with treatment.

Last minute: euthanasia patient changes mind

Italian pro-euthanasia campaigners on Tuesday said that a terminally ill patient who travelled to Switzerland to end their life changed their mind at the last minute.

The Italian patient, who has not been named, was supposed to meet with doctors at a clinic in Switzerland to end their life

Hero' ambulance driver has heart attack at wheel

An ambulance driver in Lazio has been hailed a hero after safely transporting an elderly woman to hospital while himself suffering a heart attack at the wheel