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Sneaking around: So, you’re in love with a married man
Most professionals—hell, most friends—will tell you that dating a married guy rarely ends well. They’ll say things like: Think you’re the only one? About 50% of cheating husbands have multiple affairs. Think it’s because you’re irresistible? Only 12% of married men say their mistress is better looking or in better shape than their wives. Think […]
On your parents’ health insurance? One more reason to use birth control.
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
School of rock: Getting to know Stevie Nicks
Long blonde hair. Floating black chiffon and platforms. A haunting, velvety voice. Award winning and record-breaking singer, songwriter, and musician. Witch. (Actually that’s a long-held misperception. She isn’t.) Stevie Nicks is many things. And epic rock goddess is one of them. That cool name. Her real first name is Stephanie, but she couldn’t say it […]
Starting the pill: How about now?
Sometimes old ideas die hard. One good example is the old idea that you have to start taking the pill on a Sunday, or start it five days after your period begins. Research has shown that this is just plain wrong. Out with the old… In the old days, health care providers often advised women […]
Good call, ladies! IUD use is up in the U.S.
When a lot of people start doing something new—say, using an IUD for birth control instead of the pill —it takes a few years for researchers to catch up with them. That’s why we’re just hearing now , thanks to the latest analysis of the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) , that way more […]
How to fight fair (because makeup sex is better than breakup sex)
Fight scenes: Good for action movies. Sucky in your kitchen at 2 a.m. after your significant other pisses you off for the 800th time that week. Here’s the truth: Every couple fights. Or argues. Or has a teensy kerfuffle. Or simply gets annoyed at each other. It’s human nature and it doesn’t mean your relationship […]
A big day for affordable birth control
UPDATE: President Biden has opened the enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act health insurance plans for 2022. You can now enroll in one of these plans until January 15, 2022, at healthcare.gov . Some states have their own open enrollment periods and websites for signing up. Check to see if your state does . […]
Just can’t get enough: Focusing on foreplay
Sometimes talking about foreplay feels more like bore-play. It gets technical. ( 21 minutes of foreplay greatly increases the odds of women having an orgasm. ) It gets mechanical. ( Touch his frenulum like this! ) It gets repetitive. (Find a ton of foreplay tips and techniques here and here and here and here and […]
One-dose emergency contraception goes generic
UPDATE: Generic forms of Plan B One-Step like Next Choice, Next Choice One Dose, My Way, and Levonorgestrel are now available over the counter without a prescription or any age restrictions! Get the details . — Shoes, lovers…turtle doves. Good things often come in pairs, but emergency contraceptive pills are one example of why two […]
37% of U.S. babies are “a surprise”
New data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) tell us that 37% of all babies born to 15-44-year-old women between 2006 and 2010 were, ahem, a surprise. And of course that doesn’t account for unintended pregnancies that ended in miscarriage or abortion. There was lots of useful information in the report […]
