We here at Scanner are in no way medical professionals. So why in the world would we seek medical advice from others who are? Instead, we like to ask our friends what's up. That's right, we asked a boy who has no medical training whatsoever to break down female birth control for us, b...

Turns out yesterday’s Douchebag of the Year contestant has a competitor. Already. Courthouse News reports that nurse practitioner (or physician assistant, her labels vary) Sylvia Olona pulled out a woman’s IUD when she had just gone in to have the strings shortened. She then proceeded to...

1. I am 29-years old now. 2. My entry into Year 29 (or Year 30, if you want to be technical about it)(which, for the record, is most emphatically not encouraged) was celebrated in Texas, home of the extended Darby clan. Let it be stated for the record that I love me some Darbies, gal durn. (Author's...

I said 'ok, bed by 11 tonight' and it's 12. WHOOPS Long day at work today. Almost 9hours. Just... bleck. 9hours of retail? Totally not cool. I'm really glad that buck and doe is NOT tonight, I am bagged. I was up at like 6:50 and left the house by 7:10. At least I had time to go to tim hortons on my...

Has anyone else had weight and/or emotional problems that they attribute to hormonal birth control, specifically the Mirena IUD? I know there have been several IUD threads – one of them helped convince me to get one. But most of them dealt with questions about getting one, and now, I'm wondering i...