Saturday, January 19, 2008

Wohoo! DVT's Get Some Attention

Since my personal email accounts are through Hotmail, I usually get my "news" from MSN. It is typically blurbs on where Ms. Spears has shown her wooha, but today I was SO happy to see some news on the danger of hormones - specifically birth control.

Don't get me wrong, I want everyone to have access to methods that prevent unwanted pregnancies (we certainly don't need more Jamie-Lynne Spears shopping at Babies R' Us), but it SO frustrating to me that Ob/Gyn's do not educate women on the very real danger of blood clots and test their blood for any increased genetic risk.

Here is the article

((Stepping down from soapbox))

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