Menstrual suppression.(Shorts)

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | November 1, 2004| | Copyright

Not surprisingly, women without access to birth control have far fewer menstrual periods during their lifetime than those with access. (Multiple pregnancies and breast feeding prevent ovulation and menstruation.) Some believe that the high number of periods may be unnatural, even harmful. Scientist Beverly Strassmann observed the reproductive profile of the Dogon tribe of Mali in the 1980s for two and a half years. She found that Dogon women average about a hundred periods in their lifetime. Western women with access to birth control menstruate between 350 and 400 times. Some ...

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