The End Of Heinous Menstrual Cramps?

Today’s Lady News: The End Of Heinous Menstrual Cramps?

Posted by: Jessica Wakeman Filed in: news
5:45PM, Thursday October 15th 2009

Doctors are working on a new drug for women who suffer painful menstrual cramps, also called dysmenorrhea. The drug is named VA111913, manufactured by a British company, and it’s being tested on 128 women who say awful cramps interfere with their daily lives. [NY Daily News]
A woman who was raped 24 years ago, before the advent of DNA testing, is fighting a backlog on “rape kits,” in which DNA information is collected to identify the attacker. Lavinia Masters’ rape kit was finally opened in 2005, two full decades after her assault occurred, and the DNA in it matched up with a man who was already serving time in prison for other rapes. [CNN]
An Arizona mother of three will give birth to her fourth child 300 miles away at a hospital in Phoenix. Why? The closest hospital to her home refuses to assist with a vaginal birth after a woman has had a C-section (called a VBAC). [CNN]

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, one of two female Justices, was hospitalized overnight allegedly due to an adverse reaction to medication. According to a a statement, 76-year-old Ginsberg combined a “sleeping aid” with cold medicine and fell out of her seat on an airplane before takeoff. [CNN]—I love you, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, but you’re a freaking Supreme Court Justice! You should know not to mix a “sleeping aid” with Tylenol PM. That’s just bad news.
Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton has a 62 percent approval rating, higher than the president’s 56 percent approval rating. Heh, who’s “likeable enough” now, Barack? [Fox News]
A politician in Uganda is making “aggravated homosexuality” punishable by death for anyone who has gay sex with a person who is under the age of 18 or disabled, or if the accuser is infected with HIV. Did we mention homosexuality is already illegal in Uganda? [BBC]
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, has some choice words for a recent study which suggested feminism could be to blame after a study showed white women have been slightly less happy with their lives since 1972. [L.A. Times]

comments

melissaann
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 05:57 pm: [report]

agh, why didnt I sign up for that clinical trial of the anti cramps medicine? I hope it becomes available in the US, my productivity will be increased by 25%!

CaleeKay
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 12:35 am: [report]

just to be clear, FOX news is cited for the obama/clinton approval rating. Fox is like the new wiki, its a source that just cant be trusted.

SamL
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 03:00 am: [report]

The cramps thing: Hallelujah!

The 24 year old rape investigation: Fail! Fail! Fail! Poor woman…

Uganda and homosexuality. Do I detect I little to much homo phobia indicating there’s some serious latent gays in Uganda? Yes!

hlnbabe
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 06:38 am: [report]

Uganda is such tricky territory, I feel. I want to harp on it for it’s ignorance towards homosexuality, but simultaneously praise it for its rather impeccable approach to HIV/AIDs compared to the rest of Africa.

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