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What are Birth Control Glasses?

Contraception or birth control refers to any method, medicine, or device used to prevent pregnancy. There are several types of birth control available to women. Some are more effective than others at preventing pregnancy. But have you heard about the military’s birth control glasses?  The “birth control glasses” was a nickname given for a very […]

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Until the mid-1960s in Britain, pregnancy tests were done by sending a woman’s urine to a lab, where it would be injected into a toad. The toad was checked two hours later and if it had laid eggs, the woman was pregnant.

Contraception: From fish bladders to home-delivered morning after pills The morning after pill has never been more accessible. Women in the UK are now able to order emergency contraception online for home delivery. It marks a milestone – less than two decades ago, it was not possible to buy it in pharmacies. Medicine historian Dr

Until the mid-1960s in Britain, pregnancy tests were done by sending a woman’s urine to a lab, where it would be injected into a toad. The toad was checked two hours later and if it had laid eggs, the woman was pregnant. Read More »