Senior Research Fellow/ Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health, Anglia Ruskin University
I have both a medical and sociological background. I qualified as a doctor in 1990, and worked as a GP but later undertook a PhD in Sociology which I completed in 2010. I now work at the intersection of healthcare and sociology.
Oct 11, 2022 04:36 am UTC| Health
Women who are obese and taking the combined oral contraceptive pill have 12 to 24 times greater risk of developing a leg-vein blood clot than those not taking the pill and who are not overweight, according to a recent...
Could a contraceptive app be as good as the pill?
Jan 30, 2017 16:41 pm UTC| Technology Health
Theres a company that claims its smartphone fertility-tracking app is as good as the pill at preventing pregnancy. Women have long monitored their menstrual cycles as a method of contraception but this has often been seen...
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