"still, much misinformation about the female body circulates in mainstream consciousness."Robin Nixon, Special to Live Science
sa isa ka artikulo nga nabasahan ko sa http://www.livescience.com/, it is interesting to note that it enlisted 5 myths regarding the female body.
myth 1: a doctor can tell if a woman is a virgin
- doctors cannot "accurately sort virgins from the sexually-active ones." indi kuno ina simple nga kaso nga paglantaw kung may buho sa hymen kay may ara guid na buho sa hymen. according to dr. rachel vreeman of indiana university, co-author of 'Don't Swallow Your Gum: Myths, Half-truths and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health,' "it is not true that hymen seals off the vagina until virginity is lost."
myth 2: women and men need equal sleep
- sa isa ka research nga gnubra sa University of Warwick in 2007, it revealed that "women who slept five or less hours a night were twice as likely to suffer from hypertension than women who slept for seven or more hours. Among men, there was no such relationship."
myth 3: menopause causes sex drive to nosedive
-according to dr. rachel vreeman, "while hot flashes and other discomforts may make a women temporarily not in the mood, there is not a direct link between menopause and sexual desire. "
myth 4: antibiotics make birth control pills unreliable
- according to dr. aaron carroll of indiana university, co-author of 'Don't Swallow Your Gum: Myths, Half-truths and Outright Lies About Your Body and Health,' "birth control pills alone fail about one percent of the time. And that failure rate is unchanged when taken with the vast majority of antibiotics."
isa ka exception ang rifampin, the antibiotic prescribed for tuberculosis. "Rifampin does lower pregnancy-protecting hormone levels induced by birth control pills, but whether the effect is large enough to increase pregnancy risk is unclear," Carrol said.
isa ka exception ang rifampin, the antibiotic prescribed for tuberculosis. "Rifampin does lower pregnancy-protecting hormone levels induced by birth control pills, but whether the effect is large enough to increase pregnancy risk is unclear," Carrol said.
myth 5: a woman can't get pregnant during her period
-according to dr. carroll, "while a woman is unlikely to conceive during menstruation, nothing, when it comes to pregnancy, is impossible." "Once inside a woman, sperm can wait for an egg for up to a week. Ovulation can occur soon after, or even during, the bleeding phase of a woman's menstrual cycle, giving patient sperm the chance to get lucky."" The timing method of birth control doesn't work well," Carroll said.
