Luisa Dillner The pill is not as effective as many women think. Photograph: Stockbyte/Getty Images People often think that their contraception is more reliable than it actually is, according to research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AJOG). A study of 4,000 American women found nearly half of those surveyed overestimated how...
Angela Saini Genetic tests can highlight an individual’s tolerance to treatments. Photograph: Alamy Three years ago, Theo Dingermann, a professor of pharmaceutical biology at Goethe University in Frankfurt, sent a glob of spit to the United States. For $200 a company there sequenced part of his genome using DNA from his cheek cells. The...
Megan Carpentier Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul. Photomontage by Jamie Turner Photograph: Guardian If you told a liberal in 2008 that progressives ought to give Republican Texas Congressman Ron Paul a chance because he was the most anti-war candidate on the ballot, you would have been laughed out of the room – or, more...
Hillary Clinton Uruguayan women hold candles as they demonstrate against domestic violence on International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Photograph: Andres Stapff/Reuters Picture a woman. She might live anywhere in the world. She could be part of any socio-economic group, of any ethnicity, of any religion. On a typical day this...
