by Managing Contraception | May 17, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Ankinet, thought this might interest you: Stress is everywhere Robert A. Hatcher MD, MPH     September 11, 2009 Stress is all about us. It creeps into our lives like fog the day after a rainstorm. Stress seems to taunt us with the refrain: “Stop me if...
by Managing Contraception | May 8, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
 ISSUE: Pfizer Inc. notified healthcare professionals and consumers that it recalled 14 lots of Lo/Ovral-28 (norgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) Tablets and 14 lots of Norgestrel and Ethinyl Estradiol Tablets (generic) for customers in the U.S. market. An...
by Managing Contraception | Apr 23, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Certainty Bob Hatcher May 14, 2012 I never hear one of Steve Hall’s sermons at the St. James Episcopal Church but that I am inspired, uplifted or prodded to do something I had not been thinking of doing. On Easter he said several phrases three or four times. He...
by Managing Contraception | Mar 18, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Here is an extremely controversial question: How DO modern contraceptives work? A closely related question: Do any of the modern hormonal contraceptives and IUDs work by causing an abortion? A woman is said to be pregnant when the early embryo has successfully made...
by Managing Contraception | Mar 8, 2012 | Dr. Bob Hatcher, Newsletter
Women should return at 3 weeks (NOT 6 weeks) for postpartum checkups!  Doctors Leon Speroff and Dan Mishell wrote the lead article in Contraception in August, 2008. They suggest that “the 6-week postpartum visit is an anachronism.” It simply does not...