Archive for June, 2008

Abortions on the rise among young girls

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

According to official figures for England and Wales, the number of abortions among girls aged 16 increased by 10% in 2007 to 4,376. According to an article on the BBC, the number of abortions in the under 16s has risen by 27% in the past decade. Gill Frances, chair of the Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory read more »

PMT misdiagnosed as depression?

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

According to The National Association for Premenstrual Syndrome (NAPS), the UK charity for people with PMT, there’s been a rise in the number of young women being told they’ve got depression when their symptoms are actually linked to their periods and don’t last all month. Those being misdiagnosed as clinically depressed may be prescribed anti-depressants read more »