Do Women Increase Their Use of Reproductive Health Care When It Becomes More Available? Evidence from Indonesia

Ramadan fasting: Do we need more evidence?

Over a billion of Muslims fast worldwide during Ramadan each year. Through this religious custom, fasting contributes to their health as well as their spiritual growth. However, available evidence regarding the health-benefits of Ramadan fasting is scarce and highly contentious. Although Islam exempts patients from fasting, many fast conceivably, and their clinical condition is prone to deterio...

When reproductive biology becomes political

The name of the 30th president of the USA, Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), has become intimately linked to the reproduction of farmyard chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus), and of other vertebrates. Legend has it that during a visit to a farm, Mrs Coolidge became interested in the question how frequently a rooster can copulate, whereupon the president established that the dominant male will deligh...

Introduction: When More Becomes Less

Use of modern contraception increases when more methods become available: analysis of evidence from 1982–2009

OBJECTIVE To examine how much contraceptive use increases as additional methods are made available to populations. METHODS We used data estimating contraceptive use from representative national surveys and data estimating method availability from special surveys to make comparisons for 6 modern contraceptive methods, in each of 6 years: 1982, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009. To estimate meth...

When IT Becomes a Profession

To most of the hundred millions of computer-users around the world, the inner workings of a computer are an utter mystery. Opening the box holds as much attraction as lifting the hood of a modern car. Users expect Information Technology professionals to help them with their needs for designing, locating, retrieving, using, configuring, programming, maintaining, and understanding computers, netw...