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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Jun 12, 2017
June 12, 2017
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Recall:
Birth control pills!
This could obviouslybe a big problem. Turns out just one lot of Lupin Pharmaceuticals' Mibelas 24 Fe birth control pills has been voluntarily recalled by because of a packaging error.
The problem: the placebo pills are at the beginning of the package rather than at the end. This could be a problem, since if women take the pills in the order they appear would be off the pill for eight days instead of four, which increases the chance of an unintended pregnancy.
The FDA says the lot in question is labeled L600518 and has an expiration date of May 2018.
The FDA also says if you're in the middle of your cycle already with one of the packs, go ahead and continue to take the rest, and use back-up contraception for the remainder of the cycle. And if your period doesn't begin as scheduled --do a pregnancy test!Trash talk and satellite dish:
JERRY SEINFELD couldn't care less about "Keeping Up With the Kardashians." The comic tells Mr Porter that he got "really, really" upset while his daughter was watching the show, says he simply "could not take that scene" and is "offended by reality television on so many levels."
The funny dude came up during a time when TV was the "Olympics of being a comedian" and says the family is "not doing anything interesting."(Lee)Models:
A new study found that women are more likely to pay attention to images featuring plus-size models than ones of their slimmer colleagues. Researchers at Florida State University surveyed college-aged women who all wanted to be thinner. The NY Postsays when volunteers were shown photos of thin and plus-size models. The women were then asked about how satisfied they were with their own bodies. When shown slim models, the volunteers were more likely to compare them with their own bodies. But when shown plus-size models, the volunteers all reported higher levels of satisfaction with their own bodies, and paid more attention to the models themselves. The researchers concluded that "there is a clear psychological advantage when the media shows more realistic body types than the traditional thin model." (Bartha)
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