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If you find that changing up your diet and exercise routine isn’t getting you to 100 percent of your weight-loss goals, it’s understandable that you might at least want to see what kind of naturopathic options are out there. And there’s ingredient you’ll see come up a lot in that search:
fenugreek.
Fenugreek (pronounced “feh-nyuh-greek”) is a clover-like herb native to the Mediterranean region, southern Europe, and western Asia, according to the National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Its seeds which smell and taste like maple syrup are used in cooking and as medicine.
Women seeking an abortion pill will not be required to visit a doctor’s office or clinic during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. health officials said Tuesday in the latest reversal in an ongoing legal battle over the medication.
FDA says medication abortion drug can be distributed by mail during pandemic
The Biden administration is removing a requirement that one of the drugs involved in medication abortion be dispensed in person during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The move, freeing up a type of non-surgical abortion effective earlier in pregnancy, further expands abortion access under President Joe Biden and marks a victory for the slew of abortion rights groups, medical groups and congressional Democrats that have put pressure on the administration in recent months to go further in reducing barriers to abortion.
Access to mifepristone has been at the center of a legal fight during the pandemic. In response to a lawsuit last summer, federal courts blocked the requirement the drug be dispensed in person, citing dangers of Covid-19 transmission. The Supreme Court, siding with the Trump administration, later reinstated the requirement.