Women are poorly informed about oral contraceptive use, and are largely unaware of the important long-term non-contraceptive benefits. Many women would prefer alternative pill intake options and a significant number would favor a 'no-bleed' regimen.

This article examines the systems of divinatory interpretation in ancient Mesopotamia. Based on the sustained transmission of the tradition as well as the sheer amount of textual evidence, this article suggests that divination must have played an important role in the second and first millennium cuneiform cultures of Babylonia and Assyria. It describes two of the major divinatory disciplines: extispicy and omen astrology as practised at the Neo-Assyrian court in the second quarter of the first millennium bc.

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