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Injectable and oral contraceptive use and cancers of the breast, cervix, ovary, and endometrium in black South African women: case-control study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2012
Oral contraceptives are known to influence the risk of cancers of the female reproductive system. Evidence regarding the relationship between injectable contraceptives and these cancers is limited, especially in black South Africans, among whom ...
Margaret Urban   +6 more
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Effects of hormonal contraceptives on serum glucose, lipid profile and some liver function test [PDF]

open access: yesالمجلة العراقية للصيدلة, 2019
Objective: To investigate the effects of  hormonal contraceptives on serum glucose, lipid profile and some liver function tests. Patients and Methods: One hundred and three women participated in this study.
Isam Hamo Mahmood, Israa Mohammid Jaber
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Portal Venous Thrombosis Associated with Use of Etonogestrel/ethinyl Estradiol Vaginal Ring

open access: yesClinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Portal venous thrombosis is a life-threatening cause of abdominal pain. In younger patients, heritable thrombophilias, pregnancy, tobacco use, and oral contraceptives are associated. Case Report: A 26-year-old woman prescribed contraceptive
Katelynn E. Bailey, Michael J. Tranovich
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Overcoming barriers to oral contraception in Italy an expert opinion to empower women

open access: yesGynecological Endocrinology, 2023
Oral contraceptives are among the most commonly used contraceptive methods. However, Italian women underused reliable hormonal contraceptives as compared with other European women. There is a need to streamline access to oral contraception, with expected
Rossella E. Nappi   +6 more
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Estimate of venous thromboembolism and related-deaths attributable to the use of combined oral contraceptives in France. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
PURPOSE: To estimate the number of venous thromboembolic events and related-premature mortality (including immediate in-hospital lethality) attributable to the use of combined oral contraceptives in women aged 15 to 49 years-old between 2000 and 2011 in ...
Aurore Tricotel   +3 more
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Comparative description of the use of modern methods of hormonal contraception for women with excessive body mass

open access: yesAktualʹnì Pitannâ Farmacevtičnoï ì Medičnoï Nauki ta Praktiki, 2016
Maintenance of reproductive health of women with excessive weight is the actual problem of nowadays and is an important direction of modern medicine. Aim.
I. B. Gridina
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The gingival condition of oral contraceptives users at desa Hegarmanah, Kecamatan Jatinangor

open access: yesPadjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2010
The change of hormonal condition is a systemic condition that affected the periodontium condition. Oral contraceptives is one of the systemic risk that can change hormonal condition.
Miduk Sibuea   +2 more
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No-daily hormonal contraception today: general overview and application in specific clinical settings

open access: yesGynecological Endocrinology, 2023
No-daily hormonal contraception includes short-acting reversible contraceptives (SARC), which contain estrogen and progestin (vaginal ring and transdermal patch), and long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC), which contain only progestin ...
Valentina Elisabetta Bounous   +6 more
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Combined hormonal contraceptives as a risk factor for cerebrovascular accident

open access: yesАкушерство, гинекология и репродукция, 2020
Hormonal contraceptives are effective in preventing an unwanted pregnancy, but have side effects; among them stroke occupies an important place. The development of this serious disease may be associated with the hormonal drug components, but heavily ...
M. G. Novosartyan   +5 more
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Hormonal contraceptives and cerebral venous thrombosis risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2015
Objectives: Use of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) has previously been shown to increase the risk of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST). Whether this risk varies by type of OCP use, duration of use and other forms of hormonal contraceptives is ...
Farnaz eAmoozegar   +3 more
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