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Current Medical Research Winter 2008–Spring 2009 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Note that the “Current Medical Research” feature focuses on issues relevant to natural family planning and the beginning of life. This piece is complemented by medical reviews published in The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, which focus more on ...
Fehring, Richard
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The cost-effectiveness of oral contraceptives compared to 'no hormonal treatment' for endometriosis-related pain: An economic evaluation.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2019
OBJECTIVE:To develop a preliminary cost-effectiveness model that compares oral contraceptives and 'no hormonal treatment' for the treatment of endometriosis-related pain. METHODS:A de novo preliminary state transition (Markov) model was developed.
Tobias Sydendal Grand   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estradiol valerate and dienogest in hormonal contraception. Acceptability and effectiveness in real clinical practice

open access: yesМедицинский совет, 2018
The combined hormonal contraceptives are now one of the most effective methods of preventing unwanted pregnancies. They provide high contraceptive reliability, accessibility and ease of use, reversibility of effects, safety of use.
E. R. Dovletkhanova, V. N. Prilepskaya
doaj   +1 more source

Combined and progestagen-only hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer risk: A UK nested case-control study and meta-analysis.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2023
BackgroundCurrent or recent use of combined oral contraceptives (containing oestrogen+progestagen) has been associated with a small increase in breast cancer risk.
Danielle Fitzpatrick   +4 more
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Progestins Related to Progesterone and Testosterone Elicit Divergent Human Endometrial Transcriptomes and Biofunctions. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Progestins are widely used for the treatment of gynecologic disorders and alone, or combined with an estrogen, are used as contraceptives. While their potencies, efficacies and side effects vary due to differences in structures, doses and routes of ...
Balayan, Shayna   +8 more
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FIXED PROLONGED REGIME OF COMBINED ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES (COC) INTAKE IN SOLUTION OF CLASSIC CONTRACEPTION ISSUES (LITERATURE REVIEW)

open access: yesМедицинский совет, 2017
Combined oral contraceptives (COC) – the most popular reversible method to prevent unwanted pregnancy used in the whole world. The popularity of COC remains unchanged since the moment of their appearance [1]. Thus, in the US COC are used by each 4 out of
V. N. Prilepskaya, E. A. Minaeva
doaj   +1 more source

Inventory of personal factors influencing conditioned pain modulation in healthy people: a systematic literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is believed to play an important role in the development and exacerbation of chronic pain, because dysfunction of CPM is associated with a shift in balance between pain facilitation and pain inhibition.
Calders, Patrick   +6 more
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Effects of orally administered hormonal contraceptives on the musculoskeletal system of healthy premenopausal women—A systematic review

open access: yesHealth Science Reports, 2022
Introduction The musculoskeletal system (MSK) is one of the extragonadal target tissues of sex hormones: osteoblasts and osteocytes express estrogen receptors, while in fibroblasts of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and myocytes of the vastus ...
Claudia Römer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Womens Limited Choice and Availability of Modern Contraception at Retail Outlets and Public-Sector Facilities in Luanda, Angola, 2012-2015. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In Angola, many women want to use family planning but lack access to affordable and preferred methods. This article assesses the link between womens choice and availability of contraceptive methods in Luanda, Angola, drawing on data from 3 surveys: a ...
Bell, Suzanne   +7 more
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Non-Contraceptive Benefits of Oral Hormonal Contraceptives

open access: yesInternational Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2012
It is becoming evident that oral hormonal contraceptives-besides being well established contraceptives-seem to become important medications for many functional or organic disturbances. So far, clinical effectiveness has been shown for treatment as well as prevention of menstrual bleeding disorders and menstrual-related pain symptoms.
openaire   +4 more sources

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