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Changes in Canadian contraceptive choices: results of a national survey on hormonal contraceptive use

BMC Women's Health
Background Since the introduction of the birth control pill in 1960, Canadians have been offered a number of different options for hormonal contraceptives, yet oral contraceptives remain the most popular methods.
Allison J. Campbell, Victoria E. Claydon, Sarah Liva, Anita T. Cote   +3 more
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Stress-Hormone Dynamics and Working Memory in Healthy Women Who Use Oral Contraceptives Versus Non-Users

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2021
BackgroundWomen who use oral contraceptives (OCs) may have a higher risk of developing a depression, which is associated with both vulnerability to stress and cognitive dysfunction. OCs disrupt the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis by suppressing
Emma Sofie Høgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Camilla Borgsted, Vibeke H. Dam, Arafat Nasser, Niklas Rye Jørgensen, Brice Ozenne, Brice Ozenne, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Dea Siggaard Stenbæk, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer, Vibe G. Frokjaer   +14 more
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Oral contraceptives and the risk of thrombosis and atherosclerosis.

, 2002
Oral contraceptives containing synthetic oestrogens have been used successfully as birth control for > 40 years and are currently prescribed to > 100 million women worldwide.
Dubey, Raghvendra K, Barton, Matthias, Traupe, Tobias   +2 more
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Bridging the translational gap in clinical nanomedicine: From rational design to clinical reality

BMEMat, EarlyView.
Nanotechnology offers a multi‐faceted approach to modern healthcare, encompassing high‐sensitivity diagnostic imaging, innovative vaccine delivery, and targeted therapeutics. This review explores how these nanomedicine applications address critical challenges in cancer recurrence and the treatment of neurologic and respiratory diseases to combat rising
Ahmed H. Ghonaim, Marwa Ahmed El‐Naka, Wedad M. Nageeb, Atta Ullah Khan, Noura M. Seleem, Aliaa Abdelghafar, Doaa Zamel, Yang Liu, Qigai He, Wentao Li   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Folate contraception and clinical practice

Гинекология, 2020
Since the first pill, there has been a significant evolution of hormonal contraception: low- and micro-dose drugs have appeared, drugs with components as close as possible to endogenous hormones have been developed, new dosage regimens and routes of ...
Vera N. Prilepskaya, Lana L. Bostandzhian   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rapid and Reusable Amino Acid–Derived MOFs for the Removal of Estrogenic Hormones From Real Water Matrices

Chemistry – A European Journal, EarlyView.
A family of amino‐acid–derived MOFs enables ultrafast (>90–95% in 30 s) simultaneous removal of four estrogenic contaminants from water under SPE conditions. A leucine‐based MOF shows excellent regenerability and robustness in real samples, with structural evidence revealing efficient hormone encapsulation.
Lidia García, Alejandro Cortés‐Villena, Héctor Martínez Pérez‐Cejuela, José Manuel Herrero‐Martínez, Jesús Ferrando‐Soria, Thais Grancha, Donatella Armentano, Emilio Pardo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Long‐Acting Therapeutics in Pediatric Health: Bridging Innovation and Access

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Children have distinct therapeutic needs arising from age‐dependent physiology, disease epidemiology, formulation requirements, dosing considerations, and safety vulnerabilities. Despite substantial reductions in childhood mortality over the past three decades, nearly 5 million children under five died in 2023, with infectious diseases continuing to ...
Prajith Venkatasubramanian, Moherndran Archary, Daniel B. Hawcutt, Rachel Daley, Edmund Capparelli, Adeniyi Olagunju   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Commonalities of platelet dysfunction in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and underlying comorbidities

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1013-1028, April 2025.
Abstract Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is characterized by a lack of a specific targeted treatment and a complex, partially unexplored pathophysiology. Common comorbidities associated with HFpEF are hypertension, atrial fibrillation, obesity and diabetes.
Giorgia D'Italia, Blanche Schroen, Judith M.E.M. Cosemans   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effect of antiseizure medications on the exposure to combined oral contraceptives: A systematic review and network meta‐analysis

Epileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Current recommendations for prescribing combined oral contraceptives (COCs) to people with epilepsy are often conflicting, particularly for weak inducers of cytochrome P450 3A4. We aimed to critically review the literature and compare the antiseizure medication (ASM)‐induced changes in exposure to COC components.
Hagar Cohen, Amnah Omar Mahajna, Tomer Ben‐Shushan, Ilan Matok, Sara Eyal   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives and venous thromboembolism: an analysis of the FAERS database

, 2018
David Madigan, Jennifer Shin Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Introduction: Substantial evidence suggests that drospirenone-containing oral contraceptives may cause a higher risk of venous thrombotic events than earlier ...
Madigan D, Shin J, Jennifer Shin, David Madigan   +3 more
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