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

open access: yesBMC 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing medication independence: The experience of UK teenagers

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims There is a progression through childhood from being provided medications by caregivers to having to take responsibility for medications yourself, but little is known about when the transition of adolescents managing medicines begins. The aim of this study was to obtain a cross‐sectional sample of UK adolescents and when they become independent ...
Holly Hutchins   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

PrEP at the site of action in cisgender and transgender women: A pharmacology study of blood and rectal CD4+ lymphocytes

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Background Female sex hormones used in feminizing hormone therapy (FHT) may influence activation and persistence of HIV pre‐exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medications. The clinical relevance of this interaction remains unclear, particularly for transgender and cisgender women (TGW and CGW).
Elizabeth Hastie   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effect of Menstrual Cycle and Contraceptives on ACL Injuries and Laxity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

open access: yesOrthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017
Background: Women are at substantially greater risk for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than are men. Purpose: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of the literature to clarify the effect of the menstrual cycle and contraceptives on
Simone D. Herzberg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Former long‐term use of combined hormonal contraception and glucose metabolism disorders in perimenopausal women: A prospective, population‐based cohort study

open access: yesActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2023
Introduction Current use of combined hormonal contraceptives worsens glucose tolerance and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus at late fertile age, but the impact of their former use on the risk of glucose metabolism disorders is still ...
Maria‐Elina Mosorin   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hormone replacement therapy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Martha Hickey, Jane Elliott, Sonia Louise ...
Davison, S., Elliott, C., Hickey, M.
core   +2 more sources

An Analysis of the Majority Report “Responsible Parenthood” and its Recommendations on Abortion, Sterilization and Contraception [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper will focus on the majority report (titled “Responsible Parenthood”) of the 1966 Papal Birth Control Commission and its recommendations on abortion, sterilization, and contraception.(1) The analysis is made with the hindsight and perspective of
Fehring, Richard
core   +1 more source

An update on the potential for male contraception : emerging options [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The human population continues to grow and is estimated to rise to 10.1 billion by the end of the century. Therefore, there is still an unmet need for safe and highly effective contraceptive options for both men and women.
Alsaadi, Manal   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Long-acting reversible hormonal contraception

open access: yesSouth African Family Practice, 2016
Long-acting reversible hormonal contraceptives are effective methods of birth control that provide contraception for an extended period without requiring user action.
N. E. Dahan-Farkas, M. O.E. Irhuma
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Abstinence and Coital Frequency Between 2 Natural Methods of Family Planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Introduction The length of periodic abstinence, due to overestimation of the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle, is often a cause for dissatisfaction, discontinuation, and user error with natural family planning (NFP) methods.
Arévalo   +25 more
core   +2 more sources

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