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Effect of synthetic oestrogens and progestagens in oral contraceptives on bile lipid composition. [PDF]
Gut, 1983 The prevalence of cholesterol gall stones in young women has increased since the introduction of oral contraceptives. The synthetic female sex hormones used in these preparations, increase the degree of cholesterol saturation in bile. To determine whether oestrogens, progestagens, or both, are responsible for the change in biliary cholesterol ...
R H, Down +3 more
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Selected effects of combined oral contraceptives use
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2022 Introduction and objective:: Combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are one of the most popular methods of contraception worldwide. The universality of this method leads to the constant analysis of its influence on the female body.
Julia Bogucka +5 more
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Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2022 Accuracy in facial emotion recognition has shown to vary with ovarian hormones, both in naturally cycling women, as well as in women taking oral contraceptives.
Ann-Christin Sophie Kimmig +9 more
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Progestins Related to Progesterone and Testosterone Elicit Divergent Human Endometrial Transcriptomes and Biofunctions. [PDF]
, 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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Effect of the menstrual cycle on performance of intermittent, high-intensity shuttle running in a hot environment [PDF]
, 2003 The present study examined the impact of the menstrual cycle and oral contraceptive use on performance of high intensity intermittent running in the heat [31.0 (0.2) oC; 23.1 (0.9) % RH].
Nevill, ME, Sunderland, C
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Sex Hormone Binding Globulin: Effect of Synthetic Steroids on the Assay and Effect of Oral Contraceptives [PDF]
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry: International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 1981 The effect that synthetic steroid components of different oral contraceptives have on the assay system for measurement of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG)-binding capacity, has been examined. Interference with the assay was not demonstrable at therapeutic levels of the drugs.
S M, Bowles, R J, Mills
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 The central nervous system effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) are not well-documented. In a set of 3 studies, we investigated a specific cognitive function, mental rotation, in healthy women currently using OCs for contraceptive purposes (n = 201) and ...
Elizabeth Hampson +5 more
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Do hormonal contraceptives stimulate growth of neurofibromas? A survey on 59 NF1 patients
BMC Cancer, 2005 Background Neurofibromas are benign tumors of the peripheral nerves and hallmark of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a tumor suppressor gene syndrome. Neurofibromas mostly start developing at puberty and can increase in size and number during pregnancy ...
Mautner Victor-Felix +2 more
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Rising trends towards the development of oral herbal male contraceptive: an insight review
Future Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 Background Acknowledging population control to be an essential step for global health promotes wide research study in the area of male contraception. Although there are a great number of synthetic contraceptives available in the market, they have plenty ...
Surender Verma, Akash Yadav
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The role of hormone therapy before hysteroscopic myomectomy
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2021 Objective: This review analyzes the preoperative treatments used before hysteroscopic myomectomy, trying to identify the main indications for each option.
Antonio Simone Laganà +8 more
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