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Use of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and fracture risk [PDF]

, 2010
Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), which has a high rate of use among teenagers in Europe and the United States, has been associated with impaired bone mineral acquisition during adolescence and accelerated bone loss in later life.
Kraenzlin, Marius E., Meier, Christoph R., Christoph R. Meier, Meier, Christian, Yolanda B. Brauchli, Brauchli, Yolanda B., Susan S. Jick, Jick, Susan S., Marius E. Kraenzlin, Christian Meier   +9 more
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The impact of oral contraceptive initiation on young women's condom use in 3 American Cities: Missed opportunities for intervention [PDF]

, 2014
Purpose: To describe women's condom use and assess predictors of consistent condom use and dual method use in the 6 months after the initiation of oral contraception (OC). Methods: We conducted a planned secondary cohort analysis among women less than 25
Sharon Edwards, Heartwell, S, Heartwell, Stephen, Stephen Heartwell, Carolyn Westhoff, Morroni, Chelsea, Edwards, S, Zieman, Mimi, Westhoff, C, Morroni, C, Chelsea Morroni, Westhoff, Carolyn Louise, Mimi Zieman, Edwards, Sharon, Zieman, M   +14 more
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Evaluation of sensitivity, motor and pain thresholds across the menstrual cycle through medium-frequency transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Clinics, 2013
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to identify variations in nervous thresholds in different phases of the menstrual cycle in eumenorrheic women and users of oral contraceptives.
Mariana de Brito Barbosa, Elaine Caldeira de Oliveira Guirro, Fabiana Roberta Nunes   +2 more
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Thrombin generation in a woman with heterozygous factor V Leiden and combined oral contraceptives: A case report

Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2020
Combined oral contraceptives and factor V Leiden mutation are multiplicative risk factors for venous thromboembolism. However, it remains unknown whether this multiplicative effect is reflected in thrombin generation assays.
Maxime G. Zermatten, Debora Bertaggia Calderara, Alessandro Aliotta, Lorenzo Alberio   +3 more
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Oral Steroid Contraceptives

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2003
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A S Mason
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Overcoming barriers to oral contraception in Italy an expert opinion to empower women

Gynecological 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, Manuela Farris, Achille Gallina Toschi, Raffaella Michieli, Francesca Moccia, Nicoletta Orthmann, Emilio Arisi   +6 more
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Oral Contraceptives and Mood Disorders [PDF]

, 2023
Background information: Oral contraceptives are one of the most common types of birth control women use to prevent pregnancy. The most widely prescribed pill form contains estrogen and progesterone.
Chen, Ping-Yu, Hoang, Vyvy, Nuno, Crystal, Phan, Thao, Riddle, Lauren, Nguyen, Kyle, Siao, Jaydon   +6 more
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The social amplification of risk and the hazard sequence: The October 1995 oral contraceptive pill scare [PDF]

, 2003
Hazard notifications routinely occur as part of the identification or management of a hazard. It is argued that a series of such notifications - a hazard sequence - may affect public responses to future notifications about that hazard and also that ...
Barnett, Julie, Breakwell, Glynis M., Breakwell, GM, Barnett, J   +3 more
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The effect of female reproductive hormones on the perception of cuteness [PDF]

, 2012
The findings of two recent studies suggest that cuteness sensitivity may be modulated by the female reproductive hormones estrogen and progesterone, with women showing greater sensitivity than men (Sprengelmeyer et al 2009; Lobmaier et al 2010) and women
Lewis, Jennifer
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Oral contraceptive among risk factors for women with ischemic stroke

Revista Brasileira de Farmácia Hospitalar e Serviços de Saúde, 2021
Objective: To evaluate the frequency of use of oral contraceptives and other risk factors among women with ischemic stroke seen at a hospital in the northern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Methods: Prospective, cross-sectional study.
Carla S. PALUDO, Amanda SACHETTI, Maiara S. PAIXÃO   +2 more
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