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Dietary intake and eating behavior in depot medroxyprogesterone acetate users: a systematic review

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2018
Because of weight gain, women often discontinue hormonal contraception, especially depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). Our objective was to conduct a systematic review of studies describing dietary intake or eating behavior in DMPA users to ...
P. Silva, S. Qadir, A. Fernandes, L. Bahamondes, J.F. Peipert   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

State Choices, Unequal Access: Policies Shaping Reproductive Health Care Across the United States

The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points State policies and programs play an outsized role in shaping availability and access to sexual and reproductive health services across the nation. This has a major impact on women's access to contraception, abortion, and maternity services.
ALINA SALGANICOFF, IVETTE GOMEZ, USHA RANJI   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Injectable Contraceptive Use in Women With Intellectual Disability – A Narrative Review and Local Case Series

BJPsych Open
Aims: Intellectual Disability is defined as an IQ below 71. People with intellectual disability frequently experience menstrual distress leading to use of hormonal medications such as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA).
Marianne Bergman, Alaa Martin
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Hormonal Contraceptive Use and HIV on Cervicovaginal Cytokines and Microbiota in Malawi

mSphere, 2023
Important questions remain on how hormonal contraceptives alter the local immune environment and the microbiota in the female genital tract and how such effects may impact susceptibility to HIV infection.
Lisa B. Haddad, Jennifer H. Tang, Nicole L. Davis, Athena P. Kourtis, Lameck Chinula, Albans Msika, Gerald Tegha, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Julie A. E. Nelson, Marcia M. Hobbs, Pawel Gajer, Jacques Ravel, Kristina De Paris   +12 more
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Self-Administration of Subcutaneous Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate By Adolescent Women [PDF]

Journal of Adolescent Health, 2010
Intramuscular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA-IM) is now available in subcutaneous (SC) formulation, potentially allowing for home-based self-administration. We examined adolescents' interest in and proficiency at DMPA-SC self-administration.This is a planned secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial comparing pain between DMPA-IM and
Rebekah L, Williams, Devon J, Hensel, J Dennis, Fortenberry   +2 more
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Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms and the Risk of Cardiometabolic Disease: Current Evidence and Future Directions

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The transition through menopause is accompanied by a series of adverse metabolic changes which are associated with an increased risk of cardiometabolic disease, a major cause of mortality in women after midlife. Whilst the indication for menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the control of menopausal symptoms ...
Jiawen Dong, Sarah Hillman, Sharon Dixon, Anupa Shah, Radha Venkatakrishnan, Jeremy W. Tomlinson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indications and Efficacy of Progestogen‐Monotherapy as Menopause Hormone Therapy: A Narrative Review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) remains the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms (VMS) and other manifestations of menopause; however, its use is limited in women with contraindications to oestrogen. Progestogen monotherapy, though historically underutilized, represents a viable alternative in this population. This narrative review
Chloe Thomas, Olivia Carere, Lauren Clarfield, Michelle Jacobson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate following uterine artery embolization in the management of uterine arteriovenous malformation [PDF]

, 2013
A young woman presenting with recurrent episodes of uterine bleeding due to an extensive uterine arteriovenous malformation was treated with two sessions of uterine artery embolization.
Sivasambu, Gayatri Devi, Padma Krishnaswamy, Indushekar Subbanna, Krishnaswamy, Padma, Gayatri Devi Sivasambu, Subbanna, Indushekar, Thukral, Urvashi, Urvashi Thukral   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of three long-acting reversible contraceptive methods on HIV target cells in the human uterine cervix and peripheral blood

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, 2019
Background Hormonal contraceptives, particularly depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA), have been reported to be associated with substantially enhanced HIV acquisition; however, the biological mechanisms of this risk remain poorly understood. We aimed
Liping Li, Jie Zhou, Weijia Wang, Lina Huang, Jiaoqin Tu, Lyndsey Baiamonte, Moselle Stark, Mistie Mills, Thomas J. Hope, Erma Z. Drobnis, Alison J. Quayle, Danny J. Schust   +11 more
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Mate Whenua—Follow‐Up After Early Medical Abortion in New Zealand: A Randomised Controlled Trial

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To evaluate self‐assessment with low sensitivity urine pregnancy test versus comparative serum bhCG in women having early medical abortion (EMA) for the outcomes of complete follow‐up and ongoing live pregnancy. Design Multi‐centre parallel group randomised controlled trial.
Michelle R. Wise, Alison Knowles, Sally Talbot, Varsha Parag, Bev Lawton, Misty Edmonds, Brittany Gibbons, Sophia Amjad, E. Jane MacDonald   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source