Comparison of Abstinence and Coital Frequency Between 2 Natural Methods of Family Planning [PDF]
, 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.
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50 years of hormonal contraception – time to find out, what it does to our brain
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2014 Hormonal contraceptives are on the market for more than 50 years and used by 100 million women worldwide. However, while endogenous steroids have been convincingly associated with change in brain structure, function and cognitive performance, the effects
Belinda ePletzer +3 more
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Orthopaedic 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
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Inventory of personal factors influencing conditioned pain modulation in healthy people: a systematic literature review [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Conditioned pain modulation (CPM) is believed to play an important role in the development and exacerbation of chronic pain, because dysfunction of CPM is associated with a shift in balance between pain facilitation and pain inhibition.
Calders, Patrick +6 more
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Systemic Hormonal Contraceptive Use and Rhinitis Among Adult Women: An All of Us Database Analysis
Laryngoscope Investigative OtolaryngologyObjectives The role of sex hormones in the pathogenesis of allergic and inflammatory conditions such as rhinitis has been receiving increased attention, with evidence supporting an inflammation‐modulating role of estrogen and progesterone in the nasal ...
Richard G. Chiu +6 more
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Association between changes in heart rate variability during the anticipation of a stressful situation and the stress-induced cortisol response [PDF]
, 2018 Vagal activity - reflecting the activation of stress regulatory mechanisms and prefrontal cortex activation - is thought to play an inhibitory role in the regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis.
De Raedt, Rudi +2 more
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BMC Women's HealthBackground 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
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Ovarian Reserve Assessment among Healthy Women Using Hormonal Contraceptives Baghdad, Iraq
Al-Mustansiriyah Journal of Pharmaceutical SciencesBackground: A woman's ovarian reserve and fertility may be affected by the long-term use of hormonal contraception. Anti-Mullerian hormone levels, the best available measure of ovarian reserve, were reduced by hormonal contraceptives methods, and were ...
Fatima Mahdi Salh Nassif +1 more
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Treating endometriosis with hormonal contraceptives
Медицинский совет, 2016 Prescribing combined hormonal contraceptives for the treatment of endometriosis may be the therapy of choice for patients with chronic pelvic pain and menstrual dysfunction.
L. Y. Karakhalis +2 more
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Penggunaan Kontrasepsi Hormonal dan Kejadian Kanker Payudara di Rumah Sakit Dr. Sardjito [PDF]
, 2017 Breast cancer is a disease in women with the highest of Malignancy. Cases in Yogyakarta has reached 6.17 per 100,000 population, the risk factors due to hormonal contraceptives.
Awaliyah, N. (Nuratul) +2 more
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