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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

Medroxyprogesterone acetate exacerbates glutamate excitotoxicity

Gynecological Endocrinology, 2006
We previously demonstrated that progesterone functions as a neuroprotective agent whereas medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA; Provera) does not. Moreover, MPA antagonized the neuroprotective and neurotrophic outcomes induced by 17beta-estradiol (E2). Towards developing effective hormone therapies for protection against neurodegeneration, we sought to ...
Jon, Nilsen, Alison, Morales, Roberta Diaz, Brinton   +2 more
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Effect of sexual steroids on the calcium content of aortic atherosclerotic plaque of oophorectomized rabbits

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2005
We determined the effect of conjugated equine estrogen plus medroxyprogesterone acetate on calcium content of aortic atherosclerotic lesions in oophorectomized adult New Zealand rabbits submitted to a cholesterol rich diet. Five groups of 10 animals each
J.M. Aldrighi, J.R. Lanz, A.P. Mansur, T.L.R. Martinez, J.A.F. Ramires   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invasiveness of endometrial cancer cell lines is potentiated by estradiol and blocked by a traditional medicine Guizhi Fuling at clinically relevant doses

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
The Traditional Chinese medicine, Guizhi Fuling (here called Fuling), has been confirmed in meta-analysis studies to reduce recurrence of endometriosis and improve pregnancy outcomes; however, the possible use of Fuling as a fertility-preserving ...
Sidra Khan, Alanah Varricchio, Carmela Ricciardelli, Andrea J. Yool   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk of Cancer With Hormone Replacement Therapy: A Narrative Review

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) remains the cornerstone of menopausal symptom management, effectively alleviating vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary syndrome, whilst mitigating long‐term risks such as osteoporosis. However, despite an increasing body of evidence on the relative safety of HRT, earlier studies that demonstrated an increased ...
Gabriella Yongue, Zachary Nash, Vikram Talaulikar, Shibani Nicum   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate on the immune microenvironment of the human cervix and endometrium: implications for HIV susceptibility [PDF]

, 2017
Depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate is a commonly used injectable contraceptive that has been associated with an increased risk of HIV acquisition. This study compares effects of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate on immune parameters from several upper ...
Giudice, Linda, Seidman, Dominika, Greenblatt, Ruth M, Shacklett, Barbara L, Hilton, Joan F, Smith-McCune, Karen K, Critchfield, J William, Averbach, Sarah, Shanmugasundaram, Uma   +8 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

Medroxyprogesterone to treat corneal thinning postcurvularia keratitis

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019
Keratitis of varied etiology is not uncommon in the Indian subcontinent. This case is one such an instance of keratitis caused by dematiaceous fungus in an urban dweller not engaged in farming or any other soil/earth-related work. Although healing of the
Lubna Khan, Ekta Batavia
doaj   +1 more source

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