Over-the-counter access to combined oral contraceptives for individuals with hypertension: an expert review [PDF]
American Journal of Preventive CardiologyEfforts are underway to move a combined oral contraceptive over the counter in the United States. However, hypertension is an important contraindication and questions exist regarding how users should screen for it in an over-the-counter setting.
Kate Grindlay +6 more
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Oral contraceptives alter oral health [PDF]
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2010 This letter to the editor discusses the occurrence of women on hormonal replacement therapy and oral contraceptives experiencing a statistically significant increase in gingival inflammation related to the duration of use that affects the periodontium.
Saini Rajiv +2 more
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Association of oral contraceptives and risk of endometrial cancer: A systematic review and meta‐analysis [PDF]
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica ScandinavicaIntroduction Although the relationship between the use of oral contraceptives and reduced endometrial cancer risk has now long been established, the need for female patients to be informed on this matter based on the latest results of scientific research
András Harajka +14 more
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Ischaemic colitis from an unusual cause: oral contraceptives [PDF]
European Journal of Case Reports in Internal MedicineIschaemic colitis is responsible for more than half of the presentations of gastrointestinal ischaemia and develops due to an interruption of intestinal blood flow.
Mark A. Colantonio +3 more
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Experience of taking Oral Contraceptives in Adult Women [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2017 PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to explore essences and meanings of using oral contraceptives among adult women. METHODS: The interview was conducted with 20 adult women who lived in Seoul, Gyeongi Province, Jeolla Province, Chungcheong Province ...
Soon Hee Lee, In Young Lee, Eun Ae Kim
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Oral Health and Oral Contraceptive - Is it a Shadow behind Broad Day Light? A Systematic Review [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016 Introduction: Oral contraceptives are one of the risk factors for gingival disease. Oral contraceptives can affect the proliferation of cell, growth and differentiation of tissues in the periodontium.
Irfan Ali +7 more
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Injectable and oral contraceptive use and cancers of the breast, cervix, ovary, and endometrium in black South African women: case-control study. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2012 Oral contraceptives are known to influence the risk of cancers of the female reproductive system. Evidence regarding the relationship between injectable contraceptives and these cancers is limited, especially in black South Africans, among whom ...
Margaret Urban +6 more
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The gingival condition of oral contraceptives users at desa Hegarmanah, Kecamatan Jatinangor
Padjadjaran Journal of Dentistry, 2010 The change of hormonal condition is a systemic condition that affected the periodontium condition. Oral contraceptives is one of the systemic risk that can change hormonal condition.
Miduk Sibuea +2 more
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Oral Steroid Contraception [PDF]
Women's Health, 2015 Oral steroid contraception is a popular method of family planning worldwide. Over the past several decades, this method of contraception has changed significantly by decreasing the estrogen dose, changing the progestin component, and reducing the hormone free interval. Despite the popularity of oral steroid contraception, there has been much criticism
Laura A, Sech, Daniel R, Mishell
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Estimate of venous thromboembolism and related-deaths attributable to the use of combined oral contraceptives in France. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 PURPOSE: To estimate the number of venous thromboembolic events and related-premature mortality (including immediate in-hospital lethality) attributable to the use of combined oral contraceptives in women aged 15 to 49 years-old between 2000 and 2011 in ...
Aurore Tricotel +3 more
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