Introduction Successful pregnancy after the development of malignant hypertension has been reported on 2 occasions (Kincaid-Smith, McMichael and Murphy, 1958; Weir and Willocks, 1976). In these patients conception occurred 4 and 3 years respectively after control of the malignant phase. The authors report a successful pregnancy in a patient who developed malignant hypertension while taking an o...

BACKGROUND In the present study, the impact of gender, oral contraceptives, and ambulation on serum growth hormone (GH) and urinary catecholamines was examined in healthy young adults. METHODS Twenty-one medical student volunteers--7 men, 7 women, and 7 women taking oral contraceptives--were investigated. Serum samples were drawn every second hour during a 24-h period. At 0800 the first morni...

Sir, I think the Journal was right to publish the interesting article by Dr K. Williams (January Journal, p.33), based on a study of 500 women years, particularly as this must roughly correspond to the number of women 'on the Pill' in many practices. In my opinion, there was a great enough number of patients with chest pain in the study for the conclusion to be valid. I agreed that it does not ...

Blood pressure was recorded in 106 females taking oral contraceptives for a variable period and compared with 106 age matched controls using other methods of contraception. The mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure were significantly higher in women taking oral contraceptives. A significant correlation of ponderal index with systolic and diastolic blood pressures was present in each group....

Long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) are safe for use in adolescents and do not rely on compliance or adherence for effectiveness. Continuation rates are higher and pregnancy rates are lower for adolescent users of LARCs compared with short-acting methods such as oral contraceptives. Similarly, repeat pregnancy rates are lower when LARCs are used compared with other forms of contracept...

CONTEXT Women aged 18-29 have higher rates of unintended pregnancy than any other age-group. Information is needed to understand what characteristics are associated with risky contraceptive use practices among this population and to develop new strategies for reducing these women's risk of unintended pregnancy. METHODS Data related to unintended pregnancy risk were collected from a nationally...

BACKGROUND Fluctuating hormone levels are known to influence a woman's mood and well-being. This study aimed to determine whether lifetime hormonal markers are associated with late-life depression symptoms among elderly community-dwelling women. METHOD Detailed reproductive histories of 1013 women aged 65 years and over were obtained using questionnaires, and depressive symptoms were assessed...

The authors used data from a population-based, case-control study of breast cancer conducted among women residing in King County, Washington State, who were 50-64 years of age in 1988-1990, to examine the relation of oral contraceptive use to the risk of breast cancer. There were no clear differences between cases and controls with respect to the total duration of oral contraceptive use, time s...

Many women in the reproductive years have chronic medical conditions that are affected by pregnancy or in which the fetus is placed at increased risk. In most of these women, ongoing medical management of their conditions is greatly improved, even compared with a decade or two ago. However, their condition may still be seriously exacerbated by the physiological changes of pregnancy, and close m...

BACKGROUND Epidemiological studies have shown that both the estrogen dose and progestogen type of oral contraceptives contribute to the increased risk of thrombosis in oral contraceptive users. Thrombin generation-based activated protein C (APC) sensitivity is a global test for the net prothrombotic effect of oral contraceptives and predicts the thrombotic risk. Our objective was to test the us...