Background: Large part of research related to reInternational Journal of Fertility & Sterility (IJFS), Vol 4, Suppl 1, Summer 2010 94 productivefactors in breast cancer risk before and after menopause, a study case - control is that it factors in deliberate and spontaneous abortion in the two groups of women with breast cancer (cases) and non-infected women (control group) study, described odds...

Hormonal contraceptives, especially injectable and oral are most widely used by the community, this is because they easy affordable to use. The purpose of study was determine difference between duration hormonal contraceptive use weight gain in family planning (KB) acceptors. This uses observational analytic with a cross-sectional approach. population were all acceptors Sidoarjo District, Srage...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to determine whether categories of contraception differ in their impact on seizures in women with epilepsy and whether the impact varies by antiepileptic drug category. METHODS Retrospective survey data came from 2712 contraceptive experiences reported by 1144 women with epilepsy. We compared risk ratios for reports of increase and decrease in seizure frequen...

The possible interaction between exogenous reproductive hormones and athletic performance in females is an important issue that has been the topic of debate for at least four decades.  ere are numerous review articles on the e€ ect of oral contraceptives (OC) on athletic performance, however we feel that these reviews are insu cient as they do not include all categories of hormonal contracept...

cerebral venous thrombosis, including thrombosis of cerebral veins and major dural sinuses, is an uncommon disorder in the general population. however, it has a higher frequency among patients younger than 40 years of age, patients with thrombophilia, pregnant patients or those receiving hormonal contraceptive therapy or has foreign body such as catheter in their veins or arterial system. in th...

BACKGROUND Data relating to the influence of hormonal contraception on sexual life are conflicting and mostly they refer to oral contraceptives. In this study we evaluated the effect of a long-acting contraceptive on sexual function, metabolism and bleeding pattern variations. METHODS 23 women with a permanent partner and an active sexual life completed a specific questionnaire at the start o...

Combined hormonal contraceptives consist of an estrogen and a progestogen, and act primarily by preventing ovulation through the inhibition of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. The progestogen component also renders the cervical mucus relatively impenetrable to sperm and reduces the receptivity of the endometrium to implantation. These mechanisms render combined hormonal con...

Measured in terms of the problems of world population control, hormonal contraceptives have contributed little ;a mere 17 million women using them at the present time. However, in certain Western countries, notably Australi a, New Zealand and the United States of America, the impact of oral contraception has been considerable. In developing countries experience with hormonal steroids has been d...

In recent years, Americans have begun to use Depo only through prescription. Women's organizations and pro-feminist groups have developed a positive attitude towards its use in recent years. They regard Depo as one of the more convenient contraceptive methods; in contrast, oral contraceptive pills are highly used in America. There is a need of study intends to explore the socioeconomic status, ...

How contraceptives affect women's sexual well-being is critically understudied. Fortunately, a growing literature focuses on sexual aspects of contraception, especially hormonal contraception's associations with libido. However, a more holistic approach to contraceptive sexual acceptability is needed to capture the full range of women's sexual experiences. We conducted a narrative literature re...