OBJECTIVE To assess the risk of cerebral thromboembolism in women using low dose oral contraceptives. DESIGN A retrospective case-control study. SETTING All Danish medical, neurological, neurosurgical, and gynaecological departments. SUBJECTS All 794 women in Denmark aged 15-44 who had suffered a cerebral thromboembolic attack during 1985-9 and 1588 age matched randomly selected controls....

The introduction and widespread use of antibiotics in the last few decades have altered public attitudes towards venereal diseases and the previous fear of their consequences has been replaced by indifference, which has in turn contributed to sexual permissiveness. It has been contended that the removal of fear of pregnancy by the increasing availability and use of contraceptive gestogen pills ...

Penetration of cervical mucus by spermatozoa was observed in cycling and infertile women, in women on sequential or combination oral contraceptive medication, and in women with an IUD in situ. _Sperm penetration of cervical mucus varied from women not using contraceptives and from infertile women, to patients taking sequential conception control pills. In cycling women penetration was low in th...

BACKGROUND Preventing unintended pregnancy in HIV-positive women can significantly reduce maternal-to-child HIV transmission as well as improve the woman's overall health. Hormonal contraceptives are safe and effective means to avoid unintended pregnancy, but there is concern that coadministration of antiretroviral drugs may alter contraceptive efficacy. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a l...

Oral contraceptive (OC) pills are frequently prescribed for a variety of clinical purposes. These medications--which contain varying amounts of estrogenand progestin-based compounds--essentially "override" a woman's innate hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and frequently help ameliorate the effects of a maturing reproductive system while preventing pregnancy. This article reviews the clinical...