OBJECTIVE To see whether the use of oral contraceptives influences mortality. DESIGN Non-randomised cohort study of 17,032 women followed up on an annual basis for an average of nearly 16 years. SETTING 17 Family planning clinics in England and Scotland. SUBJECTS Women recruited during 1968-74. At the time of recruitment each woman was aged 25-39, married, a white British subject, willing...

Background: Functional ovarian cysts include follicular, corpus luteum, and theca lutein cysts are the most common adenexal masses (about 50%) in women of reproductive age. Treatment with the combined monophasic oral contraceptives reduces functional ovarian cysts. Yaz (drospirenone/ethinyl estradiol) is a low-dose combined oral contraceptive pill containing 20 μg ethinyl estradiol and 3 mg dro...

second to the cardiovascular disease, cancer is the main cause of death in iran. in this study some of the risk factors of breast cancer; especially the ones related to breastfeeding have been assessed. the study was a retrospective study of 100 women with breast cancer. the most important risk factors in breast cancer were number of children, age of mother on the first pregnancy. the result sh...

The hypothetical incidence of reproductive cancers resulting from oral contraceptive use was estimated in several models comparing the cumulative lifetime incidence of cancer of the breast, cervix, ovary and endometrium expected in pill users with the incidence expected in nonusers. The potential number of cancer-free days that would be gained or lost by pill users was compared with similar est...