It has been shown that women's preference for masculinity in male faces changes across the menstrual cycle. Preference for masculinity is stronger when conception probability is high than when it is low. These findings have been linked to cyclic fluctuations of hormone levels. The purpose of the present study is to further investigate the link between gonadal steroids (i.e. testosterone, estrad...

BACKGROUND Studies have reported current hormonal contraceptive use is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including high blood pressure. The aim of this study was to determine the association between past hormonal contraception use and high blood pressure in Australian postmenopausal women. METHODS Women were recruited from the 45 and Up Study, an observational cross-sectional s...

OBJECTIVES Since 2000, the Province of Quebec has experienced a shortage of physicians and a decrease in access to prescription contraceptives. A task-shifting strategy was launched in 2007 to allow trained nurses, in collaboration with community pharmacists, to start healthy women on hormonal contraception for a six-month period without a medical consultation. This study examined the proportio...

The aim of this study was to examine the pattern of attendance of patients requesting Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC) at an accident and emergency department before and after a government driven change in legislation, which allowed EHC to be sold over-the-counter by trained pharmacists, to women aged 16 years and above. We employed retrospective comparative study using computer records o...

background and aim: the sexual hormones alter during menstrual cycle and pregnancy. despite the physiological benefits of these changes, their adverse effects on hearing system such as hearing loss and vertigo have been reported. therefore, in this study, the auditory brainstem responses (abr) were investigated during physiological hormonal variations in the menstrual cycle as well as pregnancy...

OBJECTIVE We used magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and hormonal levels to evaluate the influence of chemotherapy for cervical cancer on female pelvic reproductive organs. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated 16 pre- and 11 postmenopausal patients with cervical cancer who underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) and radical surgery. We evaluated morphological changes in the uteru...

Pregnancy is a normal but altered physiologic state that results in significant hormonal,mechanical, and circulatory changes. The increases in progesterone and estrogen associated with pregnancy contribute to vascular and central nervous system effects, changes in the balance of bronchoconstrictor and bronchodilator prostanoids, and increases in peptide hormones that alter connective tissue cha...

introduction: acute toxoplasmosis is more critical in immunocompromised patients with cancer. the present study was conducted to investigate the anti-toxoplasma gondi antibodies and assess the toxoplasmosis risk in women with breast masses in western of iran in 2012. this research was done as a case-control study on women who referred to the treatment centers in cities of kermanshah and ilam in...

background: the global prevalence of diabetes mellitus is on rise. diabetes-induced oxidative stress has been known to affect liver, pancreas, kidney and reproductive organs pathologically. honey is a natural product of bee with antioxidant properties. objective: current study aimed to analyze the protective effects of metformin (mf) alone and mf+ natural honey co-administration on diabetes-ind...

Pregnancy is the period where a woman undergoes several physical and hormonal changes in accordance to growth of fetus. Wide alteration levels hormones from normal values affect state gestation baby. Especially most commonly encountered disorders like pregnancy induced thyroid disorder effects neuro development baby whereas gestational diabetes makes mode delivery complex. Hormonal imbalance ca...