In addition to providing safe and effective contraception, both the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) and selected long-acting progestogen-only contraceptives have significant health benefits. The COCP may reduce menstrual blood loss, dysmenorrhoea and premenstrual syndrome; unequivocally reduces the later incidence of endometrial and ovarian cancer; appears to help protect future fertili...

JALYN® (DUTASTERIDE/TAMSULOSIN): A NEW OPTION IN BPH n the U.S., the leading method of contraception is the combination oral contraceptive pill. More than 10 million women aged 15-44 years use the birth control pill as their primary method of contraception.1 Since the first BCP approval in 1960, the FDA has approved many oral contraceptive products. Most of these products use ethinyl estradiol ...

Millions of women use hormonal contraception and it has been suggested that such use may alter mate preferences. To examine the impact of oral contraceptive (pill) use on preferences, we tested for within-subject changes in preferences for masculine faces in women initiating pill use. Between two sessions, initiation of pill use significantly decreased women's preferences for male facial mascul...

20 Millions of women use hormonal contraception and it has been suggested that such use may alter 21 mate preferences. To examine the impact of oral contraceptive (pill) use on preferences, we 22 tested for within-subject changes in preferences for masculine faces in women initiating pill use. 23 Between two sessions, initiation of pill use significantly decreased women’s preferences for male 2...

background: we report a case series of cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt) in women who used oral contraceptive pill (ocp) in the muslims ramadan and fasting month. methods: this study was a retrospective case series of 9 patients with diagnosis of cvt, who admitted in the neurology ward of tohid hospital of sanandaj, iran, in july-august 2014-2015. results: patients had no history of thrombosis bef...

Background: The combined oral contraceptive pill is an extremely effective method of contraception that also confers health benefits beyond pregnancy prevention. Oral contraceptive users have been found to have significantly higher total lung capacities when compared with nonusers. Methods: This study was carried out in Family Planning Centres at social obstetrical unit Baqai Medical University...

different contraceptive methods are used by breastfeeding mothers. to investigate the effects of progestogen - only contraceptives on human milk components, a non-randomized, follow-up study was carried out in iran (varamin) on 140 breastfeeding women, 51 of whom used progestogenonly contraception including progestogen-only pills (pop) or depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (dmpa), and 89 used non...

INTRODUCTION It is of great importance for repeat unwanted pregnancies to be prevented rather than aborted. We therefore sought to: determine the reasons for contraceptive failure in women seeking repeat abortions; audit the peri-abortion contraception services offered at our hospital, and make recommendations regarding peri-abortion contraception services based on the above findings. METHOD ...

Previous studies in animals and humans show that genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence individual odours and that females often prefer odour of MHC-dissimilar males, perhaps to increase offspring heterozygosity or reduce inbreeding. Women using oral hormonal contraceptives have been reported to have the opposite preference, raising the possibility that oral contraceptive...