Here, we investigate changes in women's facial masculinity preferences across pregnancy and the post-partum period. The majority of previous research demonstrating changes in women's masculinity preferences has examined the impact of hormonal variation across the female menstrual cycle. Hormonal changes experienced during pregnancy and the post-partum period, critical periods in women's reprodu...

aCentre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Received on April 30, 2017. HOW CAN WE PROTECT PEAK BONE MASS AND FUTURE BONE HEALTH FOR ADOLESCENT WOMEN? – BY SUPPORTING OVULATION AND AVOIDING COMBINED HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION USE Como podemos proteger o pico de massa óssea e a saúde óssea futura em mulheres ado...

BACKGROUND Mexican women in the United States (US) have higher rates of fertility compared to other ethnic groups and women in Mexico. Whether variation in women's access to family planning services or patterns of contraceptive use contributes to this higher fertility has received little attention. OBJECTIVE We explore Mexican women's contraceptive use, taking into account women's place in th...

OBJECTIVE To explore the views of community pharmacists in the North West of England towards the deregulation of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) and to examine their support and training needs. DESIGN Two focus group discussions. SUBJECTS Fourteen community pharmacists, of whom eight were currently participating in a scheme to supply EHC free of charge through a patient group directi...

Evidence-Based Answer Use of hormonal contraception does not appear to shorten breastfeeding duration or negatively impact infant growth, based on inconsistent evidence of moderate quality. It is unclear if hormonal contraception negatively impacts breast milk volume or composition. Overall, there was limited evidence regarding any particular hormonal contraceptive method. (Strength of Recommen...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to determine whether a decrease in sexual desire is more prevalent among women using hormonal contraception than among women using hormone-free contraception, and whether a decrease increases the risk of changing to another contraceptive method. METHODS A validated questionnaire was posted to 3740 women (aged 22, 25 or 28 years) living in Sweden. Descriptiv...

This document will outline new delivery systems and contraceptive formulations, summarize recent advances in emergency contraception, and review the effects of hormonal contraception on cancer risks, cardiovascular disease, and bone.

We investigated variations in gait between women at high and at low conception probability, and how men rated those variations. Women participated in a motion capture study where we recorded the kinematics of their walking patterns. Women who were not using hormonal contraception (n = 19) repeated the study during the late follicular stage and the luteal stage of their menstrual cycle. Using a ...