... at Chapel Hill using a popular low-dose contraceptive could uncover a more effective treatment for the 5 to 10 percent ... take a full 28-day dose of oral contraceptives continuously, while another takes ...
Oral contraceptives have been used by about 80 percent of women in the United States at some point in their lives. For women without pre-existing risks for heart disease, the early formulations were ...
... immune tolerance seen in SLE.
Previous studies on the risk of SLE following use of oral contraceptives have had conflicting results, but the results of the current study are consistent and complement ...
... Group 1 consisted of 34 women who used oral contraceptives (OC). Group 2 consisted ... though the study has observed negative effects of oral contraceptive use on muscle gain in the context of resistance ...
... factors that affect drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and other factors."
Conventional oral contraceptives, Cherala said, are thought to be relatively "lipophilic," or tend to concentrate in ...
Researchers have identified a potential biological mechanism that could explain why oral contraceptives may be less effective at preventing pregnancy in obese women, as some epidemiological studies ...
... (OC) had higher mean eNO levels than women using OC.
Furthermore, among women not using oral contraceptives, an increase in estrogen levels was associated with a decrease in eNO, while an increase ...
... of the pill. Some participants described ECP as easier, more effective and faster to use than oral contraceptives. When asked to describe the type of person who would use ECP, participants painted a ...
... Grossman of Ibis Reproductive Health argues that the requirement for a prescription is a barrier to oral contraceptive use in some women.
He points out that if governments are committed to reducing ...
... smoking, a decline in physical activity at this time in life, and a significant increase in the use of oral contraceptives.
Women at high risk for cardiovascular problems, especially those who smoke ...
Introduced in the 1960s, oral contraceptives have been used by about 80 percent of women in the United States at some point in their lives. For women without pre-existing risks for heart disease, the ...
... their findings in the April 2 online edition of the American Journal of Human Genetics. Although female oral contraceptives were developed over 40 years ago and have proven ...
... translated into trials involving people with head injuries.
Progesterone is a female hormone used in the oral contraceptive pill. Preliminary animal and human studies suggest that progesterone could ...
... Rosendaal and colleagues from Leiden University Medical Center show that the combination of hypofibrinolysis with oral contraceptive use, immobilization, or factor V Leiden results in a risk of venous ...
... ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. The study also found that taking oral contraceptives, which are suspected to protect against the disease because they contain hormones that are ...
