Can Migraines be Effectively Managed with Combined Oral Contraceptives?

Granulomatous Periorificial Dermatitis Effectively Managed with Oral Isotretinoin

Sir, Perioral dermatitis is an uncommon facial eruption of women and children presenting as tiny papules and pustules often in a perioral distribution.[1] It is now more correctly referred to as “periorificial dermatitis” as it frequently involves perinasal and periocular skin. Granulomatous periorificial dermatitis (GPD) is a distinct facial eruption in prepubertal children characterized by a ...

Can Handguns Be Effectively Regulated ?

Can Kawasaki disease be managed?

Kawasaki Disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired cardiovascular disease among children, but management of KD has received relatively little attention. In the US alone, about 5500 cases were estimated in 2009. KD is most common among Asian and Pacific Islander children but can affect all ethnicities and races. Timely and accurate diagnosis remains critical, but difficult: the etiology of K...

Should oral contraceptives be available without prescription?

In this paper, it is argued that oral contraceptives should be available without prescription. Prescription status entails heavy costs, including the dollar, time, and psychological costs of visiting a physician to obtain a prescription, the financial and human costs of unintended pregnancies that result from the obstacle to access caused by medicalization of oral contraceptives, and administra...

Combined oral contraceptives, smoking, and cardiovascular risk.

STUDY OBJECTIVE To assess age specific incidence and mortality of stroke, acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and idiopathic venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with use of modern low dose combined oral contraceptives (OCs) and the interaction with smoking. DESIGN Hospital-based case-control study. SETTING Hospitals in Oxford region in the United Kingdom, which covered a defined populati...