BACKGROUND Endometriosis is a common gynecological problem associated with chronic pelvic pain. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of current hormonal treatments of endometriosis associated pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS Randomized Controlled studies identified from databases of Medline and Cochrane Systemic Review groups were pooled. 7 RCTs were recruited for evaluation in this review. D...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The main aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of adolescent pregnancy in the future contraceptive choices. A secondary aim is to verify whether these choices differ from those made after an abortion. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Adolescent Unit of a tertiary care center. PARTICIPANTS 212 pregnant teenagers. INTERVENTIONS Medical records review. MAIN OUTCO...

We investigated whether conception soon after cessation of use of oral contraceptives affects the chance of bearing twins. Unpublished data from a large sample survey of contraceptive practice in Scotland were used to derive oral contraceptive discontinuation rates by month over the decade 1972-82 and these were related to estimated monozygotic and dizygotic twin birth rates and proportions by ...

PURPOSE To evaluate the association between oral low-dose contraceptives and color vision alterations. METHODS Were included in the study 30 women, sixteen used oral contraceptive for less than five years (Group I) and 14 used it for more than five years (Group II). The Ishihara, City University Color Vision Test, and the D 15 desaturated tests were used. RESULTS No characteristic alteratio...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify variations in nervous thresholds in different phases of the menstrual cycle in eumenorrheic women and users of oral contraceptives. METHOD An observational study was performed including 56 volunteers, consisting of 30 eumenorrheic women who were non-users of oral contraceptives and 26 users of oral contraceptives. An electrical stimulator was e...

Previous studies of oral contraceptives and breast cancer indicate that recent use slightly increases risk, but most studies relied on self-reported use and did not examine contemporary oral contraceptive formulations. This nested case-control study was among female enrollees in a large U.S. integrated health care delivery system. Cases were 1,102 women ages 20 to 49 years diagnosed with invasi...

This study explored the relative effects of self-efficacy on oral contraceptive use among a sample of 352 Iranian married women aged 18-49 years. In structured interviews 5 variables based on the Steps to Behaviour Change model (knowledge, approval, intention, practice and advocacy) were assessed and correlated with measures of family planning self-efficacy and general self-efficacy. The result...

The cell-mediated immune system function was studied both in vitro and in vivo in 20 healthy women who had been taking combined oral contraceptives for an average of 2.8 years. All patients received intradermal injections of a 1/100 dilution of Candida albicans, a 1/100 dilution of mumps skin test antigen, a 1/10 dilution of tetanus toxoid fluid, and a 1/200 dilution of phytohemagglutinin-P. ...

Nausea is one of the side effects of oral contraceptive pills, and ginger has advocated as beneficial for nausea and vomiting. We aimed the effect of ginger on the nausea and vomiting resulting from the use of combined contraceptive pills in Ahvaz city, 2010. Methods: It was a randomized clinical trial study. The subjects were 140 women aged 18–44 years who had used contraceptive pills since at...