(1) Dear Alice, I heard that while it's generally not advised to take antibiotics while on the birth control pill, it's still okay to take tetracycline. Is this true? (2) Dear Alice, I have heard many many times that antibiotics interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, but what about the depo-provera shot? Is there any research showing decreased effectiveness of Depo-Provera whe...

(1) Dear Alice, I heard that while it's generally not advised to take antibiotics while on the birth control pill, it's still okay to take tetracycline. Is this true? (2) Dear Alice, I have heard many many times that antibiotics interfere with the effectiveness of oral contraceptives, but what about the depo-provera shot? Is there any research showing decreased effectiveness of Depo-Provera whe...

When Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule July 1, women living in the former British colony continued to decide for themselves how many children they will have. In mainland China, meanwhile, the government continued to decide for them. These different approaches to birth control, which are to be enshrined under China’s “one-country, two-systems” policy, reflect the different economic and cultural...

BACKGROUND Korean women are known to have a very low smoking rate. However, the actual smoking rate among Korean women is higher than 10% and may continue to increase gradually. In addition, some Korean women use extreme weight control methods that have potentially harmful effects. This study was conducted to elucidate weight control methods related to cotinine-verified smoking among Korean adu...

background: ninety-five percent of low birth weight infants are born in developing countries. this study was aimed to assess the predictors of low birth in east azerbaijan, north-west province of iran. materials and methods: the study was conducted through a hospital based case–control design involving 49 women delivering low birth weight infants and 98 delivering normal weight infants. the dat...

OBJECTIVES The low frequency of survival of stem cells implanted in the myocardium after acute myocardial infarction may be caused by inflammation and oxidative stress in the myocardial microenvironment. We evaluated the effects of a traditional Chinese medicine, Compound Danshen Dripping Pills, on the cardiac microenvironment and cardiac function when used alone or in combination with human um...

Recently, there has been a growing controversy, especially among evangelicals, over whether the birth control pill might have an abortifacient mechanism that sometimes causes early chemical abortions. An understanding of this controversy necessitates a clear definition of abortion, abortifacient, pregnancy, implantation, and especially personhood. If a zygote (fertilized egg) is not a person, t...