20 Millions of women use hormonal contraception and it has been suggested that such use may alter 21 mate preferences. To examine the impact of oral contraceptive (pill) use on preferences, we 22 tested for within-subject changes in preferences for masculine faces in women initiating pill use. 23 Between two sessions, initiation of pill use significantly decreased women’s preferences for male 2...

Background: The combined oral contraceptive pill is an extremely effective method of contraception that also confers health benefits beyond pregnancy prevention. Oral contraceptive users have been found to have significantly higher total lung capacities when compared with nonusers. Methods: This study was carried out in Family Planning Centres at social obstetrical unit Baqai Medical University...

BACKGROUND Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis is a rare and potentially life-threatening neurologic manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome. Oral contraceptive pills (OCP) may increase the risk of vascular events, even in people without family history of venous thrombosis. CASE PRESENTATION A 31-year-old woman with four weeks of constant headache and history of taking OCP for one year has be...

different contraceptive methods are used by breastfeeding mothers. to investigate the effects of progestogen - only contraceptives on human milk components, a non-randomized, follow-up study was carried out in iran (varamin) on 140 breastfeeding women, 51 of whom used progestogenonly contraception including progestogen-only pills (pop) or depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (dmpa), and 89 used non...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of oral contraceptive pills (OCP) on the macula, the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL), and choroidal thickness (CT). MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 24 healthy women taking monophasic OCP (3 mg drospirenone and 0.03 mg ethinylestradiol) for contraception only for at least one year were compared with a control group of 24 healthy women ...

Previous studies in animals and humans show that genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) influence individual odours and that females often prefer odour of MHC-dissimilar males, perhaps to increase offspring heterozygosity or reduce inbreeding. Women using oral hormonal contraceptives have been reported to have the opposite preference, raising the possibility that oral contraceptive...

background: oral contraceptive pills effectiveness is lower in actual use than in clinical trials. the views of a group of married iranian women were sought as a step toward improving the enhanced use of contraceptive pills. methods: two focus groups of current pill users (n=13) and two focus groups of women not currently taking the pills (n=14) were held. leaders trained facilitators; themes w...