As Dr Draper points out in her letter,1 NHS Direct is a useful resource for women, however many turn to their general practitioner, practice nurse or local sexual health clinic for help when a pill is forgotten. Therefore ‘keeping up to date’ with regard to ‘missed pill’ information is not only important to help advise these women but is also very relevant, and should be included in the verbal ...

The use of the progestogen-only pill as a 'pre-coital contraceptive' was tested by in vitro studies of sperm-mucus interaction. The results suggest that a single tablet of levonorgestrel 30 microg, or norethisterone 350 microg, was effective in preventing sperm migration in the cervical mucus about 12 hours later. This suggests that the progestogen-only pill may be effective as a 'morning befor...

Among breast-fed infants in the normal lying-in wards of a maternity hospital a significantly higher incidence of "idiopathic" jaundice was found in infants of mothers who had been receiving the contraceptive pill before the present pregnancy than in the infants whose mothers never had the pill. The pill became widely used in society at about the same time as breast-milk jaundice was first repo...

The aim of technology is to make products in a large scale for cheaper prices and increased quality. The current technologies have attained a part of it, but the manufacturing technology is at ma cro level. The future lies in manufacturing product right from the molecular level. Research in this direction started way back in eighties. At that time manufacturing at molecular and atomic level was...

Non-adherence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients in treatment will impact expected clinical outcomes, risk complications, and poor quality life. Home medication review (HMR) is designed to help achieve optimal treatment, such as patient adherence. This study aimed determine adherence levels T2DM blood sugar management. with a pretest-posttest control group design was carried out at And...