INTRODUCTION It is of great importance for repeat unwanted pregnancies to be prevented rather than aborted. We therefore sought to: determine the reasons for contraceptive failure in women seeking repeat abortions; audit the peri-abortion contraception services offered at our hospital, and make recommendations regarding peri-abortion contraception services based on the above findings. METHOD ...

An important cause of the incidence of ill-health in women, as well as of its continuation where established, has for many centuries been excessive fertility. By 'excessive', we mean beyond that desired in the relevant context. Thus, the concept of individual fertility control (the 'fifth freedom') has become as important an argument for contraception as the more general need for population con...

background: we report a case series of cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt) in women who used oral contraceptive pill (ocp) in the muslims ramadan and fasting month. methods: this study was a retrospective case series of 9 patients with diagnosis of cvt, who admitted in the neurology ward of tohid hospital of sanandaj, iran, in july-august 2014-2015. results: patients had no history of thrombosis bef...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to survey oral contraceptive usage among women under 25 years of age. DESIGN This was a cross sectional population study based on information collected by questionnaire mailed to randomly selected individuals. SETTING The study population consisted of Swedish women born between 1960 and 1964 and living in the southern Swedish health care region which has about on...

BACKGROUND Oral contraceptives are known to influence the risk of cancers of the female reproductive system. Evidence regarding the relationship between injectable contraceptives and these cancers is limited, especially in black South Africans, among whom injectable contraceptives are used more commonly than oral contraceptives. METHODS AND FINDINGS We analysed data from a South African hospi...

Hepatic adenoma is a rare, benign tumor of the liver, and its occurrence has been strongly associated with use of oral contraceptives. An estimated 320 cases of hepatic adenoma are diagnosed each year, 282 of which are attributable to oral contraceptive use.! This association was first suggested by Baum et aI,2 who in 1973 reported seven cases of hepatic adenoma, all related to oral contracepti...

UNLABELLED Most studies investigating the impact of oral contraceptives have been performed some years ago, when the level of sexual hormones was greater than the actual formulations. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of current combined oral contraceptives (COC) on periodontal tissues, correlating the clinical parameters examined with the total duration of continuou...