abstract it is becoming evident that oral hormonal contraceptives –besides being well established contraceptives – seem to become important medications for many functional or organic disturbances. so far, clinical effectiveness has been shown for treatment as well as prevention of menstrual bleeding disorders and menstrual-related pain symptoms. also this is true for premenstrual syndrome (pms)...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential impact of using hormonal contraceptives on rates of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and pregnancy by theoretically removing the use of hormonal contraceptives from a study population. METHODS A prospective cohort study included 3704 HIV-negative women who were enrolled in two biomedical trials that tested two vaginal microbicides ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to compare the efficacy and acceptability of two Internet-supported fertility-awareness-based methods of family planning. STUDY DESIGN Six hundred and sixty-seven women and their male partners were randomized into either an electronic hormonal fertility monitor (EHFM) group or a cervical mucus monitoring (CMM) group. Both groups utilized a Web site with instructions, ch...

Serum thyroid hormone levels have been assayed to evaluate the thyroid hormonal function in Vitiligo patients of Bangladesh. The levels of TSH, T3 and T4 in the serum of Vitiligo patients have been analyzed in both the male and female subjects. Results of hormonal assay indicated that some hormonal changes occurred in the Vitiligo patients as compared with the healthy control. In female Vitilig...

Research objective: to determine the frequency of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency identify its association with reproductive hormones in adolescent girls oligomenorrhea.Materials methods. The work was carried out according results clinical instrumental examination 68 12–18 years old oligomenorrhea, who were treated at Department Pediatric Gynecology State Institution “Institute for Child...

This article describes the results of marketing research using conjoint analysis that was conducted to establish preferences contraceptives among women reproductive age in Ukraine further use for effective decisions making pharmaceutical industry. It established women`s choice differs significantly depending on their main socioeconomic characteristics: age, income level, and level education. Pr...

• Rohit Sinha, M.D. Research Fellow Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Program Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School 8 College Road, Level 8 Singapore 169857 • Paul M. Yen, M.D. Associate Professor Laboratory of Hormonal Regulation, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Program Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, 8 College Road, Level 8, Singapore 169857 Molecular Re...