OBJECTIVE To explore the views of community pharmacists in the North West of England towards the deregulation of emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) and to examine their support and training needs. DESIGN Two focus group discussions. SUBJECTS Fourteen community pharmacists, of whom eight were currently participating in a scheme to supply EHC free of charge through a patient group directi...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between hormonal contraception (HC) and bacterial vaginosis (BV) by systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS Medline, Web of Science and Embase databases were searched to 24/1/13 and duplicate references removed. Inclusion criteria 1) >20 BV cases; 2) accepted BV diagnostic method; 3) measure of HC-use either as combined oestrogen-progesterone HC (comb...

INTRODUCTION Despite a large number of modern contraceptive methods available in the market today, numerous studies have shown insufficient awareness of young women about these forms for birth control. The aim of this study was to compare characteristics of common use of contraceptives as well as the awareness of hormonal contraception among female students of the Faculty of Medicine and the Fa...

OBJECTIVES To determine the gender, sexual history and reason(s) for visit for under-14s (young people) attending the authors' sexual health clinics. METHODS Analysis of case notes of 242 young people who made a total of 598 visits to a sexual health clinic in Gwent, South Wales, UK between 1 January and 31 December 2003. RESULTS Of the 242 young people studied, 41% were male and males were...

This document will outline new delivery systems and contraceptive formulations, summarize recent advances in emergency contraception, and review the effects of hormonal contraception on cancer risks, cardiovascular disease, and bone.

We investigated variations in gait between women at high and at low conception probability, and how men rated those variations. Women participated in a motion capture study where we recorded the kinematics of their walking patterns. Women who were not using hormonal contraception (n = 19) repeated the study during the late follicular stage and the luteal stage of their menstrual cycle. Using a ...

Ovaries are hormone influence organs and make a base for related diseases. Many other lesions are also seen in ovaries which are not related to hormonal disturbance. Ovarian lesions are not diagnosed in early stages as they are asymptomatic and physically difficult to examine. Though the non neoplastic lesions are very common when compared to neoplastic lesions of the ovary, there are very few ...