OBJECTIVE Several tests have been proposed to diagnose patients with Cushing's syndrome (CS). The aims of the study were: i) to evaluate the performance of salivary cortisol (SC) in hypercortisolism and ii) to compare SC with serum cortisol (SeC) and urinary cortisol. DESIGN AND PATIENTS This was a diagnostic study. Twenty-seven patients with untreated Cushing's disease (CD untr), 21 women co...

BACKGROUND Emerging evidence suggests that sex steroid hormones may influence respiratory symptoms. The existing literature about the role of oral contraceptive pill (OCP) on respiratory disease is scarce and conflicting especially during the adolescent period. In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of OCPs on current wheezing among adolescents and young adults. METHODS A questionn...

2. Albertazzi P, Bottazzi M, Steel SA. Bone mineral density and depot medroxyprogesterone acetate. Contraception. 2006;73:577-83. Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) suppresses pituitary gonadotrophin output, thus, suppressing ovulation. Estrogen production from the ovary is also strongly inhibited, and the resulting estrogen deficiency has a detrimental impact on b...

GENERAL COMMENTS The current work performed by Molloy GJ and colleagues evaluates the key determinants of prescription contraceptive use (OCP and LARCs, separately). For such purpose, they followed a cross sectional population survey using a dataset constructed from a representative population based telephone survey of community designed to describe attitudes, knowledge and behavior relating to...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The available data on low-dose oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use and stroke risk in US women are limited by small numbers. We sought more precise estimates by conducting a pooled analysis of data from 2 US population-based case-control studies. METHODS We analyzed interview data from 175 ischemic stroke cases, 198 hemorrhagic stroke cases, and 1191 control subjects 18 t...

Background: Combined oral contraceptive is the most known and popular method of contraception. The combined pill was first commercially marketed in 1960. Earlier investigators reported that early pills had many side effects. Despite modifications on OCPs terms content dosage to lessen their effects, newer contraceptives still have some hepatotoxic Aim Objectives: objective this study investigat...