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Contraceptives via Internet

...ng revelation it is now possible for anyone to buy contraceptives via Internet. Sometimes these contraceptives have major contraindications and side effects and in most cases these are not available over the cou...

Estrogen lowers cancer risk

...this could be partly due to estrogen found in oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy. Regular screening after age 50, regular exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are considered the best ways to reduce the chances of developing colorectal cancer, the author said....

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...ption matched that experienced by women not taking contraceptives who were in the pre-menstrual, or luteal phase, ju...rogenic steroids - such as those contained in oral contraceptives - may affect changes in smell sensitivity. "Biologically, odours probably influence reproductive pro...

Contraceptives have dual effects

... was stronger for women who had stopped using oral contraceptives within the last 10 years of the research period, compared to those who had stopped taking the Pill for longer. The Cancer Research Campaign's Director General, Prof Gordon Vickie, said: "The results show that women might have a secret weapon against ...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

...e mindful of the possible interaction between oral contraceptives and the medications recommended by the Federal Cen...s are known to interfere with the efficacy of oral contraceptives in preventing pregnancy. In clinical studies, antibiotics have been shown to diminish the effectiv...

Progestin protects against ovarian cancer

...hat pills with lower hormone levels were effective contraceptives and pills with lower levels of hormone generally have fewer side effects. The researchers found that the cancer risk was cut by about 50 percent in all women taking pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin. However, women who took pills c...

Men happy to take contraception

...tners //of women who had recently given birth what contraceptives they used and how they felt about a male contraceptive hormone. Dr Grath Weston from the Centre for Women's Health Research, lead author of the study, felt that the group is likely to be the first ones who would take it up. Of the 160 Australian-bo...

No connection between breast cancer and pill

...e University of Texas, have shown that use of oral contraceptives does not increase the risk of breast cancer.Up to ...of Pill use in both groups showed that use of oral contraceptives did not increase the risk of breast cancer. This was true even for women with a family history of th...

Gene Mutation Causes Ovarian Failure

...at would delay follicular activation. Current oral contraceptives prevent ovulation but do not slow the rate of activation....

Smoking and Oral Contraceptives:

A new study shows oral contraceptives are safe for non-smokers but can be deadly for wom...egan 35 years ago and included 17,000 women. Oral contraceptives were widely used in the 1970s and 1980s. There has long been a question of whether being on the birt...

Contraceptive pills may lead to deformities in babies

Chemicals found in oral contraceptives may lead to babies born with deformed prostate glands.// Researchers of University of Missouri, US, have found out that prostate deformities can happen if the pregnant mothers continue taking the contacepive pills even after conceiving. The pills co...

Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives May Increase Risk For Heart Attack Or Stroke

Women taking low-dose oral contraceptives maybe at increased risk of heart attack// or stro... significance for those women taking low-dose oral contraceptives who already are at increased risk for such events because of polycystic ovary syndrome, or metabolic...

Limiting sperm motility for contraception

...dvantages over hormonal contraceptives. “Hormonal contraceptives have to be taken daily throughout a woman’s fertile life,” he said. Also, they have potential side effects, such as increased risk of blood clotting and cancer.”“If a drug could be designed to block this channel specifically, it could be taken by men...

No heart attack risk for women taking birth control pills

...out that controversies about third generation oral contraceptives have focused on blood clots in the veins, while ne...y of newer birth control pills on arteries. Oral contraceptives of the first generation used very high doses of estrogen, a hormone which suppresses ovulation. The ...

Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome(PCOS) linked to Diabetes

...S is not curable and can only be managed with oral contraceptives or other hormone-based medications. Estimates from Northwestern University in Evanston, indicates PCOS patients face a risk of diabetes seven times higher than women who do not have the condition. Researchers are comparing Metformin - an anti-diabet...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

Emergency contraceptives will be available in pharmacies as over the counte...l Sciences [AIIMS], stressed the need of emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug as it will help distress women who are in the burden of unnecessary pregnan...

Prevent Multiple Sclerosis From Oral Contraceptives

Women who take oral contraceptives may be less at risk from developing the dreaded disease of multiple sclerosis. This study result was published in the recent issue of Archives of Neurology. In previous studies, estrogen delayed the onset // and eased the course of a MS-like disease...

Lower doses of oral contraceptives helpful in treating acne

...ms. Physicians have known for many years that oral contraceptives (OCs) can reduce the incidence of acne and help diminish acne lesions. The mechanism by which OCs improve acne most likely involves a decrease in the amount of circulating androgens. Specifically, OCs reduce total and bio-available testosterone and i...

Dermaseptins: Potent vaginal contraceptives

Safe and effective vaginal contraceptives are urgently needed. Ideally, such products should have antimicrobial and antiviral properties; as such, they could also play a role in the reduction of sexually// transmitted diseases (STDs), particularly the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Mo...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

... causes problem with male fertility. The synthetic contraceptives are more difficult to get rid of compared to the natural ones. Environmentalists, including representatives of Friends of the Earth, have constantly been warning about this for over a decade, alerting men that they may find themselves 'firing blanks....

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