Adherence to Oral Contraception in Young Women: Beliefs, Locus of Control, and Psychological Reactance - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34769824/
These findings indicate that attitudes toward medication and psychological processes can play an important role in adherence to OCP, including reasons for using the pill. Identifying the psychological factors and...
Conclusions: These findings indicate that attitudes toward medication and psychological processes can play an important role in adherence to OCP, including reasons for using the pill. Identifying the psychological factors and beliefs linked with contraception could guide health professionals to provide counseling to women, thus increasing their...
Acute Nonatherosclerotic Coronary Thromboembolism Presenting with an Inferior STEMI in a Patient on Oral Contraception - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34976413/
Coronary embolism is rare and often not considered in the differential of acute coronary syndrome. It is of utmost importance for clinicians to keep a wide differential of nonatherosclerotic causes...
Conclusion: Coronary embolism is rare and often not considered in the differential of acute coronary syndrome. It is of utmost importance for clinicians to keep a wide differential of nonatherosclerotic causes of STEMI especially when the patient is young, without significant cardiac risk factors.
Use of estrogen supplementation is associated with higher quality of life scores in women with cystic fibrosis - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34976742/
The association of estrogen supplementation use and quality of life in women with cystic fibrosis (CF) is not well characterized. In this cross-sectional study, women with CF completed quality of...
Conclusion/Relevance: This is the largest study to date investigating the association of estrogen supplementation and quality of life in women with CF. Prospective randomized studies are needed to clarify the association of estrogen supplementation and quality of life in women with CF.
Hormone Concentrations in Transgender Women Who Self-Prescribe Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy: A Retrospective Study
Source : https://www.jsm.jsexmed.org/article/S1743-6095(22)00605-1/fulltext
Correspondence Corresponding Author: Natnita Mattawanon, MD, MSc, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 110 Intawaroros, Tambon Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50200.
Clinical Implications: The inadequate sex hormone levels found in these commonly self-prescribed GAHT regimens provide information regarding the efficacy and safety of GAHT regimens for health care providers working with transgender women in a community-based setting.
Removal of the influence of plasma volume fluctuations for the athlete biological passport and stability of haematological variables in active women taking oral contraception - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34994063/
The haematological module of the athlete biological passport (ABP) monitors longitudinal haematological variations that could be indicative of blood manipulation. This study applied a multi-parametric model previously validated in elite...
Conclusion: We thus concluded that estimating PV variations may help interpret individual ABP haematological profiles in women.