Hypertension and contraceptive use among women of child-bearing age in the United States from 2001 to 2018 - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35081582/
doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003077. Online ahead of print. 1 Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School Department of Population and...
Conclusions: Many women with self-reported HTN are not using adequate contraception. Of the small proportion on non-barrier contraceptives, the majority are using estrogen-based, BP-raising methods.
Absolute risk of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke in Danish women using oral contraceptives
Source : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ane.13584
Tom Skyhøj Olsen , Klaus Kaae Andersen , Klaus Kaae Andersen Section of Statistics, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark Search for more papers by this author Corresponding Author...
Conclusions: In OC users, absolute risk of IS was 8.8 per 100,000 person-years. This is more than half that of the risk previously assumed in Denmark. Risk of CH in OC users was very low and 0.4 per 100,000 person-years.
A prospective study on the efficacy of oral estrogen in female patients with acromegaly - Pituitary
Source : https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11102-021-01204-w
Purpose To evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral estrogen therapy in female patients of childbearing age with uncontrolled acromegaly and to verify the significance of the presence of estrogen...
Conclusions: In uncontrolled patients with acromegaly, a trial with oral estrogen can be an option for young women. Oral estrogen was well tolerated, but the somatotropinoma that presented ER-α expression was the only somatotropinoma that presented growth during treatment.
European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2022 with focus on ovarian cancer - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35090748/
We predicted additional declines in cancer mortality rates for 2022. The slowdown in female lung cancer mortality reflects some levelling of smoking in women. Favourable ovarian cancer trends are likely...
Conclusions: We predicted additional declines in cancer mortality rates for 2022. The slowdown in female lung cancer mortality reflects some levelling of smoking in women. Favourable ovarian cancer trends are likely to continue and are largely attributable to the spreading oral contraceptive use and some impact of improved diagnosis and...
Epidemiological Survey on the Perception of Adverse Effects in Women Using Contraceptive Methods in Brazil - PubMed
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35092956/
doi: 10.1055/s-0041-1741410. 1 Department of Surgery, Section of Gynecology, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. Objective: The present study aimed to understand...
Conclusion: The choice of a contraceptive method must always be individualized, and the patients must be equal participants in the process knowing the expected benefits and harms of each method and hormone, when present.