For many years doctors believed the estrogen women consumed in the form of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) pills was good for their patients' hearts. Recent studies however have shown that long-term ...
May 26, 2011
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Both the European Medicines Agency and the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have concluded there's a possible link between the AstraZeneca vaccine and rare forms of blood clotting. However, the responses ...
Apr 22, 2021
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A new paper in Family Practice, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that receiving hormone replacement therapy within six months of a recorded diagnosis of COVID-19 was associated with a reduction in mortality ...
May 17, 2022
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(HealthDay)—Almost two-thirds of U.S. women aged 15 to 49 years were currently using contraception in 2015 to 2017, according to a December data brief published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Web-based and digital-app services that offer oral contraception appear to be overall safe and efficient, according to the findings of a secret-shopper-style study conducted by researchers at Harvard Medical School and UC ...
Sep 25, 2019
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About 30 per cent of all women report heavy menstrual periods at some point during their reproductive years. Up to 15 per cent of these have an underlying bleeding disorder and yet most have never been diagnosed, leaving ...
Apr 15, 2019
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Oral contraceptives taken just before or during pregnancy do not increase the risk of birth defects, according to a new study by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Statens Serum Institut in ...
Jan 6, 2016
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The effects of oral contraceptives (OCs) like birth control pills on the brain and mood of women may come down to age and their gut microbiome, according to new research from the University of Ottawa.
Dec 15, 2022
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Have you noticed that your levels of attention may slightly change during your menstrual cycle?
Aug 17, 2023
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In a new study of over 7,000 older Chinese women published online today in the journal Rheumatology, breastfeeding – especially for a longer duration – is shown to be associated with a lower risk of rheumatoid arthritis ...
Jan 6, 2014
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