Sentences with phrase «about oral contraceptives»

She also wrote a big book about oral contraceptives, I'm like this is pretty horrifying.

Lead author Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, MD, professor of women's and children's health at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, says that doctors know surprisingly little about oral contraceptives» effects on women's health — despite the fact that an estimated 100 million women around the world use them.

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She had started taking oral contraceptives — the «mini pill» at about 6 weeks.

You can also ingests medications including oral contraceptives without worrying about what may get into your supply or affect your volume.

Nationwide, about 11.2 million women ages 15 to 44, or 18 percent of all U.S. women, currently use oral contraceptive pills.

Worldwide about 144 million women use hormonal contraception — around 41 million use the injectable forms and 103 million take the oral contraceptive pill.

Researchers from the Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies on Endometrial Cancer estimate that in the past 50 years (1965 - 2014) about 400000 cases of endometrial cancer have been prevented by oral contraceptive use in high - income countries, including about 200000 in the last decade (2005 - 2014).

The findings reveal that every 5 years of oral contraceptive use reduces the risk of endometrial cancer by about a quarter.

She prescribed more oral contraceptives and told me not to stress about missing periods.

About 14 % of women take oral contraceptives in part to get rid of their acne, according to the Guttmacher survey.

Dave Asprey: Let's talk about what oral contraceptives do to your hormones.

1 - lack of relaxation 2 - devitalized food 3 - unfulfilling employment (dead - end jobs) 4 - dead - end relationships (romantic or not) 5 - surgery 6 - junk food 7 - trans fats and rancid fats 8 - financial stress 9 - sedentary lifestyle 10 - excessive exercise 11 - death of a loved one 12 - alcoholism 13 - smoking 14 - illicit drug use 15 - prescription drug use 16 - toxins 17 - poor eating habits 18 - marital stress 19 - repeated traumas 20 - workaholism 21 - nutritional deficiencies 22 - hormonal imbalances 23 - oral contraceptives 24 - stimulants 25 - counterproductive attitudes and beliefs 26 - conventional hormone replacement therapy 27 - non-prescription drugs 28 - psychological stress 29 - persistent fears 30 - emotional stress 31 - lack of sleep 32 - being in denial about feelings 33 - acute or chronic infection 34 - repeated stresses 35 - persistent negative stressors 36 - fun or enjoyment deprivation 37 - allergies 38 - caffeine 39 - white sugar and white flour products 40 - antacids 41 - artificial sweeteners and colors 42 - major life events — even if perceived consciously as «good» (e.g.: graduating high school, moving, etc..)

In the study, about 1.3 million women, with an average age of 55, who visited UK breast cancer screening clinics between 1996 to 2001 answered a variety of questions, including the type and frequency of alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass index, exercise, and use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy.

Although oral contraceptives are highly effective at preventing pregnancy, about 9 percent of women get pregnant the first year of using them.

On the baseline questionnaires, we requested information about age; weight and height; smoking status; physical activity; history of diabetes in first - degree relatives; use of postmenopausal hormone therapy; use of oral contraceptives; and personal history of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers.

About half of the sample used oral contraceptives, with or without condoms, and the other half of the sample relied on condoms as their contraceptive method; however, only 27 % of women reported condom use at every intercourse.

If you are concerned about taking estrogens because you have high blood pressure, migraines, heart disease, or a history of blood clots, but still would like to take an oral contraceptive, this may be an option for you.

Some have built on this line of reasoning by suggesting that oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage of contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude Planned Parenthood from public programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that funding for the Title X national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be better used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3