Sentences with phrase «between oral contraceptive»

In a 2011 study published in BMJ Open, researchers suggested there might be a link between oral contraceptive use by women, and rising rates of prostate cancer (an estrogen - sensitive cancer) in men, due to the excess estrogen from women making its way into our drinking water.

Research has identified an association between oral contraceptive pills and bowel disease like IBS and Crohn's.

Not exact matches

This cross-sectional study was to assess the relationship between RA, breastfeeding, and also use of oral contraceptives, in a population of older women from South China, where cultural habits differ from those in the West, where most previous studies were conducted.

Yet another large study in 1987 showed no association between twins and taking oral contraceptives.

«These results highlight the possibility that hormonal mechanisms may explain the link between parity [childbearing], breast - feeding, [oral contraceptive] use, and a later age at menarche with a lower mortality risk.

From 322,972 women between the ages of 25 and 70, the team of researchers gathered data on how old the subjects were at various female biological events — first period, giving birth, breast - feeding, menopause, etc. — and other factors that would have affected these events, like taking oral contraceptives.

Case reports of mania induction with St John's wort have resulted in limited use of this herbal for the treatment of both major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder.45, 46 Interactions between St John's wort and conventional drugs are mediated by the induction of cytochrome P - 450 3A4, which results in increased metabolism and decreased absorption of widely used drugs, including digoxin, anticoagulants, antiretrovirals, oral contraceptives, statins, and cyclosporine.47

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.

It is well known that the half - life of caffeine is reduced by 30 % to 50 % in smokers and doubled in women taking oral contraceptives or other exogenous forms of estrogen.19 Therefore, we tested the interactions between these factors and caffeine or coffee consumption for depression risk.