Sentences with phrase «between oral contraceptive use»

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.

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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.

«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.

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.