Oncology Information Center
Oral Contraceptives Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk in BRCA Carriers
Findings seen in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers; reduction greater with longer duration of use in BRCA1 carriers
Your search for oral contraceptives returned 185 results
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Oral Contraceptives Protect Against Ovarian, Endometrial Cancer
Oral contraceptives have a lasting protective effect against ovarian and endometrial cancer, according to a new study.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Adolescent Girls Using Oral Contraceptives Have Higher Self-Reported Depressive Symptoms
Symptoms of depression are associated with oral contraceptive use in 16-year-old girls compared with adolescents and young women up to 25 years of age.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Oral Contraceptives Offer Some Protection Against Bone Loss in Anorexia Nervosa
For young women with anorexia nervosa, oral contraceptives may limit bone loss.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Oral contraceptives may be protective against some types of cancer
Use of oral contraceptives did not increase the risk for cancer in women and decreased the risk for colorectal, endometrial, ovarian, and lymphatic and hematopoietic cancers.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Oral contraceptives increase surgery risk for women with Crohn disease
Women with Crohn disease who use oral contraceptives for more than 1 year have an increased risk of surgery.
Ob/Gyn Information Center
Levonorgestrel, low-dose estrogen associated with lower risk for adverse vascular events among oral contraceptives
Compared with other estrogen doses and progestogen types, low-dose estrogen with levonorgestrel had a decreased risk of adverse events.
Web Exclusives
Oral contraceptives typically have little impact on libido
Review finds that a small number of women have negative sexual effects from oral contraceptives.
Consultations
The benefits of oral contraceptives with folate
What is the rationale behind the new combined oral contraceptive that adds folate to the estrogen and progestin?
Web Exclusives
Generic oral contraceptives recalled due to packaging error
Glenmark Generics Inc. has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of seven lots of the oral contraceptives norgestimate and ethinyl estradiol, after consumers reported that the tablets in some packages were in reverse order.
- Loading...
Loading...
Loading... 
Loading...