Importance Many women spend a substantial proportion of their lives preventing or planning
for pregnancy, and approximately 87% of US women use contraception during their lifetime …

Background The avoidance of menstruation through continuous or extended (greater than
28 days) administration of combination hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) has gained …

A working knowledge of contraception will assist the pediatrician in both sexual health
promotion as well as treatment of common adolescent gynecologic problems. Best practices …

Purpose To evaluate the effects of a continuous regimen combined oral contraceptive (COC)
containing 2 mg dienogest and 30 µg ethinyl estradiol (DNG/EE) compared to a 21/7 …

In addition to direct neutralization and other classical effector functions, IgG possesses a
little recognized and thus under-utilized effector function at mucosal surfaces: Fc-mucin …

Objective To investigate the efficacy and safety of ethinylestradiol 20 μg/drospirenone 3 mg
in a flexible extended regimen (Flexible MIB) compared with placebo to treat endometriosis …

Most women have used at least 1 method of contraception during their reproductive years,
with the majority favoring combined oral contraceptives. Women are often concerned about …

Nowadays, combined oral contraceptives (COCs) are successfully employed for the
treatment of endometriosis (END) and adenomyosis (AD) in a large proportion of patients …

As many as 80% of reproductive-aged women experience physical changes associated with
menstruation, and 20% to 40% experience menstrual-cycle-related symptoms. Decades of …

BackgroundDifficulties in regulating emotions are linked to the core symptoms of
premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). We therefore investigated the neural substrates of …