Abstract Background: Oral contraceptives (OCs) are an essential medicine used by millions
of people every day. Given the widespread usage of these medicines, even a small increase …

Hormone-based contraception disrupts hormonal balance, creating artificial states of
anovulation and threatening women's health. We reviewed its main adverse effects and …

Background Adolescent depression has become a leading problem around the world,
especially as the COVID-19 pandemic has remained prevalent and heavily influenced …

BackgroundPrevious studies of pubertal timing and self-harm are limited by subjective
measures of pubertal timing or by the conflation of self-harm with suicide attempts and …

Background Hormonal contraceptive (HC) use has been associated with an increased risk
of developing a depressive episode. This might be related to HC's effect on the serotonergic …

Background: The association of lifetime exposure to endogenous sex hormone with incident
atrial fibrillation (AF) and subsequent ischemic stroke has never been studied. Methods: This …

Evidence regarding the role of hormonal contraception (HC) as a risk factor for attempted
suicide is inconclusive. Thus, this study aimed to assess the associations of use of different …

Objective To assess the effect of hormonal contraceptive use over the risk of suicide. Method
Systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies retrieved from five search …

Objective Using data from the nationwide, cross-sectional KiGGS (German Health Interview
and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents) study, we investigated whether …

Objective This cross-sectional research aimed to examine how reproductive factors
influence depression and suicidal ideation among postmenopausal women. Methods Data …