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This paper presents demographic data about use of NFP in Europe and the factors which have been identified as influencing that very low use level. Experience with a new ovulation detection device in c...

Natural methods of fertility regulation are acceptable in most cultures. Many couples worldwide do not wish to use contraceptives or do not have access to them but wish to limit their family size or l...

Background: Different exogenous factors are believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of ulcerative colitis. Smoking habits and other risk factors have received much attention. It has recently been ...

The Georgetown University Institute for Reproductive Health has evolved a multi-dimensional approach to reproductive health education which has grown from their work in natural family planning and fer...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether singleton IVF pregnancies carry adverse maternal or fetal outcome when compared with naturally conceived gestations. DESIGN: An analysis of the obstetric outcome of si...

A pilot study was conducted in Ireland to test the effectiveness of the calendar method of contraception. A conservative rule was used, requiring on average 16 days of abstinence per cycle. Among the ...

This study has determined long-term continuation rates of clients who attended clinics of the New Zealand Association of Natural Family Planning and became autonomous users. It has also identified fac...

The hospital-centered trend that has dominated medical culture and the management of health care during this entire century has, in the last few years, undergone a reversal in Italy. Conditions in oth...

The objective was to verify the hypothesis of a 'first uterine pass effect' or direct preferential vagina-to-uterus transport, suggested by the evidence of higher than expected uterine tissue concentr...

OBJECTIVE: To report the occurrence of an unusual case of successful pregnancy achieved by oocyte donation in a woman > 60 years of age. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University-based assisted repro...

Objective: To examine the relationship between past use of oral contraceptives (OCs) and development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Methods: Prospective cohort study of 121,645 women who were...

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to assess (1) whether treatment with oral contraceptives, in comparison with medroxyprogesterone and placebo, improved bone mineral in women with hypothal...

Current concepts suggest that normal estrogen levels are necessary for exercise to have an osteogenic effect on bone. In a population of running and sedentary women Prior et al. (NEJM, 1990) have show...

OBJECTIVE: To develop and evaluate a questionnaire used antepartum to screen for postpartum depression. STUDY DESIGN: Demographic and clinical data, based on previously identified variables, were obt...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate effectiveness and safety of a regimen of extended clomiphene citrate (CC) and prednisone for patients who fail treatment with CC alone. DESIGN: Retrospective observational anal...

Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a 72 amino acid peptide secreted by cells of the immune system and of the amnion, chorion and decidua, was measured in women in late pregnancy. IL-8 was detected in the urine of ...

OBJECTIVE: To test whether subfertile women may be at higher risk of preterm delivery. METHODS: We used data from two population-based cohort studies on risk factors and pregnancy outcome for approxi...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the predictive value of polycystic ovaries for endocrine signs of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). DESIGN: Controlled descriptive study. SETTING: Academic tertiary care fe...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of estradiol (E2) replacement therapy on cardiac structure and function in healthy postmenopausal women. METHODS: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-cont...

We encountered a case of ovarian cancer in a 33-year-old, 8-week pregnant woman. Histological examination revealed both a transitive form of ovarian endometriosis with marked decidual changes due to p...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the luteal phase in women with rigorously defined unexplained infertility. DESIGN: Prospective study. SETTING: National Center for Infertility Research at Michigan. PATIENT(S...

Cardiovascular disease, the major cause of death in post-menopausal women, can be reduced by replacement of ovarian steroid hormones. To compare medroxyprogesterone with progesterone as the progestin ...

The incidence of ovarian atypical endometriosis and its association with malignant epithelial tumours in a consecutive series of cases during the period 1987 to 1995 were studied. Atypical glandular c...

OBJECTIVE: To determine how board-certified reproductive endocrinologists vary in their approach to the clinical tests performed on the infertile couple. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study to assess dif...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate intraovarian resistance index (RI) in 47 healthy fertile volunteers with ovulatory cycles, 28 patients with luteal phase defect (LPD) and four patients with luteinized unrupture...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of radiation exposure to infertility patients during a gynecoradiologic procedure. DESIGN: Retrospective clinical study. SETTING: Medical school-affiliated infertilit...

OBJECTIVE: To compare demographic, epidemiologic, and medical data and to evaluate diagnostic trends in women with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain symptoms or endometriosis and infertility. DES...

OBJECTIVE: To study the effects of clomiphene citrate (CC) on the endometrium by ultrasound and to reveal the echogenic difference between the control cycle and the CC cycle. DESIGN: Retrospective st...

Postpartum mood disorders are common. The clustering of mood-disorder episodes after birth compels a search for factors particularly potent during childbearing. In this article, the complex relationsh...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether treatment with low dose aspirin and heparin leads to a higher rate of live births than that achieved with low dose aspirin alone in women with a history of recurrent mi...

Background: Four studies published since December, 1995, reported that the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) was higher in women who used oral contraceptives (OCs) containing the third-generat...

Objective: The goal of this study is to assess the efficiency of laparoscopic surgical treatment of pain for patients presenting deep endometriosis located on the uterosacral ligaments. Study Design:...

Epidemiologic studies demonstrate a twofold higher rate of depression in women than in men. The childbearing years are a time of increased risk for onset of depression in women. Pregnancy, miscarriage...

C-reactive protein (CRP) levels were evaluated during spontaneous labour, in imminent premature parturition (IPP) and after preterm rupture of oocyst membranes (PROM). Increasing CRP level during spon...

Despite the high prevalence of postpartum depressive disorders, many signs and symptoms of this illness are dismissed as normal physiologic changes associated with childbirth. Prompt recognition and t...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of the laparoscopic approach for the diagnosis and treatment of severe urinary tract endometriosis. DESIGN: Retrospective review of 28 cases of severe urinary trac...

OBJECTIVE: To assess the safety and efficacy of Seprafilm (HAL-F), Bioresorbable Membrane, (Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, MA) in reducing the incidence, severity, extent, and area of uterine adhesio...

Objective: To review our experience with semen retrieval in men who are incompetent or dead and to formulate general medical, legal, and ethical guidelines for practitioners. Design: Case series and l...

BACKGROUND: Malignant transformation to endometriosis is a well documented phenomenon that occurs most commonly in the ovaries with cancer arising in extra-ovarian endometriosis being a rare event. M...

OBJECTIVE: To determine the test characteristics of a self-report questionnaire, the Beck Depression Inventory, when used as a screening test for depression in a population of ambulatory pregnant wome...

Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract by gynecologic disease processes-endometriosis, gynecologic neoplasms, inflammatory processes, and complications from radiation therapy or surgery for gynecol...

Recurrent miscarriage remains an enigma. The main aetiologies are endocrinological, immunological and unexplained. With the growth in molecular biology, it is now possible to look at the effect of the...

Breast cancer incidence rates are high in societies with a Western lifestyle characterized by low levels of physical activity, and by an energy-dense diet rich in total and saturated fat and refined c...

OBJECTIVE: To describe a case of hepatic endometriosis. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University hospital. PATIENT: A 34-year-old woman with a 2-year history of cyclic right subcostal pain. INTERV...

Two progesterone presentations, a vaginal application of 90 mg progesterone per day (Crinone) or 300 mg progesterone administered orally (Utrogestan), were compared for luteal phase support of patient...