Some combination pills that sound very similar have different progestins. For example, Ortho-novum 1/35 and 7/7/7 contain norethindrone. Ortho-novum 1/50 contains norgestrel. Norethindrone has low ...

Some birth control options lead to fewer side effects such as constipation, acne, weight gain, or breast tenderness. There are birth control pills that contain only progestin, while combination birth ...

Cyproterone acetate is a progestogenic compound with anti-androgenic activity. Used in high doses (50-100 mg) and in reverse sequential regimen (for the first 10 days of cycle), in combination ...

Expert Rev of Obstet Gynecol. 2008;3(2):189-201. New progestins associated in third-generation OCs were created to minimize androgenic side effects, such as hirsutism. They also induce less nausea ...

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment ...

In cases occurring before the menopause, he demonstrated secretory activity of the tumors themselves in response to progesterone at the same time normal endometrium is responding, but the ...

Department of Systems Biology and Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland Biotechnology Center, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego 8, ...

RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, 61137 Brno, Czech Republic ...