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Birth Control Pills, HRT Tied to Digestive Ills
Posted 6 days ago by Drugs.com
MONDAY, May 21 – The use of oral contraceptives by younger women or hormone therapy by older women may be linked with inflammatory bowel disease, new research indicates. Birth control pills are associated with a higher risk for Crohn's disease, said researcher Dr. Hamed Khalili, a clinical and research fellow of gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Crohn's causes inflammation of the lining and wall of the large or small intestine, or both. The lining can become so inflamed it bleeds. Hormone replacement therapy taken by some women after menopause is linked with ulcerative colitis, the study found. It is a disease of the colon (large intestine) or rectum. It causes diarrhea, abdominal cramping and rectal bleeding. Khalili presented the findings Sunday at the Digestive Disease Week meeting, in San Diego. Of the two links they found, Khalili said, the association ... Read more
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Progesterone Treatment Cuts Preterm Birth Risk in Certain Women
Posted 6 Apr 2011 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, April 6 – Progesterone treatment lowers the risk of preterm birth in women with a short cervix, a new study shows. Progesterone is a naturally occurring hormone that plays an important role in maintaining pregnancy. It's believed that a short cervix – a known risk factor for preterm birth – may be a sign of a shortage of progesterone. This study included 458 women with a short cervix (10-20 millimeters) who were randomly assigned to receive either a vaginal gel with progesterone or a placebo between the 19th and 23rd week of pregnancy. The rate of preterm delivery at less than 33 weeks pregnancy was 8.9 percent for women who received the progesterone treatment and 16.1 percent for those who received the placebo. There were also differences between the two groups in rates of preterm births before 28 and 35 weeks of pregnancy. The researchers also found that infants born to ... Read more
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