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IUD: Advantages and Disadvantages

An intrauterine device (IUD), also known as an intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD), is a small T-shaped plastic device with copper banded around the transverse arms, which is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy.

7 Mar 2017

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Progestogen-Only Pill (POP)

The progestogen-only pill (POP) is used to prevent pregnancy without causing the adverse effects of estrogen.

6 Mar 2017

Female Sterilization

Female sterilization is a widespread means of permanent contraception for women. Read more here.

6 Mar 2017

Fetor Hepaticus 'Breath of the Dead'

Fetor hepaticus is a condition in which the breath of the patient is sweetish, musty, and occasionally fecal in nature.

6 Mar 2017

Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) Types

Long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is defined as any method of contraception that does not have to be used or applied more than once a cycle or once a month.

6 Mar 2017

Orthorexia Nervosa Research

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a recently emerging phenomenon based on the widespread acceptance of food in its natural state as a healing and miraculous substance. In this condition, it is believed that being able to identify and ingest exactly the right types of natural or ‘clean’ food, while purging the body and the diet of ‘un-clean’ or ‘dirty’ food, will result in good health and healing of all disease.

6 Mar 2017

Contraception in Over 50s

In today’s world, with divorce and separation becoming reality in the life of many couples, as well as a growing number of never-married women, the need for contraception is present even among older women.

6 Mar 2017

Contraception and STIs

The term contraception refers to any method which prevents pregnancy. Different methods are used, some of which are hormonal and others non-hormonal. Some methods also help the user to avoid acquiring sexually transmitted infections.

6 Mar 2017

Natural Family Planning: Advantages and Disadvantages

Natural family planning (NFP) is a term which includes all methods of fertility control that center on a couple’s awareness of the woman’s fertile period.

6 Mar 2017

Natural Family Planning: an Overview

Natural family planning (NFP) is a method of contraception which depends upon increasing a couple’s awareness of a woman’s fertile days, until they are able to plan to achieve or avoid pregnancy as they desire. It involves training in recognition of various physical changes that indicate the onset of the fertile period.

6 Mar 2017

How Does the Progestogen-only Pill Work?

Modern contraceptives have many mechanisms of action; some are combined hormonal contraceptives, some are progestogen-only, while others are intrauterine devices which release either copper or hormones. Implants, patches, and rings are also available, all of which are hormone-releasing.

6 Mar 2017

What is Clean Eating?

Clean eating is all the rage in the United States and some other developed economies. Some foodies are so enamored of this trend that they may look down on anyone who doesn’t quite share this enthusiasm. It is difficult, however, to pin down what clean food means, because different groups may define it differently.

5 Mar 2017

Diagnostic Criteria for Orthorexia

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a recently defined eating disorder in which the affected person is fixated on eating healthy food. Its diagnosis has come under scrutiny; however, several insist that it does not represent a separate diagnostic entity as such.

5 Mar 2017

Signs and Symptoms of Orthorexia

Orthorexia nervosa (ON or Orthorexia) is a newly coined term which denotes an obsession with eating healthy food. It is still debatable whether it is a new condition in its own right, or a variation of an obsessive or anorexic tendency.

5 Mar 2017

History of Orthorexia

Food selection, preparation, and its relationship with health, has been the focus of attention throughout centuries. However, this normal vigilance can become excessive, bordering on an eating disorder. This is especially so in light of today’s public emphasis on clean eating, avoidance of ‘dirty’ foods, and the growing belief that almost every disorder stems from this ‘bad’ food and can be ‘fixed’ by changing one’s diet a little more.

5 Mar 2017

Clean Eating and Orthorexia

Orthorexia is a recently coined term which denotes an obsessive-compulsive disorder that centers on selecting and preparing food of the ‘right’ quality and purity. It is not the same as ‘clean eating,’ though many people in the latter category find themselves trapped in orthorexia later.

5 Mar 2017

Epidemiology of Orthorexia Nervosa

Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is a condition characterized by extreme dietary restrictions in the name of healthy eating. It involves rigid ritual surrounding the preparation and eating of food, with strict avoidance of all foods thought to be not ‘clean.’

5 Mar 2017

Do Contraceptive Injections Affect Bones?

Contraceptive injections are long-lasting forms of contraception, usually through the use of depot preparations of progestin medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA). They are touted to be highly effective reversible forms of contraception.

3 Mar 2017

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Contraceptive Vaginal Ring

Oral contraception is a very popular means of contraception with a very high efficacy. However, it is necessary to be fully compliant with the regime to reap its full contraceptive benefits.

3 Mar 2017

Advantages and Disadvantages of the Contraceptive Patch

The oral contraceptive pill was used widely because of its high efficacy. However, poor patient compliance inevitably led to higher-than-ideal pregnancy rates, as users often forgot to take the pill at the right time, to take it every day, or had gastrointestinal conditions which interfered with its digestion and absorption.

3 Mar 2017