Hormones
Data from P. Vestergaard et al provide new insights into hormones
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, January 11th, 2009
Scientists discuss in 'The effects of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and intrauterine device use on fracture risk in Danish women' new findings in hormones. "Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use may be associated with an increased risk of fractures; however, nothing is known about the risk associated with intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) use. Case-control study. All women with a fracture (n=64,548) in the year 2000 in Denmark served as cases," scientists writing in the journal Contraception report.
"For each case, three age-matched controls were randomly drawn from the general population (n=193,641). Exposure was present or previous DMPA or IUD...
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