{"title":"V.D. and the pill.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the mid-1960s oral contraceptives have been frequently criticized on the ground that they are either a direct or indirect but significant cause of the increasing numbers of cases of venereal disease - especially gonorrhea. These criticisms have often been confused and unsupported by facts. The Family Planning Information Service in London concludes that \"there is no evidence that conclusively supports the argument for a relationship between increased use of the pill and venereal disease.\" For women with gonorrhea, oral contraceptive use may protect them from developing pelvic inflammatory disease. However, there is sometimes the danger of pill-users mistakenly believing that the pill will prevent venereal disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":84725,"journal":{"name":"Family planning information service","volume":"1 1","pages":"18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22024158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent developments in oral contraception.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":84725,"journal":{"name":"Family planning information service","volume":"1 1","pages":"19-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22024160","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When to start the pill after abortion.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The shorter the period of gestation, the sooner ovulation will resume. Further, there is a varying relation between the 1st menses and the 1st ovulation following termination of pregnancy, dependent upon the length of gestation. After an abortion before 12 weeks gestation, the 1st menses is usually preceded by ovulation and therefore follows a true luteal phase menstrual cycle. In a term gestation, the reverse is true. The 1st menses is usually not preceded by ovulation; rather, 1st ovulation usually occurs subsequently. For women choosing oral contraception, the following advice should be given: After an abortion before 12 weeks gestation, oral contraceptives should be started immediately to inhibit the ovulation which may occur 2 weeks after the abortion. If the abortion is after more than 12 weeks gestation, oral contraceptives should be started 1 week after the termination because of the intermediary aspect of the onset of ovulation with regard to the 1st menstruation.</p>","PeriodicalId":84725,"journal":{"name":"Family planning information service","volume":"1 1","pages":"17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22024155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}