Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the contraceptive practice and sociodemographic determinants of employment of contraceptive methods among sexually active women.Design and methods: A randomly selected representative sample of 4542 women aged 15–49 years from the Hungarian population participated in a prospective web-based and postal questionnaire survey. Women completed self-report questionnaires on sociodemographic characteri...

Introduction: Clinical studies revealed an increased incidence of migraine attacks in conditions with falling levels of plasma oestrogen in the perimenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle and during the hormone-free interval in women taking combined oral contraceptives.Objective: The purpose of the study was to assess the connection between menstrual cycle, bleeding patterns of women with migraine and the clinical characteristics of the migraine attacks.<...

Introduction: Life expectancy is increasing in most developed countries, in part due to improved socio-economic conditions and in part to advances in healthcare. It is widely acknowledged that the promotion of healthy ageing by delaying, minimizing or preventing disabilities or diseases is one of the most important public health objectives in this century.Methods: 243 Women and 181 men aged 40–79 years were recruited in Szeged (Hungary) Subjects wer...