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Contraception (birth control)
is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in
order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman
becoming pregnant or giving birth. Therefore contraception is the
utilization of various and sundry surgical procedures, devices,
practices, agents, or drugs with the intention of preventing conception
or impregnation (pregnancy). Methods and intentions typically termed
birth control may be considered a pivotal ingredient to family
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| Effect of sex, menstrual cycle phase, and oral contraceptive use on |
| circadian temperature rhythms. |
| Kattapong KR; Fogg LF; Eastman CI |
| CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 1995 Aug;12(4):257-66. |
| At the Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, |
| researchers recorded the circadian rhythm of rectal temperature over several consecutive days in 50 young men, 21 |
| young women with natural menstrual cycles, and 14 young women using oral contraceptives (OCs) to compare their |
| rhythms while considering menstrual cycle phase and OC use. Among natural menstrual cyclers, 10 were examined |
| during the follicular phase and 11 during the luteal phase. Among OC users, six were examined during the |
| pseudofollicular phase and eight during the pseudoluteal phase. The researchers used a curve-fitting procedure to |
| estimate circadian phase and amplitude. Rectal temperature during sleep was lower during the follicular phase than |
| during the luteal phase (p < .001). On the other hand, waking temperatures were the same during both phases. Yet |
| the circadian amplitude was larger during the follicular phase (p < .01). The temperature during sleep and the 24- |
| hour temperature were lower in women with natural menstrual cycles than in OC users (p < .01). The temperature |
| rhythms of the men and of the women with natural menstrual cycles in the follicular phase were essentially the same. |
| Both women with natural menstrual cycles and men had lower temperatures during sleep, lower 24-hour |
| temperatures, and larger circadian amplitudes than all OC users (p < .001). On the other hand, all five groups had |
| similar circadian phases. These findings suggest that menstrual cycle phase, OC use, and sex influence the |
| amplitude and level of the overt circadian temperature rhythm but not its phase. (PubHealth.info Document ID: |
| PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Effect of sex, menstrual cycle phase, and oral |
| contraceptive use on circadian temperature rhythms.", is(are) Kattapong KR; Fogg LF; Eastman CI. The source of |
| this article is "CHRONOBIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL. 1995 Aug;12(4):257-66.". This article was published in 1995 in |
| English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 2559-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: |
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