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by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This is part IV of V of my series on hormonal contraception. Please also see parts I, II, and III.Behavior and cognitionIn western culture, media, commercials, and magazines, the menstrual cycle is almost universally considered to be negative. Pharmaceutical companies advertise pills to improve mood, from SaraFem (this was another name for Prozac, targeted just to women), to Midol, to the new hormonal contraceptive Yaz (which has recently gotten in trouble for the way they promoted their mood im........ Read more »
Bancroft J, & Sartorius N. (1990) The effects of oral contraceptives on well-being and sexuality. Oxford Reviews of Reproductive Biology, 57-92. DOI: 2075004
Brown, S., Morrison, L., Larkspur, L., Marsh, A., & Nicolaisen, N. (2008) Well-Being, Sleep, Exercise Patterns, and the Menstrual Cycle: A Comparison of Natural Hormones, Oral Contraceptives and Depo-Provera. Women , 47(1), 105-121. DOI: 10.1300/J013v47n01_06
Higgins, J., Hoffman, S., Graham, C., & Sanders, S. (2008) Relationships between condoms, hormonal methods, and sexual pleasure and satisfaction: an exploratory analysis from the Women's Well-Being and Sexuality Study. Sexual Health, 5(4), 321. DOI: 10.1071/SH08021
Joffe, H., Cohen, L., & Harlow, B. (2003) Impact of oral contraceptive pill use on premenstrual mood: Predictors of improvement and deterioration. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 189(6), 1523-1530. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00927-X
Mansfield PK, Hood KE, & Henderson J. (1989) Women and their husbands: mood and arousal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle and days of the week. Psychosomatic Medicine, 51(1), 66-80. DOI: 2928462
Shively, C, & Bethea C. (2004) Cognition, mood disorders, and sex hormones. ILAR J, 45(2), 189-199. DOI: 15111738
Walker, A. (1994) Mood and well-being in consecutive menstrual cycles. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18(2), 271-290.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
In parts I and II of this series, I discussed the basic no-nos around contraception, the reason some advocate its continuous use, and what constitutes a normal menstrual cycle. Today, I'll explain a bit about population variation in reproductive function, and how it may relate to the conversation.Population variationBoth the efficacy of hormonal contraception and its non-contraceptive benefits are reduced if women do not take their prescriptions properly, and there are many reasons women do this........ Read more »
Baerwald A, Olatunbosun O, & Pierson R. (2006) Effects of oral contraceptives administered at defined stages of ovarian follicular development. Fertility and Sterility, 86(1), 27-35.
Ellison PT. (1990) Human ovarian function and reproductive ecology: new hypotheses. American Anthropologist, 94(2), 933-952.
Vitzthum VJ, Spielvogel H, Caceres E, & Miller A. (2001) Vaginal bleeding patterns among rural highland Bolivian women: relationship to fecundity and fetal loss. Contraception, 319-325.
Vitzthum VJ, Spielvogel H, & Thornburg J. (2004) Interpopulational differences in progesterone levels during conception and implantation in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(6), 1443-1448.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
The first of a multi-part series on the benefits and concerns around hormonal contraception.... Read more »
Brunner Huber LR, & Hogue CJ. (2005) The association between body weight, unintended pregnancy resulting in a livebirth, and contraception at the time of conception. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 9(4), 413-420.
Burkman RT, Fisher AC, Wan GJ, Barnowski CE, & LaGuardia KD. (2009) Association between efficacy and body weight or body mass index for two low-dose oral contraceptives. Contraception, 79(6), 424-427.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Fourth of a five-part series on hormonal contraception, from an anthropological standpoint. This part of the series is on behavior and cognitive changes associated with hormones.... Read more »
Bancroft J, & Sartorius N. (1990) The effects of oral contraceptives on well-being and sexuality. Oxford Reviews of Reproductive Biology, 57-92. DOI: 2075004
Brown, S., Morrison, L., Larkspur, L., Marsh, A., & Nicolaisen, N. (2008) Well-Being, Sleep, Exercise Patterns, and the Menstrual Cycle: A Comparison of Natural Hormones, Oral Contraceptives and Depo-Provera. Women , 47(1), 105-121. DOI: 10.1300/J013v47n01_06
Higgins, J., Hoffman, S., Graham, C., & Sanders, S. (2008) Relationships between condoms, hormonal methods, and sexual pleasure and satisfaction: an exploratory analysis from the Women's Well-Being and Sexuality Study. Sexual Health, 5(4), 321. DOI: 10.1071/SH08021
Joffe, H., Cohen, L., & Harlow, B. (2003) Impact of oral contraceptive pill use on premenstrual mood: Predictors of improvement and deterioration. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 189(6), 1523-1530. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(03)00927-X
Mansfield PK, Hood KE, & Henderson J. (1989) Women and their husbands: mood and arousal fluctuations across the menstrual cycle and days of the week. Psychosomatic Medicine, 51(1), 66-80. DOI: 2928462
Shively, C, & Bethea C. (2004) Cognition, mood disorders, and sex hormones. ILAR J, 45(2), 189-199. DOI: 15111738
Walker, A. (1994) Mood and well-being in consecutive menstrual cycles. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 18(2), 271-290.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
The second part in the series on biological anthropology, ecology, variation, and hormonal contraception.... Read more »
Eaton SB, Pike MC, Short RV, Lee NC, Trussell J, Hatcher RA, Wood JW, Worthman CM, Blurton-Jones NG, Konner MJ.... (1994) Women's reproductive cancers in evolutionary context. Quarterley Review of Biology, 69(3), 353-367.
Eaton, S.B., Strassmann, B.I., Nesse, R.M., Neel, J.V., Ewald, P.W., Williams, G.C., Weder, A.B., Eaton III, S.B., Lindeberg, S., Konner, M.J.... (2002) Evolutionary health promotion. Preventive Medicine, 109-118.
Strassmann, BI. (1997) The biology of menstruation in Homo sapiens: Total lifetime menses, fecundity, and nonsynchrony in a natural-fertility population. Current Anthropology, 38(1), 123-129. DOI: A1997WD24700015
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
So I've covered a bit of my bias against hormonal contraception ads, and the basic no-nos. But one of the things you may have heard a lot lately is that women don't "need" a period, or even that it is "useless." I'd like to spend a little time unpacking this in the second part of my series.What is normal?Recently, in the beginning of an evolutionary medicine volume, I read in the editors’ opening comments that there is “nothing biologically normal” about monthly menses, as a way to put for........ Read more »
Eaton SB, Pike MC, Short RV, Lee NC, Trussell J, Hatcher RA, Wood JW, Worthman CM, Blurton-Jones NG, Konner MJ.... (1994) Women's reproductive cancers in evolutionary context. Quarterley Review of Biology, 69(3), 353-367.
Eaton, S.B., Strassmann, B.I., Nesse, R.M., Neel, J.V., Ewald, P.W., Williams, G.C., Weder, A.B., Eaton III, S.B., Lindeberg, S., Konner, M.J.... (2002) Evolutionary health promotion. Preventive Medicine, 109-118.
Strassmann, BI. (1997) The biology of menstruation in Homo sapiens: Total lifetime menses, fecundity, and nonsynchrony in a natural-fertility population. Current Anthropology, 38(1), 123-129. DOI: A1997WD24700015
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Student blogging on cervical cancer and immunology, particular in understanding variation in cytokines, chemokines, and proportions of columnar vs squamous cervical cells.... Read more »
Hwang LY, Scott ME, Ma Y, & Moscicki AB. (2011) Higher levels of cervicovaginal inflammatory and regulatory cytokines and chemokines in healthy young women with immature cervical epithelium. Journal of reproductive immunology, 88(1), 66-71. PMID: 21051089
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Part three of my ongoing series on hormonal contraception and reproductive function, from the perspective of anthropology.... Read more »
Baerwald A, Olatunbosun O, & Pierson R. (2006) Effects of oral contraceptives administered at defined stages of ovarian follicular development. Fertility and Sterility, 86(1), 27-35.
Ellison PT. (1990) Human ovarian function and reproductive ecology: new hypotheses. American Anthropologist, 94(2), 933-952.
Vitzthum VJ, Spielvogel H, Caceres E, & Miller A. (2001) Vaginal bleeding patterns among rural highland Bolivian women: relationship to fecundity and fetal loss. Contraception, 319-325.
Vitzthum VJ, Spielvogel H, & Thornburg J. (2004) Interpopulational differences in progesterone levels during conception and implantation in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(6), 1443-1448.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Last part in five part series on hormonal contraception, population variation, cultural conditioning, and behavior.... Read more »
Huang C, & Sedlack DL. (2001) Analysis of estrogenic hormones in municipal wastewater effluent and surface water using ELISA and GC/MS/MS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 20(1), 133-139.
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
Undergraduate Laura Klein reviews an article on food allergies.... Read more »
Christie L, Hine RJ, Parker JG, & Burks W. (2002) Food allergies in children affect nutrient intake and growth. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 102(11), 1648-51. PMID: 12449289
Fernandez-Rivas, M, & Miles, S. (2007) Chapter 1. Food allergies: Clinical and Psychosocial Perspectives. Plant Food Allergens. info:/
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This post reviews current knowledge about adolescent menstrual cycling and oral contraceptive use, making recommendations for future research.... Read more »
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Adolescence, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Committee on Adolescent Health Care, Diaz A, Laufer MR, & Breech LL. (2006) Menstruation in girls and adolescents: using the menstrual cycle as a vital sign. Pediatrics, 118(5), 2245-50. PMID: 17079600
Andrist LC, Arias RD, Nucatola D, Kaunitz AM, Musselman BL, Reiter S, Boulanger J, Dominguez L, & Emmert S. (2004) Women's and providers' attitudes toward menstrual suppression with extended use of oral contraceptives. Contraception, 70(5), 359-63. PMID: 15504373
APTER, D. (1997) Development of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 816(1 Adolescent Gy), 9-21. DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb52125.x
Christo, K., Cord, J., Mendes, N., Miller, K., Goldstein, M., Klibanski, A., & Misra, M. (2008) Acylated ghrelin and leptin in adolescent athletes with amenorrhea, eumenorrheic athletes and controls: a cross-sectional study. Clinical Endocrinology, 69(4), 628-633. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03237.x
Cromer BA, Bonny AE, Stager M, Lazebnik R, Rome E, Ziegler J, Camlin-Shingler K, & Secic M. (2008) Bone mineral density in adolescent females using injectable or oral contraceptives: a 24-month prospective study. Fertility and sterility, 90(6), 2060-7. PMID: 18222431
El-Khayat, H., Soliman, N., Tomoum, H., Omran, M., El-Wakad, A., & Shatla, R. (2008) Reproductive hormonal changes and catamenial pattern in adolescent females with epilepsy. Epilepsia, 49(9), 1619-1626. DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2008.01622.x
GERSCHULTZ, K., SUCATO, G., HENNON, T., MURRAY, P., & GOLD, M. (2007) Extended Cycling of Combined Hormonal Contraceptives in Adolescents: Physician Views and Prescribing Practices. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40(2), 151-157. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.09.013
Morimatsu, Y., Matsubara, S., Watanabe, T., Hashimoto, Y., Matsui, T., Asada, K., & Suzuki, M. (2009) Future recovery of the normal menstrual cycle in adolescent patients with secondary amenorrhea. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 35(3), 545-550. DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01014.x
Omar H, Kives S, & Allen L. (2005) Extended use of the oral contraceptive pill--is it an acceptable option for the adolescent?. Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology, 18(4), 285-8. PMID: 16171734
Singer, K., Rosenthal, A., & Kasa-Vubu, J. (2009) Elevated Testosterone and Hypergonadotropism in Active Adolescents of Normal Weight with Oligomenorrhea. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, 22(5), 323-327. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2008.12.010
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
A dissection and link round-up about cognitive sex differences.... Read more »
Connellan, J. (2000) Sex differences in human neonatal social perception. Infant Behavior and Development, 23(1), 113-118. DOI: 10.1016/S0163-6383(00)00032-1
Hyde, J. (2005) The Gender Similarities Hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60(6), 581-592. DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.6.581
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This post explains variation in behavior through the menstrual cycle, hormonal variation, and problematizes the assumption that progesterone withdrawal explains premenstrual syndrome.... Read more »
Beckley EH, & Finn DA. (2007) Inhibition of progesterone metabolism mimics the effect of progesterone withdrawal on forced swim test immobility. Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 87(4), 412-9. PMID: 17597197
Brinton RD, Thompson RF, Foy MR, Baudry M, Wang J, Finch CE, Morgan TE, Pike CJ, Mack WJ, Stanczyk FZ.... (2008) Progesterone receptors: form and function in brain. Frontiers in neuroendocrinology, 29(2), 313-39. PMID: 18374402
Gracia CR, Freeman EW, Sammel MD, Lin H, Sheng L, & Frye C. (2009) Allopregnanolone levels before and after selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment of premenstrual symptoms. Journal of clinical psychopharmacology, 29(4), 403-5. PMID: 19593190
Maguire, J., & Mody, I. (2008) GABAAR Plasticity during Pregnancy: Relevance to Postpartum Depression. Neuron, 59(2), 207-213. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2008.06.019
Monteleone, P. (2000) Allopregnanolone concentrations and premenstrual syndrome. European Journal of Endocrinology, 142(3), 269-273. DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1420269
Nappi, R. (2001) Serum allopregnanolone in women with postpartum “blues”. Obstetrics , 97(1), 77-80. DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(00)01112-1
Chapman, J., McIntyre, M., Lipson, S., & Ellison, P. (2009) Weight change and ovarian steroid profiles in young women. Fertility and Sterility, 91(3), 858-861. DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.12.081
ELLISON, P. (1993) Population variation in ovarian function. The Lancet, 342(8868), 433-434. DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)92845-K
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Lager, C., & Ellison, P. (1990) Effect of moderate weight loss on ovarian function assessed by salivary progesterone measurements. American Journal of Human Biology, 2(3), 303-312. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1310020312
Panter-Brick C, & Ellison PT. (1994) Seasonality of workloads and ovarian function in Nepali women. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 234-5. PMID: 8154716
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O'hara, M., & Swain, A. (1996) Rates and risk of postpartum depression—a meta-analysis. International Review of Psychiatry, 8(1), 37-54. DOI: 10.3109/09540269609037816
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This is the second of a four part series on IVF, pregnancy and labor.... Read more »
Davidson, R., Roberts, S., Wotton, C., & Goldacre, M. (2010) Influence of maternal and perinatal factors on subsequent hospitalisation for asthma in children: evidence from the Oxford record linkage study. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 10(1), 14. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2466-10-14
Decker, E., Engelmann, G., Findeisen, A., Gerner, P., Laass, M., Ney, D., Posovszky, C., Hoy, L., & Hornef, M. (2010) Cesarean Delivery Is Associated With Celiac Disease but Not Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children. PEDIATRICS, 125(6). DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2260
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Roduit, C., Scholtens, S., de Jongste, J., Wijga, A., Gerritsen, J., Postma, D., Brunekreef, B., Hoekstra, M., Aalberse, R., & Smit, H. (2009) Asthma at 8 years of age in children born by caesarean section. Thorax, 64(2), 107-113. DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.100875
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
An anthropologist's take on the current AJOG article and Lancet editorial on home birth and infant mortality... Read more »
Wax, J., Lucas, F., Lamont, M., Pinette, M., Cartin, A., & Blackstone, J. (2010) Maternal and newborn outcomes in planned home birth vs planned hospital births: a metaanalysis. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.05.028
Editorial staff. (2010) Home birth--proceed with caution. Lancet, 376(9738), 303. PMID: 20674705
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This is the third guest post of the LabEvoEndo Journal Club, a new series for the LabEvoEndo blog meant to highlight student contributions to the lab (first post here, second post here). The author is Honors Anthropology Junior Dana Ahern. Dana has been in my lab since her sophomore year.
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I’d like to start this blog post with a little background on progesterone. Progesterone is fascinating and it affects a lot more than just the menstrual cycle. We are starting to understand just how........ Read more »
Rapkin AJ, Berman SM, Mandelkern MA, Silverman DH, Morgan M, & London ED. (2011) Neuroimaging evidence of cerebellar involvement in premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Biological psychiatry, 69(4), 374-80. PMID: 21092938
by Kate Clancy in Laboratory for Evolutionary Endocrinology
This post uses literature review, my own empirical research, and a new paper to demonstrate that menstrual cycling does not impact iron status in women. This goes against a major, prevailing medical notion and inhibits appropriate diagnosis in anemic women.... Read more »
Bergström E, Hernell O, Persson LA, & Vessby B. (1995) Serum lipid values in adolescents are related to family history, infant feeding, and physical growth. Atherosclerosis, 117(1), 1-13. PMID: 8546746
Clancy, K., Nenko, I., & Jasienska, G. (2006) Menstruation does not cause anemia: Endometrial thickness correlates positively with erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in premenopausal women. American Journal of Human Biology, 18(5), 710-713. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20538
Kepczyk, M. (1999) A prospective, multidisciplinary evaluation of premenopausal women with iron-deficiency anemia. The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 94(1), 109-115. DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00661-3
Miller EM. (2010) Maternal hemoglobin depletion in a settled northern Kenyan pastoral population. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 22(6), 768-74. PMID: 20721981
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