{"id":111310,"date":"2016-09-16T17:16:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/contraception-helps-to-keep-hold-of-virus-fighting-hormones\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:16:09","slug":"contraception-helps-to-keep-hold-of-virus-fighting-hormones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/i2\/contraception-helps-to-keep-hold-of-virus-fighting-hormones\/","title":{"rendered":"Contraception helps to keep hold of virus fighting hormones"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><span><b>Progesterone is found in most forms of birth control, including the Pill<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span><b>Influenza reduces the natural levels of the hormone found in the body<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span><b>But the Pill helps to reduce what the virus takes away during infection<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>The hormone also helped damaged lung cells heal quicker on mice<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Matthews For Mailonline<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"><span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-published\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Published:<\/span><br \/>\n  07:25 EST, 16 September 2016<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n | <span class=\"article-timestamp article-timestamp-updated\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"article-timestamp-label\">Updated:<\/span><br \/>\n  07:39 EST, 16 September 2016<br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-facebook\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-twitter\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-pinterest\"><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-gplus\">\n      <span class=\"g-interactivepost\"><br \/>\n        <a><\/a><br \/>\n      <\/span>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-email\">\n<p>                <span class=\"wai\">e-mail<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li class=\"share-icons\" id=\"shareLinkTop\">\n            <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>     <span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"count-number\">           5<\/p>\n<p class=\"count-text\">View <br \/> comments<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Taking the contraceptive pill could protect women from the worst effects of the flu, scientists claim.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Progesterone, found in most forms of birth control helps to stave off influenza, a study discovered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When infected, levels of the hormone in the body decline &#8211; but certain forms of contraception allow for more of it to remain in the system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Women of reproductive age are twice as likely as men to suffer from complications related to the flu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But it is hoped the discovery means these hormones could one day be used as a treatment for the virus in women.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-98cb8a7b2ad573b8\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/16\/13\/386F23E900000578-3792746-image-a-18_1474027434871.jpg\" height=\"458\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Progesterone, found in most forms of birth control, staves off the worst effects on influenza, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Progesterone, found in most forms of birth control, staves off the worst effects on influenza, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In an unexpected finding, the hormone also helped damaged lung cells heal quicker on mice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When female mice  get sick with the flu, their natural levels of progesterone fall, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"rotator-panels link-bogr1 linkro-ccox\">\n<li>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/16\/11\/386E6FB800000578-0-image-a-5_1474022663372.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Mother and twin daughters with brittle bones have had 100&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/16\/10\/386E166100000578-0-image-a-26_1474019134922.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>What DO you do in a bleeding emergency? Experts reveal a&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/14\/17\/385A384C00000578-0-image-a-101_1473870530119.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Is YOUR child getting a healthy lunch? Nutritionist looks at&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/16\/09\/386DE44500000578-0-image-a-7_1474015704664.jpg\" width=\"62\" height=\"60\" \/><span>Why you should NEVER miss a smear test: Cervical screening&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Women on hormonal contraceptives get a steadier level of the hormone which overrides what the ovaries make naturally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They also help to reduce what the virus takes away during infection.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Lead researcher Dr Sabra Klein said: &#8216;Despite the staggering number of women who take this kind of birth control, very few studies are out there that evaluate the impact of contraceptives on how the body responds to infections beyond sexually-transmitted diseases.<\/p>\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4b6584a2cb1521c5\" src=\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/09\/16\/13\/386F23ED00000578-3792746-image-a-20_1474027457918.jpg\" height=\"418\" width=\"634\" alt=\"When infected, levels of the hormone in the body decline. But forms of contraception which contain progesterone allow for more to enter the system to improve lung function\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" \/>    <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">When infected, levels of the hormone in the body decline. But forms of contraception which contain progesterone allow for more to enter the system to improve lung function<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Understanding the role that progesterone appears to play in repairing lung cells could really be important for women&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;When women go on birth control, they don&#8217;t generally think about the health implications beyond stopping ovulation and it&#8217;s important to consider them.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Researchers placed\u00a0progesterone implants in female mice and left other mice, also female, without.\u00a0They were then infected with influenza A virus.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wocc\"><b>OTHER BENEFITS OF THE PILL<\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ovarian cancer rates among British women have dropped by more than a fifth in a decade, a major study found.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Experts say the 22 per cent fall is down to rising use of the contraceptive Pill \u2013 which protects against ovarian cancer \u2013 and declining use of HRT, thought to increase the risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Ovarian cancer is the sixth most common form of the disease among British women, with almost 7,300 cases diagnosed each year and 4,128 deaths.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Both sets of mice became ill, but those which had the implants had less pulmonary inflammation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">They also had better lung function and saw the damage to their lung cells repaired more quickly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The hormone protected female mice from more serious effects of the flu by increasing the production of a protein called amphiregulin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When the researchers bred mice depleted of the protein, the protective effects of progesterone disappeared as 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