Most had tried a number of contraceptive methods interspersed by periods of non-use related to experiences of side-effects, being single or abstinent, believing that they were infertile and trying to conceive.
Procedural and declarative memory task performance, and the memory consolidation function of sleep, in recent and abstinent ecstasy/MDMA users.
The Magisterium equates sexual abstinence with purity and has historically conveyed -- and continues to convey -- the false notion that only the virginal and abstinent can be truly holy.
After seven years, 94/148 patients (64%) were retained in the program, employed and abstinent from drugs and alcohol.
A phase I trial of UC781 revealed no significant adverse events and no significant plasma levels in sexually abstinent men and women applying the microbicide rectally during single and 7-day exposures.
This may be because those single and widowed respondents have no intention and desire for reproduction and they may prefer to lead an abstinent type of relationship so that they do not infect their other partners.
His mujahideen prayed diligently five times a day, and, given their devotion and their abstinent way of life, I began to think of them as warrior monks.
Volunteers were not under medication for at least 3 months prior to the scanning session and were abstinent from caffeine, nicotine and alcohol prior to the acquisition.
While online chat rooms offer support and virtual fellowship, abstinent singles said local faith-based institutions — especially more conservative ones like Redeemer and Hillsong — were more helpful, at least as a first step.
The present study evaluated self-reported subjective complaints (29 single items and 11 scales) at precessation, on quit day, and on Days 1, 2, 3, 7, 14, 21, and 28 after cessation in 46 healthy quitters who remained abstinent for the first month after cessation (biochemically confirmed).
