Publications

Swica Y, Warren MP, Manson JE, Aragaki AK, Bassuk SS, Shimbo D, Kaunitz A, Rossouw J, Stefanick ML, Womack CR. Effects of oral conjugated equine estrogens with or without medroxyprogesterone acetate on incident hypertension in the Women's Health Initiative hormone therapy trials. Menopause. 2018 Jul.

2018 Jul

Shimbo D, Wang L, Lamonte MJ, Allison M, Wellenius GA, Bavry AA, Martin LW, Aragaki A, Newman JD, Swica Y, Rossouw JE, Manson JE, Wassertheil-Smoller S. The effect of hormone therapy on mean blood pressure and visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in postmenopausal women: results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trials. Journal of Hypertension. 2014 Oct.

2014 Oct

Warren MP, Richardson O, Chaudhry S, Shu AD, Swica Y, Sims VR, Sloan NL. Quality of life and hypertension after hormone therapy withdrawal in New York City. Menopause. 2013 Apr 8.

2013 Apr

Swica, Y., Chong, E., Middleton, T., Prine, L., Gold, M., Schreiber, C. A., & Winikoff, B. (2013). Acceptability of home use of mifepristone for medical abortion. Contraception, 88(1), 122-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2012.10.021

2012 Oct

Winikoff B, Dzuba, I, Chong E, Goldberg A, Lichtenberg ES, Ball C, Dean G, Sacks D, Crowden W, Swica Y. Extending outpatient medical abortion services through 70 days of gestational age. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012 Nov;120(5):1070-6.

2012 Nov

Swica Y, Raghavan S; Bracken H; Dabash R, Winikoff, B. Review of the literature on patient satisfaction with early medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol. Expert Review of Obstretrics and Gynecology, Volume 6, Number 4, July 2011 , pp. 451-468(18)

2011 Jul

Swica, Y. Modern methods of abortion. Journal Watch Women’s Health. July 2009.

2009 Jul

Blum J, Swica Y. Proposal for the inclusion of misoprostol in the WHO list of essential medicines. Successfully submitted to the 17th WHO Expert Committee on Essential Medicines on behalf of Gynuity Health Projects, March 2009.

2009 Mar

Yarnall J, Swica Y, Winikoff. Non-physician clinicians can safely provide first trimester medical abortion. Reproductive Health Matters. 2009 May;17(33):61-9.

2009 May

Swica Y, Winikoff B. Setting up a medical abortion service for failure. Letter to Editor. Fertility and Sterility. 2009 May;91(5):e25.

2009 May

Swica Y, Westhoff C. Comparison of serum markers for thrombophilia and autoimmune disease in reproductive age women with and without false positive rapid plasma reagin tests. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2009 Aug;62(2):73-7.

2009 May

Swica Y. The transdermal patch and the vaginal ring: two novel methods of combined hormonal contraception. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 2007, Mar;34(1):31-42.

2007 Mar

Swica Y, Westhoff, C. Update on new contraceptive choices. J Clinical Outcomes Management. 2006 Aug;13(8):447-455.

2006 Aug

Swica Y, Breitbart W. Treating pain in patients with AIDS and a history of substance abuse. Western J Med. 2002 Jan; 176(1):33-9.

2002 Jan

Swica Y, Koehler A, Ackerman B. Lies, damn lies, and statistics: why there is no epidemic of melanoma. Dermatopathology: Practical and Conceptual. 2001 Oct/Dec 7(4):347-354.

Oct/Dec 2001

Swica Y. Teaching medical ethics at Tufts. Tufts Medicine. 1998 (spring):40.

Spring 1998

Lewis DO, Yeager CA, Swica Y, Pincus JH, Lewis M. Objective documentation of child abuse and dissociation in 12 murderers with dissociative identity disorder. American J of Psychiatry. 1997 Dec;154(12):1703-10.

Dec 1997

Swica Y, Lewis DO, Lewis M. Child abuse and dissociative identity disorder: the documentation of childhood maltreatment and the corroboration of symptoms. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 1996;5(2):431-447.

Apr 1996

Publications

Warren MP, Richardson O, Chaudhry S, Shu AD, Swica Y, Sims VR, Sloan NL. Quality of life and hypertension after hormone therapy withdrawal in New York City. Menopause. 2013 Apr 8.

Swica, Y., Chong, E., Middleton, T., Prine, L., Gold, M., Schreiber, C. A., & Winikoff, B. (2013). Acceptability of home use of mifepristone for medical abortion. Contraception, 88(1), 122-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2012.10.021

Winikoff B, Dzuba, I, Chong E, Goldberg A, Lichtenberg ES, Ball C, Dean G, Sacks D, Crowden W, Swica Y. Extending outpatient medical abortion services through 70 days of gestational age. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2012 Nov;120(5):1070-6.

Swica Y, Raghavan S; Bracken H; Dabash R, Winikoff, B. Review of the literature on patient satisfaction with early medical abortion using mifepristone and misoprostol. Expert Review of Obstretrics and Gynecology, Volume 6, Number 4, July 2011 , pp. 451-468(18)

Swica, Y. Modern methods of abortion. Journal Watch Women’s Health. July 2009.

Blum J, Swica Y. Proposal for the inclusion of misoprostol in the WHO list of essential medicines. Successfully submitted to the 17th WHO Expert Committee on Essential Medicines on behalf of Gynuity Health Projects, March 2009.

Yarnall J, Swica Y, Winikoff. Non-physician clinicians can safely provide first trimester medical abortion. Reproductive Health Matters. 2009 May;17(33):61-9.

Swica Y, Winikoff B. Setting up a medical abortion service for failure. Letter to Editor. Fertility and Sterility. 2009 May;91(5):e25.

Swica Y, Westhoff C. Comparison of serum markers for thrombophilia and autoimmune disease in reproductive age women with and without false positive rapid plasma reagin tests. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2009 Aug;62(2):73-7.

Swica Y. The transdermal patch and the vaginal ring: two novel methods of combined hormonal contraception. Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America. 2007, Mar;34(1):31-42.

Swica Y, Westhoff, C. Update on new contraceptive choices. J Clinical Outcomes Management. 2006 Aug;13(8):447-455.

Swica Y, Breitbart W. Treating pain in patients with AIDS and a history of substance abuse. Western J Med. 2002 Jan; 176(1):33-9.

Swica Y, Koehler A, Ackerman B. Lies, damn lies, and statistics: why there is no epidemic of melanoma. Dermatopathology: Practical and Conceptual. 2001 Oct/Dec 7(4):347-354.

Swica Y. Teaching medical ethics at Tufts. Tufts Medicine. 1998 (spring):40.

Lewis DO, Yeager CA, Swica Y, Pincus JH, Lewis M. Objective documentation of child abuse and dissociation in 12 murderers with dissociative identity disorder. American J of Psychiatry. 1997 Dec;154(12):1703-10.

Swica Y, Lewis DO, Lewis M. Child abuse and dissociative identity disorder: the documentation of childhood maltreatment and the corroboration of symptoms. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 1996;5(2):431-447.

Resources

North American Menopause Society: the most reliable and trustworthy online source for menopause.

Center for Menopause. My practice affiliate.

A good PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) website from the US Office on Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services.