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Assessment of Significant Bacteriuria, Bacterial Profile and Pyuria among Pregnant Women with Urinary Tract Symptoms in Enugu, South-Eastern Nigeria: A Cross-Sectional Study.

May 31, 2021

Urinary tract symptoms are common in pregnancy; thus, symptom-based diagnosis of urinary tract infection (UTI) might not be accurate. Such women are often exposed to antibiotics without urine culture ...

Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices among Mothers of Children 6-23 Months Old Attending the Immunisation Clinic of a Private Tertiary Health Institution in Nigeria.

May 31, 2021

Globally, childhood malnutrition remains a major public health issue. It is thus imperative to contextually analyse Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices in resource-poor settings like Niger...

The Platelet to Lymphocyte and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratios in Predicting Response to Platinum-based Chemotherapy for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.

May 31, 2021

The patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer have higher factors complicating surgery; thus, the best choice for them is surgery with chemotherapy with six cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy. Generall...

Sonosensitizer-Functionalized Graphene Nanoribbons for Adhesion Blocking and Sonodynamic Ablation of Ovarian Cancer Spheroids.

May 31, 2021

Advanced stage ovarian cancer is challenging to treat due to widespread seeding of tumor spheroids throughout the mesothelial lining of the peritoneal cavity. In this work, a therapeutic strategy usin...

Ga-FAPI-PET/CT in patients with various gynecological malignancies.

May 31, 2021

Ga-FAPI (fibroblast activation protein inhibitor) is a novel and highly promising radiotracer for PET/CT imaging. The aim of this retrospective analysis is to explore the potential of FAPI-PET/CT in g...

Effects of synbiotic supplementation and lifestyle modifications on women with polycystic ovary syndrome.

May 31, 2021

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinopathy affecting women of reproductive age.This study was designed to evaluate effects of lifestyle modifications and synbiotic supplementat...

Association between Family Function and Psychological Wellbeing among Infertile Women. Attending Yusuf Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, Kaduna, North Western Nigeria.

May 31, 2021

Infertility could be a life crisis with a wide range of social, emotional and psychological problems. This study aimed to contribute towards improving the health outcomes of infertile women by determi...

Is there a shared genetic basis and causal relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome and psychiatric disorders: evidence from a comprehensive genetic analysis.

May 31, 2021

Is there a shared genetic basis or causal relationship between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and a range of psychiatric disorders?Genome-wide genetic correlation analysis and bidirectional Mendelia...

Total long-chain polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids level is an independent predictive factor of breast cancer multifocality in women with positive hormone-receptors tumors.

May 31, 2021

In a previous pilot study, we showed that polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids of breast adipose tissues were associated with breast cancer multifocality. In the present study, we investigated biochemical,...

Furin-instructed aggregated gold nanoparticles for re-educating tumor associated macrophages and overcoming breast cancer chemoresistance.

May 31, 2021

Insufficient drug accumulation and chemoresistance remain two major challenges in cancer chemotherapy. Herein, we designed a furin-responsive aggregated nanoplatform loaded with doxorubicin (DOX) and ...

Serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides, biomarkers of oxidative stress, and risk of breast cancer.

May 31, 2021

Studies have documented that exposure to organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) is linked with breast cancer, but the underlying biological mechanisms are still unknown. This study included 313 women diagno...

Reported Case Numbers and Variability in Delivery Route and Volume by Obstetrician-Gynecologist Residents from 2003 to 2019.

May 31, 2021

The obstetric landscape in the United States has changed over the past several decades, during which there has been a decline in number of operative vaginal deliveries (OVD) performed. Obstetrician-gy...

Acceptability of Text Messaging and Disparities in Mobile Health Access in Women's Health Care: A Survey Study.

May 31, 2021

Few studies in women's health care have utilized text messaging as a data collection tool. Our aims were to (1) determine the willingness of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Ob/Gyn) patients to participate...

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Obstetrician and Gynecologist Workforce Distribution on Vaccine Deployment and Predicting Women's Healthcare Shortages.

May 31, 2021

Background Obstetricians and gynecologists, who serve a vital role in providing women's healthcare in the United States, are at risk of COVID-19 exposure via asymptomatic patients and deliveries. This...

Recreational Physical Activity & Survival in Women With Endometrial Cancer

May 27, 2021

Endometrial cancer is the sixth most diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, and unlike with most cancers, mortality rates have increased in recent decades. An increase in the prevalence of obesity and d...

Study Supports Delaying Pregnancy for One Year After Bariatric Surgery

May 26, 2021

TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Women undergoing pregnancy soon after bariatric surgery have lower gestational age at delivery, lower gestational weight gain, and lower neonatal birth weight...

USPSTF Recommends Counseling for Healthy Pregnancy Weight Gain

May 26, 2021

TUESDAY, May 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends behavioral counseling interventions to promote healthy weight gain in pregnancy. This recommendati...

Stage 1 Hypertension Linked to Increased Risk for ACS in Women

May 17, 2021

MONDAY, May 17, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Stage 1 hypertension is associated with an increased risk for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in women, according to a study published online May 16 in the Euro...

Pediatric Functional Constipation Questionnaire-Parent Report (PedFCQuest-PR): development and validation.

May 17, 2021

Developing and validating a disease-specific instrument in the Brazilian Portuguese language to assess the Health-Related Quality of Life of children with functional constipation, applied to parents/c...

Lower urinary tract function in patients with inflammatory encephalomyelopathy: characteristics of urodynamics, neurological deficits and magnetic resonance imaging.

May 17, 2021

To report the clinical data in a large population of patients affected by inflammatory encephalomyelopathy.We retrospectively reviewed the medical history, imaging studies and urodynamic findings in a...

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