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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...

Sleep and physical activity from before conception to the end of pregnancy in healthy women: a longitudinal actigraphy study.

May 17, 2021

Sleep and physical activity changes are common in pregnancy, but longitudinal data starting before conception are scarce. Our aim was to determine the changes of the daily total sleep time (TST) and p...

Cigarette Smoking and Estrogen-Related Cancer.

May 17, 2021

Cigarette smoking is a known cause of many cancers, yet epidemiological studies have found protective associations with the risk of four "estrogen-related" malignancies: endometrial cancer, endometrio...

Ovarian cancer population screening and mortality after long-term follow-up in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS): a randomised controlled trial.

May 17, 2021

Ovarian cancer continues to have a poor prognosis with the majority of women diagnosed with advanced disease. Therefore, we undertook the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) t...

In vitro effects of aqueous extract of fermented rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) on human sperm function.

May 17, 2021

Aspalathus linearis (rooibos) is a herbal medicinal plant originally from South Africa's fynbos and well known for its medicinal effects in treating different medical conditions. Rooibos contains sign...

Effect of orlistat on live birth rate in overweight or obese women undergoing IVF-ET: A randomized clinical trial.

May 17, 2021

Obesity management prior to infertility treatment remains a challenge. To date, results from randomized clinical trials involving weight loss by lifestyle interventions have shown no evidence of impro...

Cytotoxicity, anti-tumor effects and structure-activity relationships of nickel and palladium S,C,S pincer complexes against double and triple-positive and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells.

May 17, 2021

Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive form of breast cancer. The high rate of metastasis associated with TNBC is attributed to its multidrug resistance, making the treatment of t...

Stigma and its influencing factors among breast cancer survivors in China: A cross-sectional study.

May 17, 2021

Although stigma has attracted considerable scholarly attention, few studies have focused on its influencing factors among discharged breast cancer survivors, especially in a Chinese cultural context. ...

Rational design, chemical synthesis and cellular evaluation of novel 1,3-diynyl derivatives of noscapine as potent tubulin binding anticancer agents.

May 17, 2021

We present a new class of derivatives of noscapine, 1,3-diynyl-noscapinoids of an antitussive plant alkaloid, noscapine based on our in silico efforts that binds tubulin and displays anticancer activi...

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