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Medical devices (MDs) in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are not a well-known source of exposure to plasticizers, in particular during pregnancy. Because of its toxicity, the di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has be...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:45
Published on: 20 June 2017
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Ovarian cancer is a prominent public health problem which affects people all around the world. Platinum-based chemotherapy is a common treatment for ovarian cancer, however, the effectiveness of chemotherapy v...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:43
Published on: 17 June 2017
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Micronutrient malnutrition has been associated with maternal depressive symptoms (MDS), but little is known about the effects of preconceptional micronutrient supplementation. This paper examined the effects o...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:44
Published on: 17 June 2017
Study protocol
Shoulder pain and pain in the upper abdomen are common complaints after laparoscopy, sometimes surpassing the pain at incision sites. The incidence of shoulder pain ranges from 35 to 80%. Post-laparoscopic pai...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:42
Published on: 13 June 2017
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Effective female education on cervical cancer prevention has been shown to increase awareness and uptake of screening. However, sustaining increase in uptake poses a challenge to control efforts. Peer health e...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:41
Published on: 9 June 2017
Case report
Congenital uterine anomalies like bicornis or bicornuate uterus are relatively rare in sub-Saharan Africa. They are associated with an increased rate of spontaneous abortion, preterm delivery, and infertility....
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:39
Published on: 2 June 2017
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Previous studies were conflicting regarding the associations between HPV vaccination, cervical cancer risk perceptions, high-risk sexual behaviors and STIs. This study compared the HPV-vaccinated and non-vacci...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:40
Published on: 2 June 2017
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Women veterans in the United States, particularly those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or a history of military sexual assault, have unique health care needs, but their minority status in the US Vet...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:38
Published on: 30 May 2017
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Despite being legally available in India since 1971, barriers to safe and legal abortion remain, and unsafe and/or illegal abortion continues to be a problem. Community health workers have been involved in imp...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:37
Published on: 25 May 2017
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While many risk factors for breast cancer, such as family history, are not modifiable, some, however, can be modified. The study used formative qualitative research to learn about the physical activity interve...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:36
Published on: 19 May 2017
Debate
Preventing family violence requires that stakeholders and the broader public be involved in developing evidence-based violence prevention strategies. However, gaps exist in between what we know (knowledge), wh...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:35
Published on: 11 May 2017
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Lack of data on skin whitening (SW) among Cameroonian female university students prompted us to undertake the present study which aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and motivations of femal...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:33
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Ovarian tumours are a leading cause of death in Ghana. Even though geographical and racial differences exist in the frequency, types and age distribution of primary ovarian tumours, information about the clini...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:34
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among women and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity, globally. Breast cancer mortality can be improved through routine cancer screening, yet migrant population...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:32
Published on: 17 April 2017
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Pain is one of the most commonly reported symptoms in people living with HIV/AIDS, whether or not they are receiving anti-retroviral therapy. A recent systematic review identified a paucity of studies explorin...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:31
Published on: 13 April 2017
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Untold numbers of women worldwide are survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) with a substantial number of these experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use problems. Despite the complex int...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:29
Published on: 12 April 2017
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Breast and cervical cancer are the most common cancers affecting women. The symptom distresses experienced by cancer survivors are critical factors influencing their quality of life (QOL). This study investiga...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:30
Published on: 12 April 2017
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Uterine fibroids (UF) affect 77% of women by menopause, and account for $9.4 billion in annual healthcare costs. Type-2-diabetes (T2D) has inconsistently associated with protection from UFs in prior studies. T...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:28
Published on: 11 April 2017
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Breast cancer has recently increased in post-menopausal Iraqi women. In Western countries at high-risk for breast cancer, there is a bimodal increase in estrogen receptor (ER) positive tumors with a peak of lo...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:27
Published on: 7 April 2017
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A breast cancer diagnosis and an abortion can each be pivotal moments in a woman’s life. Research on abortion and breast cancer deals predominantly with women diagnosed during pregnancy who might be advised to...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:26
Published on: 5 April 2017
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Modifiable health risk factors (MHRFs) significantly affect morbidity and mortality rates and frequently occur in specific combinations or risk clusters. Using five MHRFs (smoking, high-risk alcohol consumptio...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:23
Published on: 4 April 2017
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Cervical dysplasia is a precancerous condition, which has been shown to create anxiety in women. To be able to investigate these women’s health-related quality of life, a disease-specific instrument is require...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:24
Published on: 4 April 2017
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Unplanned pregnancy remains a common problem in many resource-limited settings, mostly due to limited access to modern family planning (FP) services. In particular, use of the more effective long-acting revers...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:25
Published on: 4 April 2017
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It is unclear if the use of hormone therapy (HT) in carriers of BRCA mutations improves the quality of life (QOL) without increasing the risk of breast cancer following a risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (R...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:22
Published on: 21 March 2017
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To assess the effect of a 12-day treatment using a vaginal gel based on niosomes containing hyaluronic acid, ß-glucan, alpha-glucan oligosaccharide, Coriolus versicolor, Asian centella, Azadirachta indica and Alo...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:21
Published on: 16 March 2017
