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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) in Asia and the Middle-East contribute significantly to global maternal and neonatal deaths. This systematic review explored maternal and neonatal health (MNH) se...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:20
Published on: 15 March 2017
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Previous studies revealed low participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrants compared with non-immigrants. Only a few studies about factors associated with immigrants’ lower participation rates ha...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:19
Published on: 11 March 2017
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A vast amount of literature exists concerning pharmaceutical adherence in osteoporosis. However, the process of learning to live with osteoporosis over time remains largely unknown. The purpose of this study w...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:17
Published on: 9 March 2017
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The age at menarche in the Thai population has not been determined since 1997. This study recruited adolescents in Bangkok Metropolis to determine the age at menarche and its associations with health and socio...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:16
Published on: 9 March 2017
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Circulating Sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels are inversely associated with insulin resistance. This study was conducted to compare maternal serum SHBG level between pregnant women with normal glucose...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:18
Published on: 9 March 2017
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In Western settings, the relationship between trauma history, posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use, and HIV risk behavior, is well established. Although female fish traders in Zambia are affected by HI...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:15
Published on: 7 March 2017
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Breast cancer (breast Ca) is recognised as a major public health problem in the world. Data on reproductive factors associated with breast Ca in the Central African Republic (CAR) is very limited. This study a...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:14
Published on: 6 March 2017
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Considering the inequalities and the areas of low socioeconomic status in Brazil, access to health services is a challenge and the delay between diagnosis and treatment represents an important factor of worse ...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:13
Published on: 21 February 2017
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may experience sexual dysfunction because of symptoms or adverse effects from treatments. Data on female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in Asian females with RA issue are limi...
BMC Women's Health 2017 17:12
Published on: 14 February 2017
