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  1. The oil-soluble contrast medium used in hysterosalpingography has been shown to have a fertility-enhancing effect, but the underlying mechanism is unclear, especially regarding the role of window of implantati...

    Authors: Qiuyan Huang, LinIing Mo, Junli Wang and Aiping Qin
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:326
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  2. A retrospective cohort study was conducted to collect the data of pregnant women who received hospital delivery in Hangzhou Women's Hospital from January 2018 to December 2020, and who participated in the seco...

    Authors: Yiming Chen, Xiaoqing Dai, Bin Wu, Chen Jiang and Yixuan Yin
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:323
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  3. Cervical cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women worldwide. The majority of the cases are found in developing countries. The increasing risk of cervical cancer prevalence and growing danger of de...

    Authors: Elfalet Worku, Getachew Yigizaw, Robel Admassu, Dawit Mekonnen, Winta Gessessa, Zemenu Tessema and Tarkie Walle
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:322
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  4. Violence against women is a phenomenon that involves at least 35% of women worldwide. Violence can be sexual, physical, and/or psychological, perpetrated by the partner, another family member, or a stranger. V...

    Authors: Allison Uvelli, Carola Ribaudo, Giacomo Gualtieri, Anna Coluccia and Fabio Ferretti
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:321
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  5. The low level of psychological well-being is one of the most common problems of the women who are the heads of households, and various educational programs have been conducted to improve the psychological well...

    Authors: Fataneh Mahmoudi, Maryam Zarnaghash, Nadere Sohrabi Shegefti and Majid Barzegar
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:320
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  6. Childhood victimization has been associated with long-term psychological effects and an increased risk of being victimized in later life. Previous research has primarily focused on sexual abuse during childhoo...

    Authors: Hawkar Ibrahim, Katharina Goessmann, Frank Neuner and Benjamin Iffland
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:319
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  7. More than 90% of babies acquire HIV/AIDS through vertical transmission, primarily due to low maternal comprehensive knowledge about Mother-To-Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV/AIDS and its prevention, which is ...

    Authors: Bewuketu Terefe, Mahlet Moges Jembere and Bikis Liyew
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:318
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  9. Bacterial vaginitis (BV) is a common vaginal disease. Vitamin E has been shown to reduce BV by enhancing immune function, but no studies have analyzed the relationship between vitamin E and BV at different BMI...

    Authors: En-Hui Liu, Wan-Zhe Liao, Hao-Kai Chen, Xiao-Ye Huang, Rui-Xuan Li, Hao-Wen Liang and Xu-Guang Guo
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:316
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  12. Depression is a symptom characterized by sadness, loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-worth, disturbed sleep or appetite, feelings of tiredness and poor concentration. One of the most c...

    Authors: Sileshi Ayele Abebe, Zelalem Mengistu Gashaw, Zelalem Ayichew, Dessie Abebaw Angaw and Endeshaw Asaye Kindie
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:313
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  13. Obesity is associated with an increased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women and may contribute to worse outcomes. Black women experience higher obesity and breast cancer mortality rates than non-Black w...

    Authors: Emma A. Schindler, Cristiane Takita, Fernando Collado-Mesa, Isildinha M. Reis, Wei Zhao, George R. Yang, Laura G. Acosta and Jennifer J. Hu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:312
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  14. Perioperative urinary tract infections (PUTIs) are common in the United States and are a significant contributor to high healthcare costs. There is a lack of large studies on the risk factors for PUTIs after t...

    Authors: Xianghua Cao, Yunyun Tu, Xinyao Zheng, Guizhen Xu, Qiting Wen, Pengfei Li, Chuan Chen, Qinfeng Yang, Jian Wang, Xueping Li and Fang Yu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:311
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Women's Health 2024 24:378

  16. With global cesarean section rates rising, there’s concern about increase in obstetric vesico-uterine fistula (OVUF). Very little is known about this anatomoclinical entity of obstetric fistula in Africa in ge...

    Authors: Justin Lussy Paluku, Cathy Mufungizi Furaha, Susan A. Bartels, Barthelemy Kasi Aksanti, Benjamin Kasereka Kataliko, Jonathan ML Kasereka, Eugénie Mukekulu Kamabu, Benjamin Kambale Kalole, John Kasereka Muteke, Michel Mulyumba Kyembwa, Richard Kabuseba Kabuyanga, Zacharie Kibendelwa Tsongo, Stanis Okitotsho Wembonyama, Charles Wembonyama Mpoy and Jeannot Sihalikyolo Juakali
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:309
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  17. Cervical mullerian adenosarcoma is a rare uterine sarcoma, especially in young women. Its pathological features are low-grade malignant tumors with bidirectional differentiation, and the degree of malignancy i...

    Authors: Jia-Wei Chen, Ya-Jie Huang, Ling-Lu Wang, Jun-Jiang Liu, Ming-Mei Shi and Na Li
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:308
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  20. Little is known about healthcare providers’ (HCPs) contraceptive views for adolescents in Haiti, who experience high rates of unintended pregnancy. We sought to describe HCPs’ perspectives on barriers and faci...

    Authors: Shelbie Wooten, Emily Hurley, Nikolaus Schuetz, Melissa K. Miller, Jonathan Rodean, Emily Rupe, Kemi Lewis, Marie Daphnée Boncoeur and Abbey R. Masonbrink
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:305
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  21. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is defined as all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injuries to them for non-medical reasons. Due to migration, healthcare...

    Authors: Bita Eshraghi, Lena Marions, Cecilia Berger and Vanja Berggren
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:304
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  22. Patients with iron deficiency anemia are treated with iron preparations, but gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea and vomiting occur frequently. These symptoms may negatively affect the quality of life and...

    Authors: Kyoko Ito, Yuko Mitobe, Ryo Inoue and Mikio Momoeda
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:303
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  24. Successful efforts to encourage uptake of subdermal contraceptive implants, with a lifespan of three to five years, necessitate planning to ensure that quality removal services are available when desired. In B...

    Authors: Justin Tiendrebeogo, Bethany Arnold, Yacouba Ouedraogo, Rachel Haws, Lea Pepin Garane, Virginie Ouedraogo, Maria Gouem, Alimata Coulibaly and Mathieu Bougma
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:301
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  25. Concomitant invasive ovarian mucinous adenocarcinoma, unilateral renal agenesis and bicornuate uterus is a rare combination. Unilateral renal agenesis has been associated with genital anomalies, such as unicor...

    Authors: Orgeness Jasper Mbwambo, Jonaviva Anthony, Alex Mremi, Nicholas B. Ngowi and David H. Mvunta
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:300
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  28. The aim of this study is to explore the efficacy and safety of chemotherapy (CT) as a monotherapy in patients with recurrent intermediate/high-risk factors following radical hysterectomy for stage IB-IIA cervi...

    Authors: Bei Dong and Su-Fang Zhou
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:297
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  29. Cervical cancer continues to pose a major public health challenge in low-income countries. Cervical cancer screening programs enable early detection and effectively reduce the incidence of cervical cancer as w...

    Authors: Richard Kabanda, Arthur Kiconco, Anguzu Ronald, Kirsten M. M. Beyer and Steven A. John
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:296
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Women's Health 2024 24:328

  30. In Benin, a country in West Africa, breast cancer is the leading cancer in women, both in terms of incidence and mortality. However, evidence on the mortality of breast cancer and its associated factors is lac...

    Authors: Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon, Alexis Parenté, Moufalilou Aboubakar, Yannick Kiki-migan, Terence Totah, Dansou Gaspard Gbessi, Josiane Angéline Tonato-Bagnan, Anatole Laleye, Pierre-Marie Preux, Justin Lewis Denakpo, Véronique Blanquet and Dismand Stephan Houinato
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:295
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  31. To report the long-term re-intervention of patients with uterine fibroids after ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) ablation and to analyse the influencing factors of re-intervention ...

    Authors: Shuang Li, Meijie Yang, Jingwen Yu, Wangwa Ma, Yongbin Deng, Liang Hu and Jin-Yun Chen
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:294
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  33. Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is a common postpartum condition. Knowledge is scarce on how mothers perceive living with DRA. The interaction between healthcare providers and patients plays a significant role...

    Authors: Viktoria Marander, Målfrid Råheim, Inger Haukenes and Nina-Margrethe Theodorsen
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:292
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  34. Menstrual Regulation (MR) has been legal in Bangladesh since 1979 in an effort to reduce maternal mortality from unsafe abortion care. However, access to high-quality and patient-centered MR care remains a cha...

    Authors: Ana Maria Ramirez, Tanzila Tabassum, Sofia Filippa, Anna Katz, Rezwana Chowdhury, Chiara Bercu and Sarah E. Baum
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:291
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  35. Overactive bladder (OAB) is a condition defined by urgency with or without incontinence which disproportionately affects female patients and has a negative impact on sexual enjoyment and avoidance behaviour. P...

    Authors: Christopher Neal Bruce Evans, Anja Badenhorst and Frans Jacob Van Wijk
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:290
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  36. To investigate the extent of knowledge about breastfeeding and attitudes towards infant feeding among spouses of puerperas at the time of discharge from hospital, and explore the factors influencing spousal at...

    Authors: Zhan-Wang Yuan, Li Ma, Yu-Ling Chen, Wen-Li Ge, Hong Zhao, Yun Du and Xiu-Xiu Li
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:289
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    The Correction to this article has been published in BMC Women's Health 2024 24:404

  37. Breast cancer is currently the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Ghana and the leading cause of cancer mortality among women. Few published empirical evidence exist on cultural beliefs and perceptions about br...

    Authors: Agani Afaya, Emmanuel Anongeba Anaba, Victoria Bam, Richard Adongo Afaya, Ahmed-Rufai Yahaya, Abdul-Aziz Seidu and Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:288
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  38. The client’s satisfaction after abortion care is the key to sustaining abortion care and increasing the health status of those who had complications from abortion. Nevertheless, research conducted in Ethiopia ...

    Authors: Temesgen Geta, Eskinder Israel and Christian Kebede
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:287
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  39. Pregnancy-related cancers are mostly breast cancers, and their incidence is likely to increase as a result of the modern trend of delaying childbearing. In particular, advanced maternal age increases breast ca...

    Authors: Ambrogio P. Londero, Serena Bertozzi, Anjeza Xholli, Carla Cedolini and Angelo Cagnacci
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:286
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  40. Metaplastic breast carcinomas are a rare variant group of breast carcinomas. They are usually high-grade and triple-negative tumors. They often present with large primary tumor sizes. However, the involvement ...

    Authors: Fouad Nahhat, Modar Doyya, Kareem Zabad and Hazem Ksiri
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:285
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  41. Worldwide, breast cancer is the primary cause of illness and death. Unless early detected and treated breast cancer is a life-threatening tumor. Advanced-stage presentation is greatly linked with short surviva...

    Authors: Amare Zewdie, Tadele Derbew Kassie, Tadele Fentabel Anagaw, Elyas Melaku Mazengia, Sintayehu Shiferaw Gelaw, Eneyew Talie Fenta, Habitu Birhan Eshetu, Natnael Kebede and Eyob Ketema Bogale
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:284
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  42. Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an achievement in the field of minimally invasive surgery. However, the vantage point of vaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (vNOT...

    Authors: Fangyuan Zhong, Yueyu Dai, Xiaoyan Liao, Wei Cheng, Ying Liu, Yan Liu, Ziru Yan, Yonghong Lin and Xiaoqin Gan
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:283
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  43. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most prevalent cause of ovulatory infertility and endocrine abnormalities in reproductive-age women. Although the MIND diet has been introduced to improve brain function...

    Authors: Mina Darand, Narges Sadeghi, Zahra Salimi, Mahlagha Nikbaf-Shandiz, Asieh Panjeshahin, Hawal Lateef Fateh and Mahdieh Hosseinzadeh
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:282
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  44. Abnormal uterine bleeding, a frequent gynecological problem among women of reproductive age, significantly affects their health and quality of life. Despite its problem, research on its extent and contributing...

    Authors: Mesfin Abebe, Getnet Melaku, Habtamu Endashaw Hareru and Tsion Mulat Tebeje
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:281
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  45. Even though childhood vaccination is a common and cost-effective public health intervention in preventing and reducing childhood disease and death, significant numbers of children do not complete vaccination w...

    Authors: Teshale Fikadu, Zeleke Gebru, Getachew Abebe, Selamnesh Tesfaye and Eshetu Andarge Zeleke
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:272
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  46. Infertility is a marginalized sexual and reproductive health issue in low-resource settings. Globally, millions are affected by infertility, but the lack of a universal definition makes it difficult to estimat...

    Authors: Bilen Mekonnen Araya, Heather M. Aldersey, Saionara Camara, Kassahun Alemu, Silke Dyer and Maria P. Velez
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:280
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  48. Though women in Niger are largely responsible for the familial health and caretaking, prior research shows limited female autonomy in healthcare decisions. This study extends current understanding of women’s p...

    Authors: Sanyukta Mathur, Karen Kirk, Chaibou Dadi and Leanne Dougherty
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:278
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  49. Quality of life research can guide clinical workers to adopt more targeted treatment and intervention measures, so as to achieve the purpose of improving patients’ quality of life. The objective of this study ...

    Authors: Huiyan Chen, Lin Zhou, Daniel Fong, Yingli Cun, Zheng Yang and Chonghua Wan
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:277
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  50. Globally, depression is a leading cause of disease-related disability among women. In low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs), the prevalence rate of antepartum depression is estimated to range between 15% and...

    Authors: Hannah Amoquandoh Asante, Shadrach Tetteh Boyetey, Ebenezer Essaw, Christopher Amoah Nyame, Bertha Mante, Louisa Dziwornu and Paul Okyere
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:276
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