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  1. Despite interventions improving maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality, progress has been sluggish, especially in hard-to-reach indigenous communities. Sociocultural beliefs in these communities more oft...

    Authors: Seraphia Felisian, Stella Emmanuel Mushy, Edith A.M. Tarimo and Stephen Mathew Kibusi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:123
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  2. Previous studies have demonstrated that exposure to interparental violence is associated with intimate partner violence justification in a variety of contexts. In this study, we examined the association betwee...

    Authors: Richard Gyan Aboagye, Bernard Yeboah-Asiamah Asare, Collins Adu, Abdul Cadri, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah and Sanni Yaya
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:122
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  3. To identify effective interventions to increase the uptake of cervical cancer screening (CCS) for low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).

    Authors: Khaing Nwe Tin, Chetta Ngamjarus, Siwanon Rattanakanokchai, Jen Sothornwit, Apiwat Aue-aungkul, Aye Kyawt Paing, Porjai Pattanittum, Nampet Jampathong and Pisake Lumbiganon
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:120
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  4. Granulomatous cheilitis (GC) is a rare entity of unknown etiology. It is a chronic inflammatory disorder with a predilection for young females. It is characterized by asymptomatic unrelenting swelling of lips....

    Authors: Santosh Tummidi, Prabhakaran Nagendran, Michael Leonard Anthony, Rupa Jami Ramani, Arundhathi Shankaralingappa and Hima Gopinath
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:118
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  5. The purpose of this study was to study the infection rates of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU), Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), and co-infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) in a hospital g...

    Authors: Zhe Lu, Peizhen Zhao, Huijun Lu and Meifang Xiao
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:117
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  6. Vulvovaginal yeast infections in pregnancy are common and can cause extensive inflammation, which could contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Symptomatic yeast infections are likely to cause more inflammat...

    Authors: Ranjana M. S. Gigi, Diana Buitrago-Garcia, Katayoun Taghavi, Cara-Mia Dunaiski, Janneke H. H. M. van de Wijgert, Remco P. H. Peters and Nicola Low
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:116
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  8. Hormone-positive breast cancer is the most common type and represents a burden in all countries. Treatment satisfaction might be a predictor for adherence, as higher satisfaction with medication encourages pat...

    Authors: Amer A. Koni, Bushra A. Suwan, Maisa A. Nazzal, Alaa Sleem, Aiman Daifallah, Majd Hamed allah, Razan Y. Odeh and Sa’ed H. Zyoud
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:114
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  12. Relugolix, an oral gonadotrophin-releasing hormone receptor antagonist, was launched in Japan in 2019. Although there have been several studies on relugolix for leiomyomas, few have focused on submucosal leiom...

    Authors: Yoshimitsu Wada, Yuji Takei, Takumi Minezumi, Hiroto Hirashima and Hiroyuki Fujiwara
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:110
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  13. Old traumatic disjunction between the cervix and the uterine corpus is very rare case. In most cases, it is not immediately noticed until the onset of other symptoms, such as amenorrhea, periodic abdominal pai...

    Authors: Hongxia Zhu, Minjiao Zhu and Jun Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:109
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  14. Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is one of the most common forms of violence against women. IPV against adolescents and young adult married women (15–19 years only) is poorly understood and not much researched ...

    Authors: Debashree Sinha, Shobhit Srivastava, Muhammad T and Pradeep Kumar
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:108
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  15. Breast cancer (BC) is the fifth most prevalent cause of cancer-related deaths in Iran. Given that the role of whole-diet on cancer risk is important, this study aimed to assess the association of MedDQI and br...

    Authors: Farhang Djafari, Parivash Ghorbaninejad, Fatemeh Dehghani Firouzabadi, Fatemeh Sheikhhossein, Hossein Shahinfar, Maryam Safabakhsh, Hossein Imani and Sakineh Shab-Bidar
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:107
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  16. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide. The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with late diagnosis of breast cancer in Togolese women.

    Authors: Tchin Darré, Lantam Tchandikou, Panakinao Simgban, Mayi Bombone, Toukilnan Djiwa, Bidamin N’Timon, Bagassam Sama, Ayoko Ketevi, Baguilane Douaguibe, Bingo K. N’Bortche, Yao Seddoh, Mazamaesso Tchaou and Gado Napo-Koura
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:106
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  17. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advises that considerations around quality of life should be made when assessing and treating heavy menstrual bleeding. A quick and reliable method for wom...

    Authors: Deborah Lancastle, Helena Kopp Kallner, Gabrielle Hale, Bethan Wood, Lauren Ashcroft and Holly Driscoll
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:105
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  18. Endometriosis, a common gynaecological disease in women, affects 10% of women of childbearing age. Among infertile women, this proportion is as high as 30–50%. Despite the high prevalence of endometriosis, the...

    Authors: Yong Liu, Chengmao Xie, Ting Li, Chang Lu, Linyuan Fan, Zhan Zhang, Sha Peng, Na Lv and Dan Lu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:104
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  19. There is limited concrete evidence connecting serum uric acid levels to female infertility. Therefore, this study aimed to find out if serum uric acid levels are independently related to female infertility.

    Authors: Jiemei Liang, Xiting Chen, Jinfa Huang, Weizhe Nie, Qian Yang, Qitao Huang and Kaixian Deng
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:103
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  20. Reusable menstrual products have expanded the choices available for menstrual care and can offer long-term cost and environmental benefits. Yet, in high-income settings, efforts to support period product acces...

    Authors: Caitlin Ramsay, Julie Hennegan, Caitlin H. Douglass, Sarah Eddy, Alexandra Head and Megan S. C. Lim
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:102
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  21. Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC) is a public health problem with an estimated 138 million women globally experiencing recurrent VVC annually. The microscopic diagnosis of VVC has low sensitivity, but it remains ...

    Authors: Kwame Kumi Asare, Hilda Amuaku Bentil, Emmanuel Gyesi, Samuel Amoah, Felicity Bentsi-Enchill and Yeboah Kwaku Opoku
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:101
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  22. Both contextual and cancer-related factors could be identified as causes of the interindividual variability observed for symptoms experienced during breast cancer treatment with chemotherapy. Understanding age...

    Authors: Tingting Cai, Tingting Zhou, Jialin Chen, Qingmei Huang, Changrong Yuan and Fulei Wu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:100
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  23. Delayed-onset postpartum preeclampsia (PET) is defined as a new diagnosis of preeclampsia presenting 48 h to 6 weeks postpartum. This disorder is infrequent and associated with a higher incidence of complicati...

    Authors: Dorit Ravid, Michal Ovadia, Aula Asali, Shlomo Nisim, Sivan Farladansky Gershnabel, Tal Biron-Shental and Omer Weitzner
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:99
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  24. Health literacy is a crucial factor that affects health outcomes. Understanding the current status of health literacy among patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the basis for helping patients bett...

    Authors: Yunmei Guo, Ying Liu, Rui Ding, Xin Yan, Huiwen Tan, Yousha Wang, Xueting Wang and LianHong Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:98
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  26. Cervical cancer is a major concern to women’s health, being the fourth most common cancer worldwide. A great percentage of these cancer is consequence of an HPV infection, namely from specific genotypes such a...

    Authors: Daniel Figueiredo, Inês Ribeiro, Ana Penedones, Diogo Mendes, Carlos Alves, Francisco Batel-Marques and Daniel Pereira da Silva
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:96
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  27. This systematic review and meta-analysis is intended to assess the prevalence, indications, and fetal outcome of operative vaginal delivery in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Authors: Andualem Mebratu, Abbas Ahmed, Addisu Getnet Zemeskel, Asrat Alemu, Tesfaye Temesgen, Wondwosen Molla and Zerihun Figa
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:95
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  28. Cervical cancer is a preventable but highly prevalent cancer in many low -and middle-income countries including South Africa. Cervical cancer outcomes can be improved with improved vaccination, a well-coordina...

    Authors: Wezile Chitha, Siyabonga Sibulawa, Itumeleng Funani, Buyiswa Swartbooi, Kedibone Maake, Assegid Hellebo, Danleen Hongoro, Onke R. Mnyaka, Ziyanda Ngcobo, Christopher M. Zungu, Nomfuneko Sithole, Lizo Godlimpi, Sibusiso C. Nomatshila, Sikhumbuzo A. Mabunda and Vivien Essel
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:94
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  29. Postmenopausal women often have chronic cough. Hormonal changes might be affecting lung function and the mucous membrane of the airways, causing hypersensitivity of the cough reflex. Therefore, postmenopausal ...

    Authors: Volker Ziller, Thea Sophie Oppermann, Werner Cassel, Olaf Hildebrandt, Rolf F. Kroidl and Ulrich Koehler
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:93
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  30. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among females, and early diagnosis is possible in case the patients seek medical attention on time. For this to come true, they must know about the existence and risks o...

    Authors: Sadaf Alipour, Marzieh Orouji, Yas Eskandari and Amirhossein Eskandari
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:92
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  31. Breast cancer is a serious threat to female health, and its incidence varies with education level (EL). In the present study, the association between EL and the risk of developing female breast cancer was inve...

    Authors: Runxue Jiang, Xia Wang, Zhiguo Sun, Shouling Wu, Shuohua Chen and Haifeng Cai
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:91
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  32. Dietary quality is an important factor in the etiology of breast cancer (BrCa), but further studies are required to better elucidate this relationship. Accordingly, we sought to analyze if diet quality, assess...

    Authors: Mohammad Hassan Sohouli, Genevieve Buckland, Cain C. T. Clark, Heitor O. Santos, Felipe L. Athayde, Vahid Sanati, Leila Janani, Akram Sadat Sajadian and Mitra Zarrati
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:90
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  33. Lithopedion is a term that refers to a fetus that has calcified or changed to bone. The calcification may involve the fetus, membranes, placenta, or any combination of these structures. It is an extremely rare...

    Authors: Waseem Sous, Michaela Sous, Ayorinde Soipe, Amy E. Caruso Brown and Andrea V. Shaw
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:89
    Content type: Case report Published on:

  34. The reported recurrence rate of endometrial polyps (EPs) after hysteroscopic polypectomy varied widely, and the factors influencing the recurrence of EPs are still controversial. Furthermore, the known definit...

    Authors: Dacheng Qu, Yue Liu, Honggui Zhou and Zhibiao Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:88
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  35. Obstetric fistula continues to affect the social and mental wellbeing of women living in Nigeria giving rise to poor maternal health outcome. While the World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended the intro...

    Authors: Ifunanya Roseline Nduka, Nasreen Ali, Isabella Kabasinguzi and David Abdy
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:87
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  36. In this study, patients were divided into two groups. Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and patients with polycystic ovary syndrome + Hashimoto's Thyroid (PCOS + HT). The effect of insulin resista...

    Authors: Gülcan Gencer, Aliye Nigar Serin and Kerem Gencer
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:86
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  39. Continuum of care for Maternal Health Care is continuity of care through pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth as a key strategy in reaching mothers and babies at a crucial time. Despite the widespread drop o...

    Authors: Sena Belina Kitila, Garumma Tolu Feyissa and Muluemebet Abera Wordofa
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:83
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  40. To investigate the influencing factors of the recurrence of IB1-IIA2 cervical squamous cell carcinoma after surgical treatment, and to explore the relationship between high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) i...

    Authors: Jia Zeng, Jing Zuo, Ning Li, HongWen Yao, YuanYuan Zhang, YuXi Zhao, TianTian Wang, Lin Xiu, Jian Li, Jing Yu, LeiLei Liang and LingYing Wu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:82
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  41. The Syrian conflict has been responsible for the highest exodus of refugees, with Lebanon hosting the greatest number of refugees per capita, which placed a significant strain on an already overburdened health...

    Authors: Natally AlArab, Dana Nabulsi, Nour El Arnaout, Hani Dimassi, Ranime Harb, Julien Lahoud, Lara Nahouli, Abdulghani Abou Koura, Ghaidaa El Saddik and Shadi Saleh
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:81
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  42. To describe the incidence and prevalence of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and to estimate the risk of cardiometabolic outcomes among women with PID compared to women without PID.

    Authors: Kelvin Okoth, G. Neil Thomas, Krishnarajah Nirantharakumar and Nicola J. Adderley
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:80
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  43. Nowadays, retaining women in the continuum of care throughout the lifecycle: adolescence, pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and childhood in reproductive health is one of the recent global concerns. Most of t...

    Authors: Melaku Yalew, Asiressie Molla, Getahun Gebre Bogale, Tesfaye Birhane, Mastewal Arefaynie, Yitayish Damtie, Bereket Kefale and Bezawit Adane
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:79
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  44. Studies comparing self-collected vaginal samples with clinician-collected cervical samples with respect to high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) detection and genotype agreement based on clinically validated fu...

    Authors: Jannie Villekjær Solnæs, Sisse Helle Njor and Mette Tranberg
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:78
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  45. Globally, in 2019, there are 1.9 billion women of reproductive age (15–49), of which 1.1 billion have a need for family planning. Of these, 842 million use contraceptives, and 270 million still have an unmet n...

    Authors: Gosa Mankelkl and Beletu Kinfe
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:77
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  46. Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) is rare, and it is even rarer for GTN to merge with primary malignant tumors in other organs. Herein is described a rare clinical case of GTN combined with primary lun...

    Authors: HongYe Li, Meng Sun, Jing Jiang, Bin Shi, BaoHua Wang, Lei Wang, WenXin Wu and WenYan Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:76
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  47. Canadian and US Task Forces recommend against routine mammography screening for women age 40–49 at average breast cancer risk as harms outweigh benefits. Both suggest individualized decisions based on the rela...

    Authors: Michelle B. Nadler, Ann Marie Corrado, Brooke E. Wilson, Alexandra Desnoyers, Eitan Amir, Noah Ivers and Laura Desveaux
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:75
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  48. Women seeking fertility treatment face myriad challenges that they must adapt and adjust to daily. This aimed at exploring the experiences and coping strategies of such persons in the Kumasi.

    Authors: Louisa Annan-Frey, Edward Appiah Boateng, Alberta Lomotey, Christopher Lartey and Veronica Dzomeku
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:74
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  49. Menstrual regulation is a practice that may exist within the ambiguity surrounding one’s pregnancy status and has been the subject of limited research. The aim of this study is to measure the annual rate of me...

    Authors: Suzanne O. Bell, Mridula Shankar, Funmilola OlaOlorun, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Anoop Khanna, Danish Ahmad, Georges Guiella and Caroline Moreau
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:73
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  50. Anterior colporrhaphy (AC) is a conventional surgical repair technique for cystocele but with high recurrence rate. We present a novel technique: Cable-suspended structure (CSS) by non-absorbable suture combin...

    Authors: Qian Hu, Shuai Huang, Xiaoke Yang, Ye Li and Qiubo Lv
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2023 23:72
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