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Determining the impact of the Zika pandemic on primary care providers’ contraceptive counseling of non-pregnant patients in the US: a mixed methods study

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Global pandemics like Zika (ZIKV) factor into pregnancy planning and avoidance, yet little is known about how primary care providers (PCPs) incorporate public health guidance into contraceptive counseling.
Jennifer E. Kaiser, Eduardo Galindo, Jessica N. Sanders, Rebecca G. Simmons, Lori M. Gawron, Jennifer S. Herrick, Benjamin Brintz, David K. Turok   +7 more
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A novel 1.38-kb deletion combined with a single nucleotide variant in KIAA0586 as a cause of Joubert syndrome

BMC Medical Genomics, 2023
Background KIAA0586, also known as Talpid3, plays critical roles in primary cilia formation and hedgehog signaling in humans. Variants in KIAA0586 could cause some different ciliopathies, including Joubert syndrome (JBTS), which is a clinically and ...
Yue Shen, Chao Lu, Tingting Cheng, Zongfu Cao, Cuixia Chen, Xu Ma, Huafang Gao, Minna Luo   +7 more
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The impact of freedom on fertility decline. [PDF]

, 2013
Although fertility decline often correlates with improvements in socioeconomic conditions, many demographers have found flaws in demographic transition theories that depend on changes in distal factors such as increased wealth or education.
Campbell, Martha, Potts, Malcolm, Prata, Ndola   +2 more
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Assessment of fetal growth and anomalies in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: an Egyptian pilot study

Middle East Fertility Society Journal, 2021
Background Many issues need to be studied regarding pregnant women during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection pandemic. The aim of this study was to assess fetal growth, fetal well-being, and any observed gross anomalies that may follow SARS-CoV-2 ...
Emad Eltemamy, Sameh Salama, Sondos M. Salem, Mazen Abdel-Rasheed, Ehab Salama, Sherif Elsirgany, Tamer Elnahas   +6 more
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Assessing contraceptive use as a continuum: outcomes of a qualitative assessment of the contraceptive journey

Reproductive Health, 2023
Background Contraceptive use is often a multi-decade experience for people who can become pregnant, yet few studies have assessed how this ongoing process impacts contraceptive decision-making in the context of the reproductive life course.
Rebecca G. Simmons, Jami Baayd, Megan Waters, Zoë Diener, David K. Turok, Jessica N. Sanders   +5 more
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Associations of womens position in the household and food insecurity with family planning use in Nepal. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: Women in Nepal have low status, especially younger women in co-resident households. Nepal also faces high levels of household food insecurity and malnutrition, and stagnation in uptake of modern family planning methods.
Diamond-Smith, Nadia, Prata, Ndola, Raj, Anita, Renzaho, Andre M. N, Weiser, Sheri D   +4 more
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Potentially effective therapy of heavy menstrual bleeding with an oestradiol-nomegestrol acetate oral contraceptive: a pilot study

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2017
Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) exceeding 80 mL per cycle leads to considerable adverse impact on a woman’s iron metabolism, incidence of iron deficiency and anaemia, as well as her functioning in society.
Edith Weisberg, Kevin McGeehan, Jane Hangan, Ian S Fraser   +3 more
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILY FUNCTIONS AND RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN INDONESIA IN 2018: A PMA DATA ANALYSIS

Jurnal Biometrika dan Kependudukan, 2021
This analysis aimed to examine the relationship between family development and risky adolescent sexual behavior in Indonesia. The data were taken from the 2018 Performance and Accountability Survey with a family and adolescent questionnaire; thus, the ...
Diah Puspita Sari, Mario Ekoriano, Aditya Rahmadhony   +2 more
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Long‐Term Effects of Ambient Particulate Matter (With an Aerodynamic Diameter ≤2.5 μm) on Hypertension and Blood Pressure and Attributable Risk Among Reproductive‐Age Adults in China

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2018
BackgroundEpidemiological evidence on the association between long‐term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (with an aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 μm; PM2.5) and hypertension is mixed.
Xiaoxu Xie, Yuanyuan Wang, Ying Yang, Jihong Xu, Ya Zhang, Wenbin Tang, Tongjun Guo, Qiaomei Wang, Haiping Shen, Yiping Zhang, Donghai Yan, Zuoqi Peng, Yixin Chen, Yuan He, Xu Ma   +14 more
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Effects of single and multiple transplantations of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on the recovery of ovarian function in the treatment of premature ovarian failure in mice

Journal of Ovarian Research, 2021
Background Currently, there is no effective treatment for premature ovarian failure (POF), and stem cell therapy is considered the most promising treatment. Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) have shown good regenerative ability
Xiaodan Lv, Chunyi Guan, Ying Li, Xing Su, Lu Zhang, Xueqin Wang, Hong-Fei Xia, Xu Ma   +7 more
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