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Serious life events and associated PTSD in Gambian girls exposed to female genital cutting. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Heir T, Bendiksen B, Minteh F, Kuye RA, Lien IL.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Discoid Lupus Erythematosus in Genital Skin: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) represents the most common variant of chronic cutaneous lupus erythematosus, a skin‐specific autoimmune disorder within the broader lupus erythematosus spectrum Clinically, DLE is characterized by erythematous, scaly plaques with areas of hyperpigmentation.
Ala' Abu‐Dayeh, Daniel Miller, Alessio Giubellino   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Debating medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C): learning from (policy) experiences across countries

Reproductive Health, 2019
Background Although Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) is internationally considered a harmful practice, it is increasingly being medicalized allegedly to reduce its negative health effects, and is thus suggested as a harm reduction strategy in ...
Els Leye, Nina Van Eekert, Simukai Shamu, Tammary Esho, Hazel Barrett, ANSER   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Female genital cutting in Egypt: drivers and potential responses

Development in Practice, 2017
ABSTRACTFemale genital cutting (FGC) is a major issue at the interplay of faith and health in development. The practice is in part faith-inspired, and has clear negative health impacts. The prevalence of FGC remains especially high in Egypt. This article reflects on some of the factors that lead to the perpetuation of the practice by analysing data ...
Wodon, Quentin, Yedan, Ali, Leye, Els
openaire   +2 more sources

The Law and Ethics of Female Genital Cutting

Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, 2019
In this chapter, we contrast legal and ethical perspectives on two forms of nontherapeutic female genital cutting: those commonly known as “female genital mutilation” and those commonly known as “female genital cosmetic surgeries.” We begin by ...
A. Shahvisi, B. Earp
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Treatments for Molluscum contagiosum: A systematic review

JDDG: Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft, EarlyView.
Summary Molluscum contagiosum (MC) is a viral skin infection that poses significant physical and psychosocial burdens, particularly in pediatric and immunocompromised populations. Despite the availability of various treatment options, comparative efficacy and safety data remain limited.
Ou Jia (Emilie) Wang, Mahek Shergill, Ammar Saed Aldien, Ilya Mukovozov   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Female Genital Cutting: A Harmless Practice?

Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 2003
A recent article in Medical Anthropology Quarterly (Obermeyer 1999) argues that the "facts " about the "harmful effects " of female genital cutting (FGC) are "not sufficiently supported by the evidence" (p. 79). The article suggests three further hypotheses, among others: (1) FGC may be of minimal harm because the more educated continue the practice ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Circadian rhythms of metabolite abundance in Drosophila are largely driven by time of feeding

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Circadian clocks exist in the brain and peripheral tissues such as the Drosophila fat body. Single‐nuclei transcriptomics reveal that the fat body clock generates time‐of‐day differences in metabolic gene transcription, which may also be indirectly controlled by brain clocks.
Sumit Saurabh, Charlene Y. P. Guerrero, Madelyn R. Cusick, Amanda J. Samaras, Taylor M. Stephenson, Sebastian L. Kirkpatrick, Gregory J. Matthews, Daniel J. Cavanaugh   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

'It is what was handed over to us as our heritage and must not be taken away just like that': Traditional birth attendants' attitudes towards the elimination of intergenerational female genital mutilation/cutting in Osun State, Nigeria.

PLOS Global Public Health
Female genital mutilation/cutting is a harmful practice that violates the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls. The practice is often perpetrated directly or indirectly from one generation to another as a way of preserving the culture,
Rosemary Omolara Fafowora, Sinegugu Evidence Duma   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors associated with general practitioners' routines and comfortability with assessing female genital cutting: a cross-sectional survey. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res, 2023
Ziyada MM, Johansen REB, Berthelsen M, Lien IL, Bendiksen B.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source