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Surgical menopause and frailty risk in older community dwelling women: the study of osteoporotic fractures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: Low testosterone levels in older women have been shown to be associated with frailty. Whether older postmenopausal women with a history of bilateral oophorectomy before natural menopause resulting in lower testosterone levels (surgical ...
Huang, Grace
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Ovarian Cancer: Epidemiology, Disease Mechanisms, New Diagnosis and Treatment Strategies, and Research Directions

open access: yesiNew Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ovarian cancer (OC) continues to be the deadliest gynecological malignancy and a significant cause of cancer‐related mortality among women worldwide. Standard treatment strategies typically entail platinum‐based chemotherapy in conjunction with cytoreductive surgery.
Zunera Khalid   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting Nonadherence Behavior Towards Mammography Screening Guidelines [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The goal of this research is to examine factors associated with nonadherence behavior toward mammography screening among U.S. women. The 2014 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) survey data was used for this study, allowing the model to ...
Trussell, Brian L.
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Lactation, Childrearing, and Gender Justice

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss the significance of early infant feeding choices for the goal of gender justice. Focusing on human lactation practices, I identify Exclusive Gestational Nursing (EGN) as the norm in advanced industrial societies, which creates the expectation and permission for gestators, and only gestators, to nurse children, and ...
Jenny Brown
wiley   +1 more source

Focal Spot, Summer/Fall 2008 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/focal_spot_archives/1109/thumbnail ...

core   +1 more source

Ultrasonography Sliding Sign as a Predictor for Intraabdominal Adhesions in Repeated Cesarean Deliveries: Retrospective Cross Sectional Study

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Ultrasound, EarlyView.
This retrospective cohort study included 350 individuals who underwent cesarean section. Data from 198 participants who met the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The region below ROC curves for the sliding sign was 0.717 (95% CI: 0.645–0.789). The sensitivity was 58.9%, specificity was 84.6%, positive predictive value (PPV) was 81.7%, negative ...
Can Ata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Complaints Involving Sonographers: What Three Decades of Cases From A Public New Zealand Database Can Teach Us

open access: yesJournal of Medical Radiation Sciences, EarlyView.
Health consumer complaints to the New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner involving sonographers are rare, totalling 15 in the last 31 years and averaging 1.5 cases per year over the last decade. A large proportion of complaints involve an undetected finding, obstetric examination and private setting.
Martin Necas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Interactive Preoperative Virtual Reality Intervention for Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Oncological Surgery: A Feasibility and Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesJournal of Surgical Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Preoperative anxiety is common before surgery and is associated with adverse outcomes, yet access to mental health support remains limited. We evaluated the feasibility and acceptability of a novel preoperative virtual reality (VR) prototype designed to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing cancer surgery.
Renée El‐Gabalawy   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk Factors Associated With the Number of Symptoms and Distress Caused by Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause in Taiwanese Women

open access: yesThe Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A high percentage of women who undergo the transition to postmenopause experience both menopausal symptoms and genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). However, GSM is often underdiagnosed. This research aims to identify risk factors that may influence the number of GSM symptoms and whether they cause distress in Taiwanese women > 45 years ...
Shu‐Fang Su   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association Between Preoperative Dyslipidemia and the Prognosis of Patients With Endometrial Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesThe Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Endometrial cancer (EC) is closely related to metabolic disorders. We aimed to investigate whether preoperative dyslipidemia independently affects the prognosis of patients with EC. One hundred and ninety‐four women diagnosed with EC by pathology and who had undergone standardized surgical treatment at the Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical
Song Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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