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What do women want? An analysis of preferences of women, involvement of men, and decision-making in maternal and newborn health care in rural Bangladesh

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background To improve the utilization of maternal and newborn health (MNH) care and to improve the quality of care, the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly recommended men’s involvement in pregnancy, childbirth, and after birth. In this article,
Ahmed Ehsanur Rahman, Janet Perkins, Shumona Sharmin Salam, Shema Mhajabin, Aniqa Tasnim Hossain, Tapas Mazumder, Shams EL Arifeen   +6 more
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A novel variant of the SOX10 gene associated with Waardenburg syndrome type IV

BMC Medical Genomics, 2023
Background Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by varying degrees of sensorineural hearing loss and accumulated pigmentation in the skin, hair and iris.
Yanan Wang, Yuqiong Chai, Pai Zhang, Weiwei Zang   +3 more
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Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]

, 2012
Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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Birthing practices of traditional birth attendants in South Asia in the context of training programmes [PDF]

, 2010
Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) training has been an important component of public health policy interventions to improve maternal and child health in developing countries since the 1970s.
Adamson, P., Armstrong, P., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Bajpai, S., Banerjee, A., Banerjee, A., Bhardwaj, N., Bhutta, Z.A., Brown, H., Carpenter, J.P., Chaudhury, N., Chirmulay, D., Dalmiya, V., Das, B.K., Fatmi, Z., Gavin Turrell, Guha, S., Helen Johnson, Hitesh, J., Hota, P.K., Isenalumbe, A.E., Jeffery, R., Jeffery, R., Jennifer Fraser, John, T.J., Kausar, F., Khan, M.E., Khandekar, J., Kitzinger, S., Kumar, R., Lak, D., Lettenmaier, C., Maitra, K., Mashelkar, R.A., Mathews, Z., Mathews, Z., Mesko, N., Misra, R., Nagadeve, D.A., Nandan, D., Nandan, D., Pfitzer, A., Pinto, S., Raina, N., Ram, K., Rodgers, K.A., Saeed Ali, T., Shariff, A., Sheela Saravanan, Smale, M., Smith, D., Smith, D., Smith, D., Sreeramareddy, C.T., Srivastava, S.P., Unnithan, M.K., Van Hollen, C.   +57 more
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Pathogenic Germline PALB2 and RAD50 Variants in Patients With Relapsed Ewing Sarcoma

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Approximately 10% of patients with Ewing sarcoma (EwS) have pathogenic germline variants. Here, we report two cases: first, a novel germline pathogenic variant in partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) in a patient with a late EwS relapse. Its impact on homologous recombination is demonstrated, and breast cancer risk is discussed.
Molly Mack, A. Carolina Tufino, Mohd Azrin Jamalruddin, Sreya Dey, Yinghong Pan, Elina Mukherjee, Jessica D. Daley, Julia Meade, Mahmoud Aarabi, Lisa Maurer, James Cooper, Kara A. Bernstein, Kelly M. Bailey   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decision Making Towards Maternal Health Services in Central Java, Indonesia [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Indonesia has always been struggling with maternal health issue even after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) programs were done. Prior research findings identified many factors which influenced maternal health status in developing ...
Barnes, M. (Margareth), Reed, R. (Rachel), Rowe, J. (Jennifer), Sujana, T. (Treesia)   +3 more
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Liquid biopsy epigenetics: establishing a molecular profile based on cell‐free DNA

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) fragments in plasma from cancer patients carry epigenetic signatures reflecting their cells of origin. These epigenetic features include DNA methylation, nucleosome modifications, and variations in fragmentation. This review describes the biological properties of each feature and explores optimal strategies for harnessing cfDNA ...
Christoffer Trier Maansson, Anders Lade Nielsen, Boe Sandahl Sorensen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metformin promotes mitochondrial integrity through AMPK‐signaling in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Metformin mediates mitochondrial quality control in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) fibroblasts carrying mtDNA mutations. At therapeutic levels, metformin activates AMPK signaling to restore mitochondrial dynamics by promoting fusion and restraining fission, while preserving mitochondrial mass, enhancing autophagy/mitophagy and biogenesis ...
Chatnapa Panusatid, Rapasviranda Soiyangsuk, Maneeluck Tanadjindarat, Chayanon Peerapittayamongkol   +3 more
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A sustainable organizational structure to integrate psycho-social stimulation programme into primary health care services in Bangladesh: protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial on scaling up early childhood development activities

BMC Psychology
Background Early childhood development (ECD) in low to middle-income nations has been a pressing concern for the last two to three decades. It is estimated that approximately 250 million children under the age of five are not reaching their full ...
S. M. Mulk Uddin Tipu, Sheikh Jamal Hossain, Shams El Arifeen, Syeda Fardina Mehrin, Nur E Salveen, Masuma Kawsir, Mohammad Saiful Alam Bhuiyan, Shamima Shiraji, Mohammed Imrul Hasan, Fahmida Tofail, Jena Derakhshani Hamadani   +10 more
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Maternal micronutrient status and decreased growth of Zambian infants born during and after the maize price increases resulting from the southern African drought of 2001-2002. [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects on maternal micronutrient status and infant growth of the increased maize prices that resulted from the southern African drought of 2001-2002. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study.
A Tomkins, C Chintu, Foster, Gibson, L Kasonka, M Makasa, M Sinkala, R Gitau, S Filteau, Tietz   +9 more
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