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Here for a Reason: Planned Parenthood 2020-2021 Annual Report [PDF]

, 2022
Last year was a year like no other. As the COVID-19 pandemic continued, Planned Parenthood remained committed to the communities we serve. As patients delayed getting some kinds of care, we were here with the care that couldn't wait.

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More than tears: associations between exposure to chemical agents used by law enforcement and adverse reproductive health outcomes

Frontiers in Epidemiology, 2023
Despite routine law enforcement use of chemical agents for crowd control, the reproductive health safety profiles of these products are unknown. Moreover, limited evidence has documented a link between such exposures and adverse reproductive health ...
Asha Hassan, Asha Hassan, Alison Ojanen-Goldsmith, Anna K. Hing, Madeline Mahoney, Sarah Traxler, Christy M. Boraas, Christy M. Boraas   +7 more
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Experience obtaining legal abortion in Uruguay: knowledge, attitudes, and stigma among abortion clients

BMC Women's Health, 2019
Background The abortion law in Uruguay changed in 2012 to allow first trimester abortion on request. Implementation of the law in Uruguay has been lauded, but barriers to care, including abortion stigma, remain.
Shelly Makleff, Ana Labandera, Fernanda Chiribao, Jennifer Friedman, Roosbelinda Cardenas, Eleuthera Sa, Sarah E. Baum   +6 more
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Demographic and Support Interest Differences Among Nonbirthing Parents Using a Digital Health Platform With Parenthood-Related Anxiety: Cross-Sectional Study

JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 2023
BackgroundThe transition to parenthood is a period of major stressors and increased risk of anxiety for all parents. Though rates of perinatal anxiety are similar among women (4%-25%) and men (3%-25%), perinatal anxiety research on nonbirthing partners ...
Adam K Lewkowitz, Lily Rubin-Miller, Hannah R Jahnke, Melissa A Clark, Caron Zlotnick, Emily S Miller, Natalie Henrich   +6 more
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Association of Sperm Methylation at LINE-1, Four Candidate Genes, and Nicotine/Alcohol Exposure With the Risk of Infertility

Frontiers in Genetics, 2019
In this study, we examined whether smoking and drinking affect sperm quality and the DNA methylation of the repetitive element LINE-1, MEST, P16, H19, and GNAS in sperm. Semen samples were obtained from 143 male residents in a minority-inhabited district
Wenjing Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Min Li, Feng Sun, Xuting Xu, Zhaofeng Zhang, Junwei Liu, Xiaowei Sun, Aiping Zhang, Yupei Shen, Jianhua Xu, Maohua Miao, Bin Wu, Yao Yuan, Xianliang Huang, Huijuan Shi, Jing Du   +16 more
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MicroRNA expression profile analysis in sperm reveals hsa-mir-191 as an auspicious omen of in vitro fertilization

BMC Genomics, 2020
Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of noncoding small RNAs that play important roles in many physiological processes by regulating gene expression.
Hua Xu, Xin Wang, Zhikai Wang, Jianhui Li, Zhiming Xu, Maohua Miao, Guowu Chen, Xiangdong Lei, Jun Wu, Huijuan Shi, Ke Wang, Tiancheng Zhang, Xiaoxi Sun   +12 more
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Circadian gene Rev-erbα influenced by sleep conduces to pregnancy by promoting endometrial decidualization via IL-6-PR-C/EBPβ axis

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2022
Background Sleep disturbance can cause adverse pregnancy outcomes by changing circadian gene expression. The potential mechanisms remain unclear.
Liyuan Cui, Feng Xu, Chunfang Xu, Yan Ding, Songcun Wang, Meirong Du   +5 more
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Whole exome sequencing identified a rare WT1 loss‐of‐function variant in a non‐syndromic POI patient

Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2022
Background Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a highly heterogeneous disease, and up to 25% of cases can be explained by genetic causes. The transcription factor WT1 has long been reported to play a crucial role in ovary function.
Yingchen Wang, Qing Chen, Feng Zhang, Xi Yang, Lingyue Shang, Shuting Ren, Yuncheng Pan, Zixue Zhou, Guoqing Li, Yunzheng Fang, Li Jin, Yanhua Wu, Xiaojin Zhang   +12 more
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Features of Interaction between Mothers and Children at an Early Age who were Placed in the Intensive Care Unit in Postnatal Period

Психолого-педагогические исследования, 2018
It is known that the features of the perinatal period influence on the further mother-child interaction. This article presents the results of a comparative study of the interaction of mothers with children at an early age.
Badlina E.S. , Krysanova T.V.
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Puberty timing associated with obesity and central obesity in Chinese Han girls

BMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background There is growing scientific evidence supports a link between increased childhood adiposity and early onset of puberty in girls worldwide in recent decades. However, the data from Chinese girls remain ambiguous.
Qiguo Lian, Yanyan Mao, Shan Luo, Shucheng Zhang, Xiaowen Tu, Xiayun Zuo, Chaohua Lou, Weijin Zhou   +7 more
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