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Behavior changes to promote preconception health: a systematic review

BMC Women's Health
Background Preconception care is expected to prevent diseases, promote health, and improve pregnancy outcomes. Although a consensus exists on the efficacy of folic acid supplementation and preconception vaccination, evidence regarding comprehensive ...
Maiko Suto, Kimiko Inaoka, Daichi Suzuki, Aya Nitamizu, Naoko Arata, Erika Ota   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of preconception care and associated factors among reproductive age group women in Debre Birhan town, North Shewa, Ethiopia

Reproductive Health, 2019
Background Preconception care refers to things women can do before and between pregnancies to increase the chance of having a healthy baby and being a healthy mother.
Tesfanesh Lemma Demisse, Samuel Abdu Aliyu, Sena Belina Kitila, Tiwabwork Tekalign Tafesse, Kelemu Abebe Gelaw, Mulualem Silesh Zerihun   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impacts of Preconception Nutrition on Pregnancy: An educational module promoting preconception care [PDF]

, 2017
Recent research has shown that maternal overweight and obesity (OW/OB) prior to conception are directly and independently associated with negative outcomes in pregnancy, birth, infancy, childhood, and beyond.
Holleran, Alexa R.
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Mapping the evolution of mitochondrial complex I through structural variation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Respiratory complex I (CI) is crucial for bioenergetic metabolism in many prokaryotes and eukaryotes. It is composed of a conserved set of core subunits and additional accessory subunits that vary depending on the organism. Here, we categorize CI subunits from available structures to map the evolution of CI across eukaryotes. Respiratory complex I (CI)
Dong‐Woo Shin, Tingting Chen, James A. Letts   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Men's Preconception Health: A Primary Health-Care Viewpoint [PDF]

, 2018
The purpose of this article is to theoretically explore men’s preconception health as a mechanism to enhance fertility, as well as the health and well-being of the subject and his descendants.
Anthony Paul O’Brien, Department of Health and Ageing, Department of Health, Australian Government, John Hurley, John Robert Aitken, Karen Anne McNeil, Paul Linsley, Richard Fletcher, WHO   +8 more
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By dawn or dusk—how circadian timing rewrites bacterial infection outcomes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The circadian clock shapes immune function, yet its influence on infection outcomes is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights how circadian timing alters host responses to the bacterial pathogens Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, and Streptococcus pneumoniae revealing that the effectiveness of immune defense depends not only
Devons Mo, Catherine S. Palmer, Jacqueline M. Kimmey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Preventing Low Birthweight [PDF]

, 2009
Outlines trends in low birthweight and preterm births and offers prevention strategies such as expanding access to comprehensive health care, ensuring good nutrition for pregnant women, and addressing demographic, social, and environmental risk ...
Barbara Shore, Rima Shore
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Impact of contraception and IVF hormones on metabolic, endocrine, and inflammatory status [PDF]

, 2020
Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) represent commonly utilized management strategies for infertility with multifactorial causes (including genetically predisposed diseases). Amongst ART, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is the most popular.
Barber, Thomas M., Coussa, Ayla, Hassan, Hayder   +2 more
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Hematopoietic (stem) cells—The elixir of life?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The aging of HSCs (hematopoietic stem cells) and the blood system leads to the decline of other organs. Rejuvenating aged HSCs improves the function of the blood system, slowing the aging of the heart, kidney, brain, and liver, and the occurrence of age‐related diseases.
Emilie L. Cerezo, Jonah Anderson, Emilie Dinh Vedrenne, Noël Yeh Martín, Jette Lengefeld   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Preconception Care: Concepts and Perceptions: An ethical perspective [PDF]

, 2013
General individual preconception care is a new strategy to improve the health of future children and their mothers –and to a lesser extent the prospective fathers’ health- through primary intervention.
Zee, B. (Boukje) van der
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