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Cohort Efficacy Study of Natural Family Planning among Perimenopause Age Women [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Objective: To determine the efficacy of using natural family planning (NFP) methods to avoid unintended pregnancy among women of perimenopause age (i.e., age 40-55 years).
Fehring, Richard, Mu, Qiyan
core   +1 more source

Endometrial Decidualization: The Primary Driver of Pregnancy Health

open access: yesInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020
Interventions to prevent pregnancy complications have been largely unsuccessful. We suggest this is because the foundation for a healthy pregnancy is laid prior to the establishment of the pregnancy at the time of endometrial decidualization.
S. Ng   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Functional parameters of spermatozoa obtained by a new selection device

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study compares density gradient centrifugation and the LensHooke CA0™ device for sperm separation. DGC requires multiple steps, specialized equipment, and technical expertise. In contrast, the CA0 device offers key practical and methodological advantages, resulting in a faster, simpler, and more affordable sperm selection method.
Julio C. Chávez   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutrition in pregnancy and lactation: how a healthy infant is born

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine, 2015
Maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation influences the growth and potential development of the fetus and contributes to the maturity of a healthy baby.
Federico Mecacci   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Podocalyxin promotes an impermeable epithelium and inhibits pro-implantation factors to negatively regulate endometrial receptivity

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Embryo implantation is a key step in establishing pregnancy and a major limiting factor in IVF. Implantation requires a receptive endometrium but the mechanisms governing receptivity are not well understood.
Sophea Heng   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum.

open access: yesThyroid, 2011
BACKGROUND Thyroid disease in pregnancy is a common clinical problem. Since the guidelines for the management of these disorders by the American Thyroid Association (ATA) were first published in 2011, significant clinical and scientific advances have ...
E. Alexander   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on maternal and infant complications

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background The potential effects of pre-pregnancy body mass (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) on pregnancy outcomes remain unclear. Thus, we investigated socio-demographic characteristics that affect pre-pregnancy BMIs and GWG and the effects of ...
Yin Sun   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preparation and characterization of renal cell peptides from fetal rats for their antitumor activity

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This study aimed to prepare renal cells (RCs) from fetal rats which were digested by enzymes. Candidate peptides RCPs were characterized by capillary HPLC and MS and their bioactivity was predicted using peptideranker. The predicted top 10 bioactive peptides were synthesized.
Zhe Zhang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thyroid Hormones and Cortisol Concentrations in Offspring are Influenced by Maternal Supranutritional Selenium and Nutritional Plane in Sheep

open access: yesNutrition and Metabolic Insights, 2013
To determine the effects of maternal supranutritional selenium (Se) supplementation and maternal nutritional plane on offspring growth potential, ewes were randomly assigned to 1 of 6 treatments in a 2 × 3 factorial arrangement [dietary Se (adequate Se ...
Kimberly A. Vonnahme   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pregnancy-associated cardiac dysfunction and the regulatory role of microRNAs. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Many crucial cardiovascular adaptations occur in the body during pregnancy to ensure successful gestation. Maladaptation of the cardiovascular system during pregnancy can lead to complications that promote cardiac dysfunction and may lead to heart ...
Aryan, Laila   +3 more
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