Development of an HIV-1 Microbicide Based on Caulobacter crescentus: Blocking Infection by High-Density Display of Virus Entry Inhibitors. by Christina Farr, John F Nomellini, Evan Ailon, Iryna Shanina, Sassan Sangsari, Lisa A Cavacini, John Smit, Marc S Horwitz

“…Despite effective prevention options, 2.6 million new infections occur annually, with women in developing countries accounting for more than half of these infections. …”
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Results of RIPOD (risk of postpartum depression) study: postpartum follow-ups, risk factors and prediction for clinical cases, and multimodal neuroimaging data by Natalia Chechko, Susanne Stickel, Lisa Hahn, Patricia Schnakenberg, Jürgen Dukart, Simon Eickhoff

“…Approximately 2 days after delivery, we also found that women who developed either AD or PPD within 12 weeks did not differ from ND immediately after delivery on the basis of structural and functional neuroimaging data (Schnakenberg et al. 2021). …”
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Menopause, estrogens, and endothelial dysfunction: current concepts Menopausa, estrogênios e disfunção endotelial: aspectos atuais by Maria Augusta Maturana, Maria Claudia Irigoyen, Poli Mara Spritzer

“…Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among postmenopausal women in developed countries. The disparity between the incidence of cardiovascular disease among women in pre- and postmenopause has been ascribed to the actions of endogenous estrogen on the cardiovascular system and, particularly, on the vascular endothelium. …”
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Mujeres en resistencia: estrategias subversivas en la cárcel de Santa Martha Acatitla, Ciudad de México / Women in Resistance: Subversive Strategies in the Prison of Santa Martha A... by Virginia Ballester Martínez

“…The violence and disciplinary mechanisms that take place in the prison make it difficult, but they don’t cancel, the possibility for women to develop resistance strategies within prison spaces. …”
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Maternal characteristics, mean arterial pressure and serum markers in early prediction of preeclampsia. by Sylwia Kuc, Maria P H Koster, Arie Franx, Peter C J I Schielen, Gerard H A Visser

“…The objective of the current study was to obtain the predictive value of these serum makers combined with maternal characteristics and first-trimester maternal mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) in a large series of patients, for both EO-PE and late onset PE (LO-PE; delivery ≥ 34 weeks).This was a nested case-control study, using stored first-trimester maternal serum from women who developed EO-PE (n = 68) or LO-PE (n = 99), and 500 uncomplicated singleton pregnancies. …”
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Epidemiology of Liver Cancer in Europe by F Xavier Bosch, Josepa Ribes

“…In developed areas, the estimates are 53,879 among men and 26,939 among women. In developing areas, the estimates are 262,043 in men and 93,961 in women. …”
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A study on cervical cancer screening in symptomatic women using Pap smear in a tertiary care hospital in rural area of Himachal Pradesh, India by Ashok Verma, Suresh Verma, Shivani Vashist, Sumit Attri, Amrita Singhal

“…Background: Cervical cancer is the most common cause of death among women in developing countries. India has the highest age standardized incidence in South Asia at 22. …”
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Systematic review of food insecurity and violence against women and girls: Mixed methods findings from low- and middle-income settings by Abigail M. Hatcher, Sabrina Page, Lele Aletta van Eck, Isabelle Pearson, Rebecca Fielding-Miller, Celine Mazars, Heidi Stöckl

“…Potential protective factors include financial stability, the involvement of men in VAWG programming, transformation of gender norms, and supporting women to develop new networks and social ties. Strong evidence exists for a relationship between food security and VAWG. …”
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Improving the public health utility of global cardiovascular mortality data: the rise of ischemic heart disease by Gakidou Emmanuela, Foreman Kyle, Naghavi Mohsen, Lozano Rafael, Ahern Ryan M, Murray Christopher JL

“…Reproductive-aged women in developing country-years yield the most diverse range of heart failure causes.…”
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Severe maternal outcomes in eastern Ethiopia: Application of the adapted maternal near miss tool. by Abera Kenay Tura, Joost Zwart, Jos van Roosmalen, Jelle Stekelenburg, Thomas van den Akker, Sicco Scherjon

“…Discharge records were examined to identify deaths or women who developed MNM according to the sub-Saharan or WHO criteria. …”
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Path Analysis of the Effect of Biological and Social Factors on the Case of Breast Cancer by Nunik Ike Yunia Sari, Estin Gita Maringga, Wuri Widi Astuti

“…Breast cancer is the number one cancer as the cause of death in women in developed and developing countries. Breast cancer has the highest case in women in 161 countries. …”
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Predictive value of the angiogenic test (sFlt / PIGF ratio) in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Perinatal results in Cienfuegos by Vivian Rosa Vázquez Martínez, Cristóbal Jorge Torres González, Greter Torres Vázquez

“…<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the angiogenic test was positive more frequently in those pregnant women who developed eclampsia preeclamsia, with 90.7% vs. 9.3% in those who did not develop eclampsia preeclamsia (p = 0.000); as well as those less than 34 weeks of gestational age who developed pre-eclampsia (72%), with high sensitivity and specificity. …”
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Mujer, corazón y tiroides by Ana E. Espinosa de Ycaza

“…It is estimated that one out of ten women will develop some form of thyroid dysfunction in her lifetime. …”
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Overweight and severe acute maternal morbidity in a low-risk pregnant population in the Netherlands. by Tom Witteveen, Joost J Zwart, Karin B Gast, Kitty W M Bloemenkamp, Jos van Roosmalen

“…Analysis showed a dose response relation for overweight (aOR, 1.3; 95% CI, 1.0-1.5), obese (aOR, 1.4; 95% CI, 1.1-1.9) and morbidly obese (aOR, 2.1; 95% CI, 1.3-3.2) women to develop SAMM compared to normal weight. Sub analysis showed the same dose response relation for ICU-admission, Uterine Rupture and Eclampsia. …”
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Does hypoglycemia following a glucose challenge test identify a high risk pregnancy? by Chauhan Suneet P, Magann Everett F, Doherty Dorota A, Pugh Suzanne K, Hill James B, Morrison John C

“…In a retrospective pilot study we found that hypoglycemia was linked with a greater number of special care/neonatal intensive care unit admissions and approached significance in the number of women who developed preeclampsia. That study was limited by its retrospective design, a narrow patient population and the inability to perform multivariate analysis because of the limitations in the data points collected. …”
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Prospect of potential intrauterine programming impacts associated with COVID-19 by Prabhat Khanal, Asim K. Duttaroy

“…In particular, pregnant women and developing fetuses in low-income settings could be prone to a higher risk of undernutrition, often due to an inadequate supply of food and nutrition during a pandemic outbreak like COVID-19. …”
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Levels of soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase one in first trimester and outcomes of pregnancy: a systematic review by Hadfield Ruth, Roberts Christine L, Nassar Natasha, Jacobs Marni, Morris Jonathan M, Ashton Anthony W

“…Levels of sFlt-1 were generally higher among women who developed preeclampsia (11 studies) or gestational hypertension (two studies), but not significantly different to normotensive women in most studies. …”
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CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN TO LAND SUSTAINABILITY IN NORTH REGION OF CAMEROON : CASE STUDY OF THE LAGDO AND NGONG’S SUBDIVISIONS by JOLIE CLAIE NOUDEM, HAROLD GAEL NJOUONANG DJOMO, Chanceline NANFACK TCHATCHOUANG

“…The results reveal that these women are developing innovative conservation practices, such as planting live hedges, composting, and alternating strip cropping, which improve soil fertility and enhance resilience to climate change. …”
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A histopathological study on breast carcinoma with special reference to cyclin-D1 and estrogen receptor by Payel Hazari, Monoj Kumar Deka, Bandana Kanoo

“…Introduction: Breast cancer is the most frequent cause of cancer-related death in women in developing nations. Breast cancer diagnoses have increased as a result of rising awareness among women. …”
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Combined effects of smoking and bilirubin levels on the risk of lung cancer in Korea: the severance cohort study. by Jung-Eun Lim, Heejin Kimm, Sun Ha Jee

“…RESULTS: At the end of the study period, 240 patients (men: 181, women: 59) developed lung cancer. Compared to those with bilirubin levels ≥ 1.0 mg/dL, HRs (95% CI) for lung cancer were 2.8 (1.8-4.2) for subjects having bilirubin levels from 0.2 to 0.7 mg/dL in men. …”
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