Time’s Up by Jennifer Paul Cohen

“…Rosella LC, Calzavara A, Frank JW, et al, “Narrowing mortality gap between men and women over two decades: a registry-based study in Ontario, Canada,” BMJ Open 2016;6:e012564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012564. …”
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A study of urinary tract infection among housewives in a community setting by Yusoff, Wan Hasnimazmira Wan

“…The principal bacterial infections of the kidney and urinary tract occur in either the renal parenchyma (pyelonephritis) or bladder (cystitis) (Lee, 2007). Generally, according to Earhart (20 I 0), women are prone to get UTI for anatomical reasons. …”
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To Abort or Not to Abort by Jane Kang

“… [6]Lee J, Jezewski MA, “Attitudes toward oral contraceptive use among women of reproductive age: a systematic review,” ANS Adv Nurs Sci 30, no.1 (January-March 2007): E85-103…”
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Work-related sexual and gender harassment: conceptual challenges and the need for evidence-based prevention by Ida EH Madsen, Maj Britt D Nielsen

“…As an illustration, an iceberg model has been developed, proposing that the behaviors most commonly associated with sexual harassment – unwanted sexual advances – are merely the visible tip of a much larger structure, with the hidden base of the iceberg consisting of a wide array of derogatory treatment of women (5). Most of the empirical work supporting the model, however, has been conducted in the US, and often analyzes data collected a couple of decades ago. …”
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research by Lillian Nwigwe

“…Maidenhead, Berkshire: McGraw-Hill/Open University Press, 2007. University of Michigan. …”
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An Interview with Dr. Daniel Callahan, Bioethics Pioneer by Voices in Bioethics

“…Rule number one is don’t get the leader, because they are usually single-minded types; get someone who is the sort of second or third string, who is still open to talking about everything and they’re not pushing a line. …”
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Undisclosed Surgical Incentives Compromise Informed Consent by Randi Belisomo

“…Surgeons may hold an economic interest in promoting the procedure, they may fear being left behind the curve of medical advancement, or they may be influenced by a desire for rewards.[10] LESSONS LEARNED By the late 1980s, nearly every American academic medical center had established bone marrow transplantation programs for the treatment of breast cancer after several small, uncontrolled phase 1 and 2 studies suggested that high-dose chemotherapy with autologous bone marrow transplantation resulted in better outcomes than would have been expected with standard chemotherapy alone. A single randomized study, in 1995, supported this hypothesis.[11] As a result of this single study, an estimated 30,000 breast cancer patients in the U.S. received bone marrow transplants between 1985 and 1998. …”
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