Determinants of Stunting Incidence in Children Under Five Years of Age at the Rumbia Health Center, Indonesia by Asriati Asriati, Wa Ode Salma, Sudrayani Usman

“…Also, special attention must be paid to women’s access to higher education.…”
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Autologous transplantation of oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets cultured on an amniotic membrane substrate for intraoral mucosal defects. by Takeshi Amemiya, Takahiro Nakamura, Toshiro Yamamoto, Shigeru Kinoshita, Narisato Kanamura

“…We obtained specimens of AM from women undergoing cesarean sections. This study included five patients without any history of a medical disorder who underwent autologous cultured oral epithelial transplantation following oral surgical procedures. …”
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Melanocytic Nevus of the Tarsal Conjunctiva by Bülent Yazıcı, Ayşe Dolar Bilge, Ayşe Yağcı, Faisal Naqadan, Filiz Altıntepe

“…Case Report: The medical records of 4 patients with tarsal conjunctival melanocytic nevus were reviewed, together with the relevant literature. All patients (3 women and 1 man; age range: 17 - 40 years) had been referred with a suspicion of melanoma. …”
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A case report of pelvic inflammatory disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae by Momal Alexe, Lissoir Benedicte, Sion Catherine

“…Single-agent causes of PID are uncommon.Streptococcus pneumoniae frequently causes bacteremia, meningitis and pneumonia, but it rarely infects the genital tract as it is not part of the resident vaginal flora (Bartlett et al., 1977; Westh et al., 1990; Lemoyne et al., 2008).Known risk factors for PID include: age under 25 years, multiple sexual partners, non-utilization of barrier methods, previous history of PID, other sexually transmitted diseases or bacterial vaginosis, up to 3 months postinsertion of intrauterine device, invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures in the uterus (Westh et al., 1990).Data from the Belgian National Reference Center for Pneumococci (CNRP) show that since 2006 only 10 Streptococcus pneumoniae were isolated from the female genital sphere. 4 of them belong to serotype 1, 3 to serotype 3 and 1 to serotype 7, 8 and 9.Here we report a case S pneumoniae as a single bacterial etiology of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in a patient.…”
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Parkinson’s disease, treatment choice and survival over time by I.F. Tvete, M. Klemp

“…There was an increased mortality risk with increasing age, women had lower risk than men and previous diabetes-, antihypertensive-, and cardiac drug users had higher risk compared to patients without such history. …”
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Melanosis coli as a factor in the development of colorectal cancer by D. A. Mtvralashvili, M. V. Abritsova, T. A. Vasilyevykh, S. S. Belous, O. V. Arkhipova

“…As a rule, melanosis develops after 4–9 months of taking drugs from this group and is most common in women in the older age group. …”
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Comparison of hemodynamic and nutritional parameters between older persons practicing regular physical activity, nonsmokers and ex-smokers by Rebelatto Marcelo N, Ricci Natalia A, Francisco Cristina O, Rebelatto José R

“…</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The sample was comprised of 40 elderly people practicing regular physical activity for 12 months, divided into a Nonsmoker Group and an Ex-smoker Group. …”
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Knowledge, Attitudes and Referral Patterns of Lynch Syndrome: A Survey of Clinicians in Australia by Yen Y. Tan, Amanda B. Spurdle, Andreas Obermair

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Knowledge regarding premenstrual syndrome among adolescent school girls in a view to develop an information booklet by Akshata Pujari, Smeeta Sachin Revankar

“…There was no association found between the level of knowledge with age, type of family, information on PMS, and family history of PMS, whereas the association was found with age of onset of PMS and monthly family income. …”
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Falls and Postural Control in Older Adults With Eye Refractive Errors by Afsun Nodehi-Moghadam, Maryam Goudarzian, Farhad Azadi, Seyede Masoumeh Hosseini, Soosan Geranmayeh, Yasin Larni, Maryam Habibi, Pourya Yaghmaei

“…Then, certain information such as their age, sex, history of special eye disease or operation,&nbsp;history of fall during the last 12 months, etc. was gathered through questionnaires from the&nbsp;older people who accepted to participate in this study after giving their informed consents. …”
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Multifocal Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder: A Classic Case Image by Avinash Parashuram Dhok, Nitin Ratanrao Rathod, Prashant Onkar, Nikhil Shrirang Laturkar, Tushar Suresh Yadav

“…A 55-year-old male patient came with complaint of painless haematuria for a duration of two months, and pain during micturition since two months. …”
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Effect of chemotherapy on the uterus of young adult cancer survivors by Deepika Garg, M.D., Matthew Hodgman, Sydney Reil, Lesley Lomo, M.D., Kenneth Ivan Aston, Ph.D., Jonathon Hill, Ph.D., Erica Johnstone, M.D., Tim Jenkins, Ph.D., Joseph M. Letourneau, M.D.

“…Patient(s): Twelve patients with a history of alkylating agent chemotherapy exposure after Hodgkin lymphoma (cancer) vs. 12 normally menstruating women (controls). …”
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Machine learning algorithms to uncover risk factors of breast cancer: insights from a large case-control study by Mostafa Dianati-Nasab, Mostafa Dianati-Nasab, Khodakaram Salimifard, Reza Mohammadi, Sara Saadatmand, Mohammad Fararouei, Kosar S. Hosseini, Behshid Jiavid-Sharifi, Thierry Chaussalet, Samira Dehdar

“…ResultsThe findings highlight the significance of a chest X-ray history, deliberate weight loss, abortion history, and post-menopausal status as predictors. …”
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Regional variations in the prevalence and misdiagnosis of air flow obstruction in China: baseline results from a prospective cohort of the China Kadoorie Biobank (CKB) by Kurmi, O, Li, L, Smith, M, Augustyn, M, Chen, J, Collins, R, Guo, Y, Han, Y, Qin, J, Xu, G, Wang, J, Bian, Z, Zhou, G, Davis, K, Peto, R, Chen, Z, Li, L, Chen, Z, Chen, J, Collins, R, Peto, R, Chen, Z, Lancaster, G, Yang, X, Williams, A, Smith, M, Yang, L, Chang, Y, Millwood, I, Chen, Y, Lewington, S, Sansome, S, Walters, R, Kurmi, O, Guo, Y, Bian, Z, Hou, C, Tan, Y, Wang, Z, Cai, X, Zhou, H, Chen, X, Pang, Z, Li, S, Wang, S, Lv, S, Zhao, Z, Liu, S, Pang, Z, Yang, L, He, H, Yu, B, Wang, S, Wang, H, Chen, C, Zheng, X, Hu, X, Zhou, M, Wu, M, Tao, R, Wang, Y, Hu, Y, Ma, L, Zhou, R, Tang, Z, Chen, N, Huang, Y, Li, M, Gan, Z, Meng, J, Qin, J, Wu, X, Zhang, N, Luo, G, Que, X, Chen, X, Ge, P, Ren, X, Dong, C, Zhang, H, Mao, E, Li, Z, Zhou, G, Feng, S, Gao, Y, He, T, Jiang, L, Sun, H, Yu, M, Su, D, Lu, F, Qian, Y, Shi, K, Han, Y, Chen, L, Li, G, Liu, H, Yin, L, Xiong, Y, Tan, Z, Jia, W

“…Compared with self-reported diagnosis of CB/E, 88.8% of AFO was underdiagnosed; underdiagnosis proportion was highest in 30-39-year olds (96.7%) compared with the 70+ age group (81.1%), in women (90.7%), in urban areas (89.4%), in people earning 5K-10 K ¥ monthly (90.3%) and in those with middle or high school education (92.6%). …”

Mothers’ experiences and perceptions about care provided during home deliveries in Alwa sub county, Kaberamaido district, Uganda– a qualitative study by Benbella Dektar, Benbella Dektar, Anita Normans Beckford, Jonny Kemba, Belinda Crayson

“…We purposively included 115 mothers who delivered outside the health facility and consented to participate and those who lost their babies within the last 24 months preceding the study. Other participants included in the study were village health team (VHT), traditional birth attendants (TBA) and older women. …”
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Hysterectomy by transvaginal natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: An Italian initial experience by Maria Lieta Interdonato, Paolo Scollo, Tommaso Bignardi, Francesca Massimello, Martina Ferrara, Gianluca Donatiello, Marta Caretto, Paolo Mannella, Basilio Pecorino, Mario Giuseppe Meroni, Tommaso Simoncini

“…Patient satisfaction and dyspareunia were prospectively inquired about at 60 days and 6 months.ResultsForty-six patients underwent vNOTES in the study period. …”
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DAYA GUNA ONDANSENTRON 8 MG IV DIBANDING DENGAN PETHIDIN 0.4 MG/KGBB IV UNTUK MENCEGAH SHIVERING PASCA ANESTESI SPINAL PADA SEKSIO SESARIA by , FERIANTO, , Dr. Pandit Sarosa H, SpAn.K

“…The exclusion criteria were patient/familyâ��s refusal in research participation, history allergy to bupivacaine, ondansetron, and pethidine, and patient who had been known having congenital disease before, in hypo or hyperthermia conditions, high risk pregnant (such as pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and HELLP syndrome), and pregnant women with heart disease (Hypertension, heart troublesome, heart valves disorders). …”

Objectively evaluated physical activity among individuals following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Patrik Drid, Attilio Carraro, Tatjana Trivic, Roberto Roklicer, Nemanja Maksimovic, Antonino Bianco, Marko Manojlovic, Zoran Gojkovic

“…Four hundred and forty-three participants underwent the ACLR, 153 men and 290 women. The mean time between anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) surgery and evaluation of analysed outcomes was 34.8 months. …”
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Endometriosis-associated recto-sigmoid cancer: a case report by Ningning Li, Weixun Zhou, Lin Zhao, Jiaolin Zhou

“…Abstract Background Endometriosis is a relatively common condition in women of reproductive age. Malignant transformation of intestinal endometriosis is a very rare event. …”
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Dilemmas in pregnancies with pulmonary hypertension: Case report from a low-resource setting by Dini Pusianawati, Alfonsus Zeus Suryawan, Kevin Dominique Tjandraprawira, Charlotte J Cool

“…A 31-year-old G3P1A1 of 5 months gestation presented with worsening dyspnea and extremital edema. …”
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