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Aug 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-20-3439
Daniel AbomaCorresponding author
Background Pregnancy and parturition are events of considerable significance in the life cycle of women. Though it is supposed that the quality of care during labor, birth, and postpartum period plays a great role for adverse outcomes of birth, various reports claimed that cesarean delivery carries…
Oct 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-19-3044
Anubha BajajCorresponding author
Cutaneous ciliated cyst is cogitated as a benign, exceptional lesion and can be additionally termed as cutaneous Mullerian cyst or a cystadenoma. Cutaneous ciliated cyst was initially described by Da Hess in 1890 and further elucidated in 1978 by Farmer and Helwig as a cyst predominantly occurr…
Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2690-6759.jpar-19-2971
M. M WahajCorresponding author
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Shendi University , Sudan.
Toxoplasmosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases worldwide caused by Toxoplasma gondii that leads to abortion or hydrocephalus during pregnancy. It’s a comparative cross-sectional one designed to assess immunoglobulins and cytokines in pregnant women. A total of 300 venous blood samples…
Jul 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-19-2965
Fred Yao GbagboCorresponding author
Self-medication in pregnancy is a health concern in Ghana. We assessed the practice among 136 pregnant women in Effutu and Agona West Municipalities using facility-based, cross-sectional design and mixed method approach of data collection. Data analysis used SPSS and manual content analysis. Results…
Jun 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-19-2825
Sanjeev M. ChaudharyCorresponding author
Background Concordance or husband wife agreement on various factors like sleep, substance use, dietary supplement use, and diseases like obesity and hypertension has been extensively studied worldwide. But the data regarding concordance of stress among married couples in India is lacking. Objective…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-18-1973
Victoria NthalaCorresponding author
Introduction Adherence to ART is a challenge among pregnant women living with HIV/AIDS. This has an effect on the health of the mother and the unborn child. While studies have been done, it has shown that adherence during pregnancy is a challenge Virological and clinical success depend critically on…
Jan 2019 DOI 10.14302/issn.2691-5014.jphn-18-2456
Mohamadreza AmiriCorresponding author
Vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, is now recognized not only for its importance in promoting bone health in children and adults, but also for its other health benefits, including reducing the risk of chronic diseases such as autoimmune diseases, common cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. Ultraviolet…
Dec 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-18-2459
Snehasis JanaCorresponding author
The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of Consciousness Energy Healing based DMEM medium on the level of alkaline phosphatase enzyme (ALP) activity in Ishikawa cells. The test item, DMEM medium was divided into two parts. One part of the test item received Consciousness Energy Heal…
Jun 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2575-1212.jvhc-18-2146
Mohammed A ElmetwallyCorresponding author
Retained fetal membrane (RFM) is a crucial calving related disorder that affects economic for the farmer and herd health. Retention of Placenta (ROP) is the condition in which the fetal membranes are not expelled within a period of 12 hours after parturition. Buffalo cows (n=34) aged 4-9 years old w…
Jun 2018
Jan DepresCorresponding author
Our study aims to help researchers calculate resources based on a rat breeding colony for experiments on fetal lung development. The Wistar rat is commonly used in experimental research. In the context of fetal lung studies, the nitrofen rat is a model for pulmonary hypoplasia and congenital diaphra…
Jan 2018 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-17-1836
Róbert PókaCorresponding author
University of Debrecen, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
Objective: Demographic analysis of intrauterine deaths in North-Eastern Hungary with national and international comparison. Materials and Methods: The authors collected data from the National Bureau of Statistics’ 1996-2014 database to assess frequency, gestational age, maternal age and education fo…
Nov 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-17-1812
Wei-Hua WangCorresponding author
The number of patients with poor ovarian response (POR) for in vitro fertilization (IVF) varies from 9 to 25%, especially high in patients of advanced maternal age. Although various stimulation protocols have been developed to improve clinical outcomes in patients with POR, a typical and effective p…
Oct 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2381-862X.jwrh-17-1758
U MazumderCorresponding author
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka , Bangladesh,
Background: The nature of placenta previa can be unpredictable and harsh on the mother and baby. These complications are often unpredictable, unpreventable and often leave the labour ward team in a dilemma. This Obstetricians' nightmare is fortunately a rare complication. The frequency of placenta p…
Oct 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.3070-5657.je-17-1513
Volkan GELENCorresponding author
Changes to proinflammatory cytokines as a result of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and the pregnancy complications that these changes can cause, are of vital importance to the effective prevention and optimal management. Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), and tumor necrosis fact…
Aug 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-14-553
L BernardiniCorresponding author
All independent experimental data on epithelial and glandular cells lines of human endometrium support the evidence for a rapid production of eicosanoids from the LH/hCG receptors when exposed to the hCG hormone. Prostaglandins rapidly act on the surrounding endometrial stromal cells throughout the…
Jul 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.3070-5835.jcpn-17-1562
Mary V. SeemanCorresponding author
Second-generation antipsychotics have relatively recently become available in long-acting intramuscular formulations (LAIs) and have been receiving a substantial amount of pharmaceutical industry promotion on the grounds that they improve treatment adherence in patients with psychotic illness. LAIs…
May 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-17-1435
Teresa WiesakCorresponding author
The objective of this study was to investigate whether percentage of mature oocytes retrieved from ovaries stimulated with long agonist or multi-dose antagonist protocols affect the implantation, clinical pregnancy and live birth of ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm injection) cycles. The 654 cycles of a…
Jul 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2474-3585.jpmc-16-1114
Innocent Okwundu NwankwoCorresponding author
Campylobacter infection has been detected in poultry processors at live bird markets in Sokoto, however the prevalence of Campylobacter species in more diverse group of the population is uncertain. For this purpose, 292 human fecal swabs from patients in four Government Hospitals in Sokoto State wer…
Jul 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2576-2818.jfb-16-1035
Mayumi SugimotoCorresponding author
Female fertility is an economically important trait in the dairy industry, and the fertility selection index has been developed as a method of including female fertility in the breeding goals of this industry. This index considers a combination of factors, including days open, number of insemination…
May 2016 DOI 10.14302/issn.2574-450X.jom-16-1039
Mary V. SeemanCorresponding author
Over the last three decades, an epidemic of obesity has markedly affected patients suffering from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Antipsychotic medications used to treat schizophrenia are considered as major culprits. The aim of this review is to first consider risk factors, to then outline…