Pregnancy after Obstetric Fistula: Should It Be Encouraged?

Colovesical Fistula: Should It Be Considered a Single Disease?

PURPOSE This research was conducted to compare the management and the outcome of patients with colovesical fistulae of different aetiologies. METHODS Retrospective data were collected from 2002 to 2012 and analyzed with SPSS ver. 17. Age, gender, aetiology, management, hospital stay, postoperative complications, and mortality were studied and compared among colovesical fistulae of different a...

Why lesbians should be encouraged to have regular cervical screening.

INTRODUCTION The UK National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) advice on cervical cytology screening states that women who have never had sex with men are at very low risk of developing cervical cancer, and advice regarding need for screening in lesbians is inconsistent. METHODS Literature review searching PubMed, Web of Science and the Internet for articles on lesbians, ce...

When Should Carpools in HOV Lanes be Encouraged?

A variety of policies to encourage carpooling in high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes have been adopted by state and local governments in the US. These policies can either increase or decrease total congestion depending on whether congestion relief in mainline lanes outweighs increased HOV lane congestion. We estimate congestion cost functions for mainline and HOV lanes in Los Angeles and find co...

Cervical screening: why young women should be encouraged to be screened.

BACKGROUND The English National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme (NHSCSP) recommendation not to offer cervical screening to women aged 20-24 years is considered in the context of national rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 (CIN3) and invasive cervical carcinoma, falling screening coverage in young women, detection of screen-detected invasive cancers and risks of exci...

How high should it be?