Reducing late abortions.

Reducing abortions is a public health issue.

Seasonal distribution of abortions.

At least one pregnancy in eight terminates in an abortion recognized as such and recalled by women when asked for a pregnancy history (McDonald, 1958; Warburton and Fraser, 1964). Some women have a greater tendency to abort than others (Warburton and Fraser, 1964) and a few abort repeatedly (Eastman and Hellman, 1961). Gross fetal malformation undoubtedly accounts for some spontaneous abortions...

Septic induced abortions.

BACKGROUND Induced abortions are not infrequent in our community. Being the only tertiary level care hospital in Hazara division, Ayub Teaching Hospital frequently receives cases of induced abortions with complications attempted by inappropriately trained personnel. It was decided to study the frequency of such cases in our admitted patients, complications and their outcome in such risky situat...

Ten-minute abortions.

A service performing very early abortions in a district general hospital uses menstrual aspiration, which enables abortion to be carried out early, easily, safely, and simply. Menstrual aspiration avoids interference with routine gynaecological work and permits an operator to widen his criteria for accepting patients for termination. From September 1975 to April 1977 123 cases were referred and...

Reducing Cardiovascular Risk: Too Little, Too Late, Too Short-Term

Vascular diseases in general, and cardiovascular disease in particular, are diseases of mass destruction, killing more people in the Western world (and increasingly in the developing world) than world wars. Each year, coronary heart disease kills over half a million Americans and over 100 000 British citizens each year, often prematurely (WHO online). A combination of migration, epidemiological...