Women’s lives in times of Zika: mosquito-controlled lives?

Uterine leiomyoma: understanding the impact of symptoms on womens’ lives

BACKGROUND Most women report negative experience about the symptoms of uterine leiomyoma (UL) in their lives, such as abnormal uterine bleeding and pelvic pain. Many studies have been conducted about efficacy of UL treatment, but little research has been performed about womens health related quality of life (HRQL). METHODS This is a semi-structured, descriptive, observational, qualitative stu...

Consequences of Death Awareness in Adolescents' Lives: A Qualitative Study

Aim: The present research intended to investigate the outcomes of death awareness in life from the perspective of Iranian adolescents. Methods: The study employed a phenomenological qualitative approach. The participants included 26 male and female high school students aged 16 to 18 going to schools in Tehran province, who were selected through criterion purposive sampling method. To collect da...

Saving womens lives: evidence-based recommendations for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage.

Failure of the uterus to contract adequately after childbirth (atonicity) is the most common cause of postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), the leading cause of maternal death in Africa and Asia.1 Attempts to identify women at risk of atonic PPH have been unsuccessful. Numerically, more women without risk factors have atonic PPH compared to those with risk factors. To prevent atonic PPH, interventions ...

The Times of Our Lives: Interaction Among Different Biological Periodicities

Environmental cycles on Earth display different periodicities, including daily, tidal or annual time scales. Virtually all living organisms have developed temporal mechanisms to adapt to such changes in environmental conditions. These biological timing structures-ranging from microsecond to seasonal timing-may have intrinsic properties and even different clock machinery. However, interaction am...

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