PURPOSE Men's attitudes toward contraceptives are an understudied area, even though many men participate in contraceptive decision making. The purpose of this study was to examine attitudes and perceptions regarding a selection of contraceptive methods among a national sample of African Americans, with a particular focus on gender differences. METHODS Data come from a telephone survey of Afri...

Antiretroviral entry inhibitors are now being considered as vaginally administered microbicide candidates for the prevention of the sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus. Previous studies testing the entry inhibitors maraviroc and CMPD167 in aqueous gel formulations showed efficacy in the macaque challenge model, although protection was highly dependent on the time period between ...

A series of novel 1, 2, 4-oxadiazole derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for invitro antibacterial and antifungal activity. All the compounds tested against bacteria showed comparable or less antibacterial activities than the reference drug. Differences in their activity depend on the substitution of different groups. More specifically, best antibacterial activity among synthetic analogu...

In the pilot screening programmes, reception staff recruited most of the screening subjects in general practice and family planning clinics. Making use of other members of the primary health care team would significantly reduce the burden on clinical staff and therefore the cost of a population-wide screening programme. Finally, the author attempted to calculate the cost per case detected and t...

In the US, obesity rates are increasing greatly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 68.5% of Americans, including 63.9% of adult women older than 20 years, are overweight (body mass index between 25 kg/m2 and 29.9 kg/m2) or obese (body mass index >30 kg/m2). In light of this, it is not surprising that the rates of bariatric surgery have also been increasing. When cons...

BACKGROUND Nepal government has approved medical abortion and manual vacuum aspiration for early first trimester pregnancy. Both the procedures have been approved by World Health Organization for use in early first trimester. OBJECTIVES The study aims to compare efficacy and safety of medical abortion with surgical abortion in a district hospital of rural eastern Nepal. METHOD An observatio...

BACKGROUND The prevention of unintended pregnancies among HIV positive women is a neglected strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Women who want to avoid unintended pregnancies can do this by using a modern contraceptive method. Contraceptive choice, in particular the use of long acting and permanent methods (LAPMs), is poorly understood among HIV-positive women. This study aimed to compare f...

Since 1970, the Title X family planning program of the US Public Health Service act has helped low-income American women avoid unintended pregnancies, abortions, and unwanted births. In addition to averting a million pregnancies (and half as many abortions) each year, the 4400 Title X clinics provide an array of reproductive health services. Funding for the program, however, has never recover...

BACKGROUND This study assesses the consistency of responses among women regarding their beliefs about the mechanisms of actions of birth control methods, beliefs about when human life begins, the intention to use or not use birth control methods that they believe may act after fertilization or implantation, and their reported use of specific methods. METHODS A questionnaire was administered i...