BACKGROUND Disorders of sexual development (DSD) are congenital conditions in which the development of the chromosomal, gonadal or anatomical sex can be deemed atypical. The external genitalia should appear 'normal' in size and shape from birth, with no question of abnormality, and the individual must receive appropriate social-environmental feedback in the course of the sexual maturation proce...

The use of modern reproductive technology, such as in-vitro fertilization and its related procedures, has opened new areas of legal, religious and public concern. Thirty years ago, the development of effective methods to control procreation generated a debate on whether couples had the right to enjoy sex in the absence of its procreative effect. Today, assisted reproductive technology (ART) all...

OBJECTIVES Grouping patients by self assigned ethnicity may hide intraethnic differences in disease associations and sexual behaviour patterns. The aim of the study was to detect associations between gonorrhoea with differences in ancestry, degree of acculturation, and religious belief in young black Caribbean men, which could subsequently be used to target health promotion interventions. MET...

A national survey of 314 Americans was employed to determine whether core forms group identification (sport, political, and religious) predict one's likelihood forgive a leader within that for an intentional/preventable transgression. Three transgressions (assault battery, sex with minor, stealing money) were presented as possible scenarios leaders sport, religious groups. Sports more likely be...

Few studies have examined whether sex differences in mortality are associated with different distributions of risk factors or result from the unique relationships between risk factors and mortality for men and women. We extend previous research by systematically testing a variety offactors, including health behaviors, social ties, socioeconomic status, and biological indicators of health. We em...

Introduction: Marital satisfaction is a positive relationship with spouse’s family, positive dynamism in the original family, self-esteem and religious homogeneity of couples. Religion is one of the most effective spiritual fulcrums that are able to provide the meaning of life in every moment of life. Religious beliefs and credence are important factors in marital satisfaction. The main p...

patients’ healthcare as medicine. Racial or ethnic discrimination is illegal in the UK under the Race Relations Act 1976. Since 2nd October 2000, religious and cultural discrimination (or lack of consideration or respect) has also become illegal under the Human Rights Act 1998, Article 9, which ensures that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.1 As a result, per...

OBJECTIVES This study was performed to examine the potential contributions of sociocultural activities to reduce risks of death by homicide. METHODS This study was designed as a case control study. Relatives of 90 adult homicide victims in Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania, in 2005 were interviewed. As controls, 211 participants matched for sex and 5-year age group were randomly selected from th...