Sir, Toxoplasmosis is a common parasitic infection of humans, to which almost one third of humanity is exposed to [1]. While more than 50% women of child bearing age in Western Europe, Africa, South and Central America are seropositive for toxoplasmosis, some populations of El Salvador, Germany and France show 75% seropositivity, with approximately 90% adults of Paris and 50% adults in Germany ...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to identify early proteomic biomarkers of spontaneous preterm delivery (PTD) in mid-trimester amniotic fluid from asymptomatic women. METHODS This is a case-cohort study. Amniotic fluid from mid-trimester genetic amniocentesis (14-19 weeks of gestation) was collected from 2008 to 2011. The analysis was conducted in 24 healthy women with subsequent spontaneo...

abstract background and purpose:women’s health, as almost “half of the population of each society” and in recent years as “half of the workforce,” is of particular importance in achieving sustainable development goals. the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between birth weight and gestational age and mother’s employment. materials and methods:this descriptive analytic study w...

Background. Diabetic patients are at the greater risk of retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and sexual dysfunction compared to the general population. Objective. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sexual dysfunction in type 2 diabetes reproductive age women in Iran. Method. This was a case-control study carried out on 130 women with type 2 diabetes and 130 healthy women. The type 2 di...

OBJECTIVES To study the age of the start of the fall (critical age) in fecundity; the probability of a pregnancy leading to a healthy baby taking into account the age of the woman; and, combining these results, to determine the age dependent probability of getting a healthy baby. DESIGN Cohort study of all women who had entered a donor insemination programme. SETTING Two fertility clinics s...

OBJECTIVE we measured muscle strength and functional mobility in healthy men and women over the adult age range to investigate the changes with age and sex, and to establish the effects of the anthropometric indices height and weight. DESIGN cross-sectional study. SUBJECTS AND METHODS we recruited 74 healthy women (mean age 49.0, range 20-90) and 81 healthy men (mean age 51.6, range 20-90)....

Background No study has evaluated whether genetic factors are associated with longevity in African Americans or Hispanics, and it is unclear whether genetic factors are associated with healthy aging. Methods In this prospective study, we determined whether 14 genetic variants previously associated with longevity in genome-wide association studies were associated with survival to ages 85 and 9...

The human ovary contains a fixed number of non-growing follicles (NGFs) established before birth that decline with increasing age culminating in the menopause at 50-51 years. The objective of this study is to model the age-related population of NGFs in the human ovary from conception to menopause. Data were taken from eight separate quantitative histological studies (n = 325) in which NGF popul...

BACKGROUND It has been suggested that high stride-to-stride variability (STV) is a reflection of gait instability. However, both low and high STV has been shown in fallers and in nonfallers; therefore, the interpretation of STV of spatiotemporal gait parameters remains difficult. Thus, we sought to characterize and compare STV of spatial and temporal stride parameters among young and older heal...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to establish normal ranges for human epididymis protein 4 (HE4) serum levels in healthy women. STUDY DESIGN HE4 levels were measured in healthy women and analyzed by age, menopausal status, and pregnancy status. Upper 95th percentiles were determined for normal ranges. RESULTS Serum samples from 1101 healthy women and 67 pregnant women were analyzed. ...