This paper examines the findings of a public opinion survey conducted to determine the knowledge of American women regarding implemented changes in Catholic hospitals and how they feel about the issue of limiting access to medical services. A total of 1000 women aged 18 years and above were contacted and interviewed between February 22 and March 5. In terms of awareness, although majority of ...

Abstract Progesterone and its derivatives attracted widespread interest because of their applications in medicine, health care birth control, which is the main active ingredient contraceptive pills known as one five chemistry discoveries that changed human life. Although research pharmacological effects on pill-related compounds has been around for decades, ferroelectricity long overlooked. Her...

OBJECTIVES. To review the profile of emergency contraceptive users, their reasons for using emergency contraception, and whether they use it correctly. DESIGN. Retrospective analysis of medical records. SETTING. Six Birth Control Clinics and three Youth Health Care Centres of the Family Planning Association of Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS. Women requesting emergency contraception between 2006 and 20...

Down syndrome birth is attributable to multiple maternal risk factors that include both genetic and environmental challenges, but there is limited understanding of the complicated interactions among these factors. In the present study, a case-control analysis of approximately 400 infants with or without suspected Down syndrome reported between 2003 and 2009 and their parents in and around Kolka...

Introduction Retinal vascular obstruction is rare in young patients; however, it is a significant cause of blindness, especially retinal vein occlusion (RVO), the most common acquired retinal vascular pathology in adults(1). RVO is divided in central (CRVO), hemicentral (HRVO) and branch retinal vein occlusion (BRVO). The reported prevalence of RVO is 5.2/1000 for all types, with 4.42 for BRVO ...

Objective. To observe the clinical prophylactic and therapeutic efficacy of Liuwei Dihuang Pills and Ginkgo Leaf Tablets for type 2 diabetic vascular complications. Methods. It was a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial. 140 outpatients with type 2 diabetes were recruited and randomly divided into the treatment group and control group. The two groups were given basic t...

OBJECTIVE To explore the molecular mechanism by which Biejiajian pills inhibit hepatocellular carcinoma in a nude mouse model bearing HepG2 cell xenograft. METHODS The inhibitory effect of Biejiajian pills on the growth of HepG2 cell xenograft in nude mice was observed. Immunohistochemical method was used to examine proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression in HepG2 cell xenograft,...

background: starting sexual relations in early ages, diminution of family size and couple's delay for having babies in recent years have increased the length of using contraception methods and women need contraceptives for an average of more than 30 years. on the other hand, the tendency to use a contraceptive method like other tendencies depends on the general attitude to apply it and this mea...