BACKGROUND In general, no association has been found between spontaneous abortion (naturally occurring termination of a pregnancy) and the risk for breast cancer. With respect to induced abortion (termination of a pregnancy by artificial means), the results have been more inconclusive. A positive association was found in five studies, no association was found in six studies, and a negative asso...

background: prevalence of gestational diabetes (gd) varied between 1-14% around the world. such variation in the prevalence of gd as well as no available information in kermanshah encouraged us to design this study aimed to investigate about prevalence of gd and factors associated with this condition in kermanshah. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive analytic study was designed. the study po...

neospora caninum is an intracellular parasite which causes abortion in cattle worldwide. this organism infects a range of host species, including cattle, sheep and dogs. it is most important and a major cause of bovine abortion. seroprevalence of infection in cattle appears to differ between herds, countries and regions, depending on the type of serologic test used. the aim of the present study...

BACKGROUND Environmental and endocrine factors have been implicated in the aetiology of recurrent abortion, with poorly understood roles. Luteal phase insufficiency marked with insufficient progesterone secretion has been reported. OBJECTIVE To define the involvement of progesterone, trace metals, and Vitamin E in pregnant women with history of recurrent spontaneous abortion. METHODS Conven...

Brucellosis is an economically important disease worldwide. Bangladesh has been reported an endemic area for brucellosis. The occurrence of brucellosis in people and the distribution of the disease among the livestock to be spatially related. A survey of brucellosis was carried out in sheep of Netrakona and Mymensingh districts of Bangladesh. A total number 102 blood samples were collected from...

BACKGROUND Induced abortion is one of the greatest human rights dilemmas of our time. Yet, abortion is a very common experience in every culture and society. According to the World Health Organization, Ethiopia had the fifth largest number of maternal deaths in 2005 and unsafe abortion was estimated to account for 32% of all maternal deaths in Ethiopia. Youth are disproportionately affected by ...

BACKGROUND In low-resource settings, where abortion is highly restricted and self-induced abortions are common, access to post-abortion care (PAC) services, especially treatment of incomplete terminations, is a priority. Standard post-abortion care has involved surgical intervention but can be hard to access in these areas. Misoprostol provides an alternative to surgical intervention that could...

BACKGROUND The Government of Nepal has implemented safe abortion policy since 2002. There are 245 approved sites providing safe abortion services to women across the country. Family planning counselling is one of the components of the safe abortion policy, which is important to reduce unwanted pregnancy, maternal morbidity and mortality due to the consequences of unsafe abortion and the service...

Article type: Original article Background & aim: Recently, the use of mifepristone followed by misoprostol after 36-48 h has been demonstrated to be an effective and safe method for the second trimester medical abortion. However, this regimen entails long total abortion time, and consequently increases the financial burden and anxiety in the patients. We hypothesize that one day interval would ...

Recent reviews reach conflicting conclusions on breast cancer risk after spontaneous or induced abortion. E3N is a large-scale cohort study collecting detailed information on environmental and reproductive factors. We investigated the relation between breast cancer and a history of induced and/or spontaneous abortion, using the data from the 100,000 women aged 40-65 at entrance in 1990. Among t...