INTRODUCTION: Radiation and safety aspects while during pregnancy are always a matter of concern. It is required for medical students to learn about the various effects radiology as ionizing radiation carrying strong biological on pregnant females. AIM: To assess awareness level among regarding risks women. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This Questionnaire based cross sectional study was conducted 250 ...

Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy does not cause significant vaccine-related side effects or resulting adverse outcomes of obstetrics, fetuses, neonatal outcomes. Concerns have been raised about the potential spike in pregnancy, secondary to increasing number community, easing social restrictions, and doubts vaccination. The purpose this study is find out factors related attitude pregnant w...

As technology has advanced quickly, more individuals are using smartphones for a variety of functions such as marketing, business, social media, surfing, etc. This also increased the threat information sharing across various sites, which is one major reasons harassment cases and other security threats against women. Surveys reveal that, smartphone usage by women risen upto 5 folds in last 6 yea...

BACKGROUND Fear of childbirth is a considerable mental, social, and physiological phenomenon among women as well as their families, which can be effective in choosing cesarean section for delivery. AIM To determine some factors contributing to the fear of childbirth among pregnant women. METHOD This cross-sectional study was conducted on 335 pregnant women referred to health centers in Toys...

AIMS To determine the factors that affect why some infants receive higher exposures relative to the mother's body burden than do others. METHODS A total of 159 mother-infant pairs from a cohort of women receiving prenatal care at Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA from 1992 to 1995 provided blood samples at delivery for lead determination. The difference between cord and maternal blood l...

background: the purpose of this study was to describe the knowledge and attitude of pregnant women in qazvin province, central iran, relating to oral hygiene. methods: the study group comprised of 760 pregnant women living in qazvin, center of iran in 2004. the questions were formulated to evaluate information without the need for dental examination. the age groups between 17-41 years old were ...

BACKGROUND Public health officials recommend that women capable of becoming pregnant use folic acid-containing supplements (FAS) to prevent neural tube defects (NTD) in their newborn infants. However, the knowledge about NTD prevention and the prevalence of the use of FAS among women capable of becoming pregnant increased only modestly since the issuing of the recommendation in 1992. Since most...

AIM The rising HIV infection rates among women especially of child bearing age particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa expose children to increased HIV risk even before they are born. Without effective measures or awareness campaigns to deal with mother-to-child transmission, 390 000 out of the global 430 000 children newly infected with HIV during 2008 were from sub-Saharan Africa This study was un...