OBJECTIVE To evaluate menstrual cycle histories among women with type 1 diabetes, their sisters, and unrelated control subjects without diabetes across all reproductive ages. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Menstrual and reproductive histories were obtained by questionnaire from 143 women with type 1 diabetes, 186 sisters without diabetes, and 158 unrelated control subjects without diabetes parti...

PURPOSE Multiple trials by the World Health Organization have established levonorgestrel as the gold standard in hormonal emergency contraception (EC). However, changes in menstrual patterns following EC have been observed; thus, we undertook this prospective study to identify and determine the characteristics of these changes. MATERIALS Women requesting EC at either any of two hospitals --1 ...

Purpose: The menstrual cycle is used as a sign of women’s health. Objective of study is determining the current menstrual patterns of students in Gorgan –Northeast of Iran, and evaluation of affecting factors on the cycle. Material and Methods: The study participants included 106 college student, females aged 18-30 that filled a questionnaire to detect the menstrual pattern, affecting factors o...

OBJECTIVES This study determined the clinical and nutritional variables associated with menstrual disturbance in women with bulimia nervosa (BN). METHODS Eighty-two women with DSM-IV BN underwent psychiatric, nutritional and menstrual related assessments prior to an outpatient treatment programme and at 12 months follow-up. RESULTS Forty-five percent reported a current irregular menstrual c...

background: opium is one of the most commonly abused opiates in developing countries including iran. considering the importance of maternal health on the newborn, we aimed to assess the effect of opium abuse on fetal heart rate (fhr) characteristics in a sample of pregnant women in zahedan, southeast iran. methods: this cross-sectional study was done on 100 pregnant women referring to ali-ibn-a...

Attempts were made to identify menstrual blood by means of paper electrophoresis with preparation of extracts of menstrual blood isolated under various conditions and mixed with human fibrin. Also similar analyses were conducted with blood aspirated from the median cubital vein of a woman during menstruation as well as from a man as the control, also with extracts of lochial blood from a woman ...

PURPOSE To measure the association between the menstrual cycle and the frequency of alveolar osteitis (AO). MATERIALS AND METHODS In a study with a single-blind design, patients with bilateral impacted third molar teeth underwent randomized surgical extraction: one tooth during the menstrual period and one during the middle of the cycle. The postoperative examiner was unaware of the menstrual...

'In healthy menstruation the blood which is discharged does not coagulate; in the irregular or unhealthy it does....' This observation on the non-coagulability of menstrual blood was made by John Hunter in 1794.1 A similar observation was made by Bell in 19122 on the composition of menstrual blood found in patients with haematocolpos. Over the past 20 years laboratory and clinical research has ...

BACKGROUND Menstrual morbidity plays a significant role in adolescent females' lives. There are no studies to date reporting such data from menstrual health education programs in schools. AIMS The aim of our study was to report results from an audit of a menstrual health and endometriosis education program in secondary schools and observe age patterns of young women presenting for menstrual m...