Results: Of 386 patients with normal referral cytology, 32 (8.3%) had CIN I, 14 (3.6%) had CIN II/III, 2 patients (0.5%) had glandular abnormalities (CGIN) and 1 (0.3%) had invasive cervical cancer stage 1b1. Assuming cumulative smears have 93% specificity, there is a more than expected increase in CIN in women with normal cytology and PCB (using Chi-squared test p<0.01). Of 92 patients with no...

Background: Each year about 600000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States and is the second most common operation after cesarean. Because of its effect on infertility and mental image of the body it may lead to sexual dysfunction. This study was done to evaluate the effect of hysterectomy on sexual dysfunction in patients referred to Amir hospital. Materials and Methods: This study w...

Surrogate end points in clinical research pose real danger. A surrogate end point is an outcome measure, commonly a laboratory test, that substitutes for a clinical event of true importance. Resistance to activated protein C, for example, has been used as a surrogate for venous thrombosis in women using oral contraceptives. Other examples of inappropriate surrogate end points in contraception i...

In the period between puberty and maturity takes place the process of brain maturation. Hormone levels induce changes in neurons and direct the architecture and structural functionality thus affecting patterns of development of different brain areas. The onset of puberty brings with it the invasion of the female brain by high levels of hormones, cyclic surges of estrogen and progesterone in add...

The epithelial and mesothelial cellular components of organs can be obtained as dissociated cells using adequate procedures of enzymatic digestion followed by pycnotic separation on density gradients. Using a specially developed procedure for tissue dissociation, the epithelial and connective tissue components of endometria from pseudopregnant mice were grown in culture using a combination of t...

BACKGROUND The present study was aimed at determining the prophylactic efficacy of American cranberry (AC) extract (Cysticlean®) in women with recurrent symptomatic postcoital urinary tract infections (PCUTI), non-consumer of AC extract in the past 3 months before inclusion, and to determine changes in their quality of life (QoL). METHODS This was a single center, observational, prospective s...

Nineteen occurrences of interspecific sexual behavior between male southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) and juvenile Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) were reported in Monterey Bay, California, between 2000 and 2002. At least three different male sea otters were observed harassing, dragging, guarding, and copulating with harbor seals for up to 7 d postmortem. Carcasses of 1...

The treatment of recurrent lower urinary tract infections in young female patients remains controversial (Naber, 2000; Stamatiou, 2005; Wagenlehner, 2009). Recurrent lower UTI is often associated with sexual intercourse. The association of UTI with sexual intercourse poses both medical and psychological problems for these patients (Stamatiou, 2005). Usually these patients are young females. Rep...

Motility is the feature that allows spermatozoa to actively reach and penetrate the female gamete during fertilization. When this function is altered, and especially decreased, troubles in conceiving may occur. In this study, we demonstrated that treating fertile women with myo-inositol (MI) vaginal suppositories ameliorated their partners' sperm motility and also positively affected their conc...