Fibromyalgia, formerly thought of as an imaginary or psychosomatic condition, is, in fact, a chronic illness. While it most often affects women in their mid-thirties to late-fifties, it also affects men and children. The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) [2] estimates that the condition affects between two to four percent of the United States population. It causes fatigue, pain in the musc...

ObjectiveTo determine whether body mass index (BMI) affects intrauterine insemination treatment success.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingAcademic medical center.Patient(s)A total of 3,217 cycles in 1,306 patients.Intervention(s)None.Main Outcome Measure(s)Primary outcome was live birth rate stratified by BMI. Secondary outcomes included rates clinical pregnancy (defined as an with a hear...

This study aimed to assess whether physical intimate partner violence affects the nutritional status of adult women with different levels of body mass index (BMI). This was a population-based cross-sectional study with 625 women selected through complex multistage cluster sampling. Information on physical intimate partner violence was obtained with the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales, and nutri...

There is a substantial correlation between household debt and health. Individuals with less healthy lifestyles are more likely to hold debt, yet there is little evidence as to whether this is merely a correlation or if financial hardship actually causes obesity. In this paper, we use data from the National Survey of Adolescent Health to test whether financial hardship affects body weight. We di...

BACKGROUND Hirsutism is the condition of excessive terminal hair growth in women with a typical male pattern distribution. Hirsutism is a common disorder that affects about 5% -10% of women of reproductive age. Adipose tissue contributes up to 50% of the circulating testosterone in premenopausal women Because of excessive androgen production in fat tissue. Therefore, it seems that hirsutism mus...

introduction agriculture relies on nature and farmers face environmental, social, financial and legal issues that makes farming to be consistently and strongly associated with risk. agriculture can be considered to be the most risky economic venture. ahmadi (1) listed several main sources of risk that farmers face. economic risk includes price fluctuations for raw materials such as seed and fer...

Endometriosis is the leading cause of female pelvic pain and infertility and affects approximately 10% of women. Lesions involve the urinary tract in up to 6% of cases with ureteral involvement in a smaller subset of .08% to 1%. Multiple authors describe open and laparoscopic approaches to management of ureteral endometriosis; however, this report describes 2 cases of ureteral obstruction secon...

Pain is a significant public health problem that affects all populations and has significant financial, physical and psychological impact. Opioid medications, once the mainstay of pain therapy across the spectrum, can be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) guidelines recommend that non-opioid pain medications are preferred for chronic pain ...