objective: to investigate the effect of fluoxetine as an ssri on menstrual disorders. materials and methods: in this cross-sectional study 200 women referring to the islamic azad university affiliated hospitals during march 2011- march 2010 were divided into 4 groups. all included patients in this study had the chief complaint of mood disorders in peri- menstrual period. all patients received d...

This study aimed to clarify the association between depressive symptoms and a marker of oxidative stress-induced DNA damage in young females. Since the menstrual cycle may confound or modify this association, depressive symptoms and urinary levels of 8-hydroxy-2' deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) were evaluated during each menstrual phase. A total of 57 female fourth-year students (aged 21.6±0.8) from a ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate postoperative blunt adhesiolysis after sharp adhesiolysis for the treatment of intrauterine adhesions. DESIGN Retrospective analysis of 24 patients treated with primary hysteroscopic adhesiolysis followed by hormone therapy and serial flexible office hysteroscopy (Canadian Task Force Classification II-3). SETTING University-affiliated community hospital. PATIENT(S) T...

The aim of study was to evaluate endocrine changes in PCOS women during metformin treatment. One hundred women with PCOS, aged 20-40 years were included. A complete hormonal and metabolic pattern was recorded for each subject every 6 months. Metformin treatment after 6 and 12 months significantly reduced weight, BMI, waist circumference, insulin and HOMA-IR (p=0.000) with high differences of va...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether menstrual cups are a viable alternative to tampons. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial. SETTING Prince George, Victoria, and Vancouver, BC. PARTICIPANTS A total of 110 women aged 19 to 40 years who had previously used tampons as their main method of menstrual management. INTERVENTION Participants were randomized into 2 groups, a tampon group and a menstrua...

PURPOSE We investigated whether the menstrual cycle affects urinary glycosaminoglycan (GAG) excretion in normal young women. MATERIALS AND METHODS Urine samples from 10 healthy women 19 to 21 years old were collected daily during the whole menstrual cycle. Concentration of total urinary GAG was assessed as mug hexuronic acid per mg creatinine. Proportions of sulfated GAG species were determin...

In this study, we investigate Fas ligand expression in the human endometrium during the menstrual cycle in relation to Fas antigen and Bcl-2 expression, using immunoelectron microscopy and Western blotting. Endometrial samples were obtained from 54 pre-menopausal non-pregnant women who underwent laparotomies for benign diseases. The Fas ligand, as well as the Fas antigen, were expressed on the ...

Introduction: Various phases of menstrual cycle not only affect reproductive system but other systems also. So this study was performed to see effect of various phases of menstrual cycle on nasal mucosa. Materials and methods: Study was performed on 30 healthy female medical students of 18-24 years having regular menstrual cycles. Nasal mucociliary clearance (NMC) time was recorded during menst...

The analysis of the cervical mucus symptom is useful to identify the period of maximum fertility of a woman. In this paper we analyze the daily evolution of the cervical mucus symptom during the menstrual cycle, based on the data collected in two prospective studies, in which the mucus symptom is treated as an ordinal variable. To produce our statistical model, we follow a non-parametric Bayesi...