OBJECTIVES Labor induction in post-term pregnancy is considered as a conventional process of mothers' care. Shiatsu technique is one of the complementary methods which use for post-term pregnancy induction. Therefore, the researchers decided to examine the effect of Shiatsu technique on the induction of post-term pregnancy. MATERIALS & METHODS This is a randomized control trials which conduct...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between exposure to mothers smoking during prenatal and early postnatal life and risk of overweight at age 7 years, while taking birth weight into account. METHODS From the Danish National Birth Cohort a total of 32,747 families were identified with available information on maternal smoking status in child's pre- and postnatal life and child's birth we...

In several recent published studies, paleomagnetic results from greigite-bearing sediments reveal characteristic remanences that are anti-parallel to those carried by coexisting detrital magnetic minerals and polarities that are opposite to those expected for the age of the rock unit. These observations have important implications for the reliability of paleomagnetic data from greigite-bearing ...

BACKGROUND Maternal overweight and obesity are associated with slower labour progress and increased caesarean delivery for failure to progress. Obesity is also associated with hyperlipidaemia and cholesterol inhibits myometrial contractility in vitro. Our aim was, among overweight and obese nulliparous women, to investigate 1. the role of early pregnancy serum cholesterol and 2. clinical risk f...

In rodents, placental lactogen (PL)-I is considered to be the first trigger to enhance pancreatic islet B-cell function, and after its secretion is diminished at mid-pregnancy, PL-II takes over this role. However, little information is available on the regulation of islet B-cell function and proliferation by lactogenic hormones during the last third of pregnancy. This was the focus of the prese...

background: prolonged gnrh-a administration in ivf cycles may have some advantages related to the treatment outcomes. objective: in this study, we aimed to analyse the effect of prolonged gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist (gnrh-a) administration on controlled ovarian hyperstimulation outcomes of in vitro fertilization (ivf) patients. materials and methods: in this retrospective study, 55 p...

A 32 year old female presented with a history of 2 miscarriages at 6 weeks of pregnancy followed by 10 years of infertility. A bilateral wedge resection for polycystic ovaries had been carried out 8 years ago and had resulted in regular periods. A post-surgical laparoscopy revealed a blocked left tube and a tortuous right tube with multiple adhesions, which were partially freed. An unsuccessful...