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Women with Type 1 diabetes (T1D) experience a shorter reproductive period compared with nondiabetic women: the Pittsburgh Epidemiology of Diabetes Complications (EDC) study and the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).

Mar 04, 2021

Evidence suggests that insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia may disrupt the female reproductive system's normal function, leading to delayed menarche and premature ovarian aging. We thus compared the ...

Dienogest versus continuous oral levonorgestrel/EE in patients with endometriosis: what's the best choice?

Mar 04, 2021

Combined oral contraceptives (COC) and progestogens are widely used for the treatment of endometriosis. The objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of dienogest 2 mg vs continuous oral lev...

Differential diagnosis of T2 hypointense masses in musculoskeletal MRI.

Mar 04, 2021

Many soft tissue masses have an indeterminate appearance on MRI, often displaying varying degrees and extent of T2 hyperintensity. However, a subset of neoplasms and tumor-like lesions may exhibit pro...

Application of robotic single-site surgery with optional additional port for endometriosis: a single institution's experience.

Mar 04, 2021

To evaluate the safety and feasibility of treating stage I-IV endometriosis patients with robotic single-site surgery (RSSS). A retrospective chart review was conducted on 334 patients with endometrio...

Breast cancer proliferation and deterioration-associated metabolic heterogeneity changes induced by exposure of bisphenol S, a widespread replacement of bisphenol A.

Mar 04, 2021

Exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) is considered to be associated with the increased incidence of breast cancer. As a widespread replacement of BPA, the effect of bisphenol S (BPS) on breast tumor programm...

Diagnostic accuracy of MRI textural analysis in the classification of breast tumors.

Mar 04, 2021

To investigate whether textural analysis (TA) of MRI heterogeneity may play a role in the clinical assessment and classification of breast tumors.For this retrospective study, patients with breast mas...

Prognostic Factors and Survival Outcomes among Patients with Breast Cancer and Brain Metastases at Diagnosis: A National Cancer Database Analysis.

Mar 04, 2021

The aim of this study was to assess for clinicopathologic and socioeconomic features that predict improved survival for patients with advanced breast cancer with synchronous brain metastases at diagno...

Successful Implementation of a Medical Student Postpartum Follow-up Phone Call Project.

Mar 04, 2021

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommends prompt postpartum follow-up. However, 40% of women do not attend postpartum visits. These rates are lower in populations with limited...

Role of Urodynamics Study in the Management of Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Women.

Mar 01, 2021

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) usually coexist and are common among women. Since the efficacy of urodynamic studies (UDS) in evaluating these conditions is subject...

Early urinary continence recovery following retzius-sparing robotic-assistant radical prostatectomy with suprapubic catheter: a short-term follow-up outcome.

Mar 01, 2021

To evaluate the recovery of early urinary continence in patients with prostate cancer using a suprapubic catheter during Retzius-sparing robotic-assistant laparoscopic prostatectomy.From January 2018 ...

Timing of mortality in mothers with recurrent convictions for driving under the influence of alcohol and their children, from childbirth to child age 17.

Mar 01, 2021

We tested variation in the timing of child and maternal mortality associated with severe maternal AUD, as represented by recurrent arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol (rDUI).rDUI mother...

CircRAB11FIP1 promoted autophagy flux of ovarian cancer through DSC1 and miR-129.

Mar 01, 2021

At present, no systematic and in-depth study is available on the function and potential mechanisms of circular RNA in autophagy. This study aimed to screen the expression profiles of circRNA, miRNA, a...

Incidence of venous thromboembolism after standard treatment in patients with epithelial ovarian cancer in Korea.

Mar 01, 2021

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a hospital-associated severe complication that may adversely affect patient prognosis. In this study, we evaluated the incidence of VTE and its risk factors in patients...

Predictors of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in women with and without polycystic ovary syndrome: Australian Longitudinal Study of Women's Health.

Mar 01, 2021

A higher risk of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy (HDP) is frequently reported in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). These women, however, have a higher risk profile for HDP compared to w...

Glutathionylation-dependent proteasomal degradation of wide-spectrum mutant p53 proteins by engineered zeolitic imidazolate framework-8.

Mar 01, 2021

Point mutations within the DNA-binding domain of the TP53 gene occur in a significant percentage of human cancer, leading to cellular accumulation of highly stabilized mutant p53 proteins (mutp53) wit...

Beta-blockers in early-stage breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Mar 01, 2021

Preclinical and retrospective studies suggest that beta-blockers are active against breast cancer. We carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the impact of beta-blockers on the out...

Follistatin-like 1 deficiency impairs T cell development to promote lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer.

Mar 01, 2021

Our study aims to detect the underlying mechanism of the suppressive effect of Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) on lung metastasis of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). We found that FSTL1 had no effect ...

Point-of-care ultrasound in obstetrics and gynecology.

Mar 01, 2021

The rapid technical development and portability of ultrasound systems over recent years has had a profound impact on the area of point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS), both in general medicine and in obste...

The Preparing Residents for International Medical Experiences (PRIME) Simulation Workshop: Equipping Surgery and Anesthesia Trainees for International Rotations.

Mar 01, 2021

Although global health training expands clinical and sociocultural expertise for graduate medical trainees and is increasingly in demand, evidence-based courses are limited. To improve self-assessed c...

Reliability and validity of Midwifery - Obstetrics Collaboration (MOC) scale: A tool to improve collaborative practice.

Mar 01, 2021

In recent decades, there has been a call to foster effective collaborative models of practice between midwives and obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs) in the United States in order to improve clinic...

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