Introduction: Endometriosis is a common disease, especially in young women. Inthis article, we reviewed the epidemiology, symptoms, and various options for thetreatment of endometriosis.Material methods: The work was based on medical articles collected inPubMed, websites books. research conducted by looking atkeywords such as: "endometriosis", „endometriosis treatment”, andnew methods"Results: ...

Meta-analysis of randomized studies on the use of low-dose aspirin in women at high risk of preeclampsia (PE) has demonstrated that if treatment is initiated at ≤16 weeks' gestation, there is significant reduction in the risk of PE [relative risk (RR) 0.47, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.36-0.62], fetal growth restriction (RR 0.46, 95% CI 0.33-0.64), preterm birth (RR 0.35, 95% CI 0.22-0.57) an...

BACKGROUND The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is lauded as one of the more successful HIV prevention measures. However, despite some gains in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in sub-Saharan Africa, mother-to-child transmission rates are still high. In Kenya, mother-to-child transmission is considered one of the great...

PURPOSE To evaluate scheduled and unscheduled bleeding and spotting over 1 year of treatment with 91-day extended-regimen combined oral contraception (COC) providing continuous low-dose ethinyl estradiol (EE) in place of the traditional 7-day hormone-free interval (HFI). PATIENTS AND METHODS This post hoc analysis of a multicenter, open-label, 1-year, Phase 3 study of extended-regimen COC wit...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether prescribing physicians advised female patients taking isotretinoin according to pregnancy prevention recommendations, whether women understood those recommendations, and whether women complied with recommendations to prevent pregnancy. DESIGN Cross-sectional study designed to collect patients' self-reported information. Women were interviewed by telephone with a st...

BACKGROUND One of the biggest problem today that most developing countries are faced with is the uncontrolled population growth; a serious threat to the international community. One of the most accessible contraceptive methods is the hormonal methods in which low-dose estrogen (LD) combined pills are considered as the most common among them. The most important reason for discontinuation of the ...

spasticity is the condition resulting of corticispinal damage as occurs in some neurological diseases. the aim of the article is to review the literature on assessment and treatment of spasticity and spastic limbs. the assessment and treatment methods are studied the study involves different method of mangement of spastic limbs in depth. different method of evaluation of spasticity, including b...