Abstract Introduction: Urinary incontinence (UI) is any involun-tary loss of urine, exhibiting a relationship with pelvic floor muscle weakness and overload. The physical exertion required the woman farmer may predispose her to higher frequency UI. Objective: To evaluate prevalence UI associated factors in women farmers. Methods: Cross-sectional study, appli-cation an evaluation form Internatio...

Women form an integral part of agriculture in the developing world, as farmers, as custodians and users of traditional knowledge and as seed managers. All of these roles and responsibilities in various ways ensure rural food security and maintenance of agricultural biodiversity. In fact, informal exchange of knowledge and seed sharing is central to farming practices in the developing world. The...

Women's empowerment in agriculture is discussed on the basis of two indicators: control over production resources and decision-making about agricultural production. The aim this study to determine degree women farmers South-eastern Serbia. initial assumption that part Serbia low. empirical study, conducted using a specially designed questionnaire, encompassed 132 Municipality Svrljig. results i...

This paper discusses the responsibility of general practitioners who are consulted by women who have been physically injured by the men with whom they live. The paper draws on a study of 50 women who were interviewed at a refuge for battered women, and considers the help which they received, or did not receive, from their general practitioners. Such women are likely to face many difficulties: i...

Special thanks to The Ford Foundation for its support of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and Building Comprehensive Solutions to Domestic Violence, the initiative under which these materials were produced. We also wish to acknowledge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for their ongoing funding of the NRC. The ideas expressed herein are those of the author and do ...

Serum testosterone ranges are based on endogenous hormone production. There is no evidence to support that dosing for exogenous testosterone therapy should be based on establish ranges from endogenous production (which have been shown to be inaccurate in women and children). Subcutaneous testosterone doses from 75 mg to 150 mg (and up to 225 mg) have been shown to be efficacious without signifi...