backgroundthe current study was conducted to investigate the relationship between unwanted pregnancy based on couples’ opinions and infant nutrition type in women referred to the health centers in mashhad city and their husbands.materials and methodsin this analytical-descriptive study, unwanted or wanted progenies were studied from the viewpoints of 366 women referred to the health centers in ...

background one of domestic violences is wives injury which is a health and psychological chalange. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of domestic violence and related factors in pregnancy. material and methods this descriptive – analytic study evaluated 300 women who attended six health centers in ahvaz in the last month of pregnancy or had labored during past 6 months. abuse...

A first full-term birth at an early age protects women against breast cancer by reducing lifetime risk by up to 50%. The underlying mechanism resulting in this protective effect remains unclear, but many avenues have been investigated, including lobular differentiation, cell fate, and stromal composition. A single pregnancy at an early age protects women for 30-40 years, and this long-term prot...

Epigenetic modifications, and particularly DNA methylation, have been studied in many tissues, both healthy and diseased, and across numerous developmental stages. The placenta is the only organ that has a transient life of 9 months and undergoes rapid growth and dynamic structural and functional changes across gestation. Additionally, the placenta is unique because although developing within t...

Evidence has emerged across the past few decades that the lifetime risk of developing morbidities like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease may be influenced by exposures that occur in utero and in childhood. Developmental abnormalities are known to occur at various stages in fetal growth. Epidemiological and mechanistic studies have sought to delineate developmental processes a...

background & aim: the incidence of acute burn injuries in pregnant women is very low. burn injuries during pregnancy are often associated with a high rate of fetal and maternal mortality and morbidity. in this study, we aimed to review the cases of acute burn during pregnancy and evaluate the outcome of these patients in mashhad, iran. methods:this retrospective study was performed using the me...