The frequency of menstruation was reduced to once every three months in 196 women by the continuous administration of the oral contraceptive pill, Minilyn, for 84 days (tri-cycle regimen). No pregnancies occurred. One hundred and sixty-one women (82%) welcomed the reduction in the number of periods with the associated freedom from menstrual and premenstrual symptoms, and many found the tri-cycl...

Different packaging is available to consumers, and marination is widely applied. However, their effects on the quality of broiler breast fillets during home freezing are not well known to consumers. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of packaging materials on the quality of chicken breast fillets after 1, 3, and 6 wk storage at -18°C. A total of 256 fillet were ra...

This study compared the performance of Santalum album L. planted at five spacing treatments (2.4 X 2.4 m, 3.0 3.6 4.6 and 5.5 m) under farm condition in Tamil Nadu, India assessed impact these planting densities on growth volume wood production. In order to determine their response, biometric attributes sandal such as height (m), diameter breast (m) (m3) trees were measured. To assess periodica...

BACKGROUND Moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects 8-20 percent of premenopausal women. Previous studies suggest that high dietary vitamin D intake may reduce risk. However, vitamin D status is influenced by both dietary vitamin D intake and sunlight exposure and the association of vitamin D status with PMS remains unclear. METHODS We assessed the relation of plasma 25-hydroxyv...

Patient 1, female, 39‐year‐old, who was admitted because of iterative right upper abdominal pain for 9 days and aggravation for 3 h. Patient 2, female, 38‐year‐old, who was admitted because of right upper abdominal pain for 3 days. In two cases, physical examination showed right upper abdomen tenderness, mild rebound tenderness, liver percussion pain, and positive Murphy sign. B ultrasound show...

INTRODUCTION Electronic brachytherapy (EBT) was developed to allow accelerated partial breast irradiation to be performed in a patient procedure room with minimal shielding. This observational, nonrandomized, multicenter study evaluated EBT as a post-surgical adjuvant radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer. METHODS This study included women aged 50 years or more with invasive carcino...

Aim of this study was to investigate psychophysical characteristics of the premenstrual period in regard to the period following menstruation. Psychophysical characteristics are defined as assessments of the physical state (fatigue, breast tenderness, bloating and lack of sleep), emotional state (happiness, anger, sadness, irritability, anxiety and distraction) and general assessments of physic...

To compare the occurrence, signs, and symptoms of lymphedema (LE) the arms of women after axillary lymph node dissection (ALND), sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), combined SLNB and ALND (Both), or neither as part of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, a concurrent descriptive-comparative cross-sectional four-group design with retrospective chart review was carried out. In a convenience samp...