results the mean age of the patients was 14.73 ± 2.3 (range 13-16) years. the most common symptom was cyclic dysmenorrhea. the vaginal septum was resected safely in all of the patients. the symptoms including cyclic dysmenorrhea and hematometra resolved after 3 months. conclusions hysteroscopic resection of the vaginal septum is an available, feasible, convenient, and effective tool in the mana...

most people have experienced anxiety in their lives. anxiety is necessary to continue the life but intense anxiety can be reduced person’s efficiency and avoided rational thinking and decision making. the goal of this study was to determine the relationship between levels of anxiety and social adaptation in female students of science and research branch, islamic azad university, tehran, iran. 1...

BACKGROUND The use of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) can help students to form schemas for interpreting local phenomena through the prism of what they already know. The formation of schemas related to HIV/AIDS risk perception and prevention is important for individuals to form local meanings of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The objective of this study was to explore the indigenous names and symptoms of HIV...

Eleven selected prostitute leaders were recruited who subsequently recruited 157 of their peers, bringing the total to 168. Sera was collected and tested for antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 using a commercial enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA); positive cases were confirmed by Western Blot (Dupont). A direct immunofluorescent method was performed on smears from the endocervical junction....

This paper presents the morally controversial phenomenon of prostitution. As the basis for contemplating the prostitution issue the most important is revealing and understanding its primitive ethical root. For understanding its "soul", its essence, also important is comprehending sexual, "elementary thoughts" of mankind, through the relationship between prostitution and religious, social, polit...

SittBOO Baestomy, aged 33 years, Hindoo, a native of tin'3 district nnd a prostitute by profession, came to the Charitable Dispensary on the 6th of June last, to get relief from a tumour which caused her pain and considerable inconvenience especially in walking. This growth sprang from the nymph?, and hung down in front of the urino-genital passage; it was pear shaped, about four inches long ; ...

introduction: the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of high fiber diet on lipid profile of obese adolescent girls. methods: this randomized cross over clinical trial was conducted in southern iran. a total of 56 patients were randomly assigned into two groups. in the first phase, the experiment group had a high fiber diet while the control group consumed their usual diet for 2...

The reasons are clear enough. Industrial centres were not, in reality, wastelands of anomie and alienation, but thriving communities in which close living, plentiful work, and high wages gave the new proletariat reasons for living, not dying. Increasingly, the most dramatically suicide-prone in Victorian England were old men-and male figures were notably higher than female-superannuated, and of...

objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate changes of anger scores in female karate athletes during 18 months, and to compare anger scores in adolescents who continue or stop training karate. method: the sample consisted of 18 female elite karate athletes, practicing modern style of karate. to measure anger and its subscales, participants were asked to complete “adolescent anger rating sc...