Adolescence, a period of transition between childhood and adulthood, refers to the time when individuals undergo physiological changes that are also reflected in social with awakening sexuality. During this time, young people explore novelty, dealing romantic sexual desires, from this, lack guidance stemming scarcity information can impact adolescent’s health, context, future. School dropout, d...

BACKGROUND Pregnancy in adolescence tends to repeat over generations. This event has been little studied in middle and low-income societies undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition. To assess this association it is important to adjust for socioeconomic conditions at different points in lifetime. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze the independent effect of adolescent childbearin...

Thyroid disorders in infancy, childhood and adolescence represent common and usually treatable endocrine disorders. Thyroid hormones are essential for normal development and growth of many target tissues, including the brain and the skeleton. Thyroid hormone action on critical genes for neurodevelopment is limited to specific time window, and even a short period of deficiency of TH can cause ir...

We describe the main issues encountered in pregnancy care in two perinatally infected adolescents with HIV. Despite the young maternal age, both mothers complied well with visits and treatment during pregnancy and delivered at week 38 through elective caesarean section. Both, however, missed the regular gynaecological and the routine HIV visits scheduled after pregnancy. Both infants following ...

Following the UK Medical Research Council's (MRC) guidelines for the development and evaluation of complex interventions, this study aimed to design, develop and optimise an educational intervention about young men and unintended teenage pregnancy based around an interactive film. The process involved identification of the relevant evidence base, development of a theoretical understanding of th...

Perinatal maternal depression leads to a variety of biochemical and behavioral changes in utero. These alterations are linked impaired fetal development may also be detrimental future neonatal, pediatric, adolescent health. There is marked rise the incidence atopic triad conditions, such as dermatitis asthmatic wheezing, children pregnant mothers with antepartum depression, possibly due an aber...

abstract aim and background: today depression is more common disorder in all of world. depression present in all ages & all races in both men & women. studies show depression has increased prevalence in adolescent. some researchers believe mdd (that influence function) under diagnosed & treatment in adolescent. more researches are needed to understand mdd prevalence in adolescent.we studied mdd...

objective: premenstrual syndrome (pms) is a common psychosomatic disorder and about 30%-50% of women in the childbearing age suffer from mild to moderate form of this disorder and 3%-8% suffer from its sever form. the symptoms of this disorder are related to the specific biological characteristics of women's reproductive age that can start from teen years. the symptoms' devastating effect on th...

The central endocannabinoid system (ECS) and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis mediate individual responses to emotionally salient stimuli. Their altered developmental adjustment may relate to the emergence of emotional disturbances. Although environmental influences regulate the individual phenotype throughout the entire lifespan, their effects may result particularly persistent during p...