Background and Objectives Much literature argues that natural selection conserved menopause and longevity in women because those who stopped childbearing helped bolster daughters' fertility and reduce infant mortality among grandchildren. Whether the presence of grandmothers ever improved fitness sufficiently to affect longevity via natural selection remains controversial and difficult to test....

inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) frequently affects young patients of childbearing age. treatments for inflammatory bowel disease include immunosuppressive, cytotoxic and surgical therapies. azathioprine is frequently used to treat patients with steroid dependent ibd. we report the case of a patient with ulcerative colitis, treated with azathioprine prior to conception and during the subsequent...

Background & aim: Despite the importance of motivation for having a child in the process of infertility treatment, there are few studies in this field. This study aimed to investigate the childbearingmotivations of infertile women and comparing the results with those of fertile women. Methods: This descriptive c...

The authors argue that there has been little specific attention to the ethical issues that arise in conducting research with labouring women. This is not strictly true; there is a relevant literature in the area, particularly from North America. In the US, federal regulation and NIH policy require that women, including women of childbearing potential, be included in NIH research unless there is...

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders, affecting about 50 million people around the world. It is recognized that around 50% of patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy become seizure-free with the first drug treatment, so the choice of first antiepileptic drug is crucial. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of zonisamide as monotherapy for partial seizures, with special...

background: our aim was to detect the rate of toxoplasma gondii infections and the coinfections in childbearing age women in turkey accompanying using seroprevalence data from a multicenter hospital setting. methods: overal, 17751 childbearing age women through 16-45 years were included to the study between 2004 and 2010. the clinical samples of the patients were collected from 16 hospitals and...