INTRODUCTION We assessed the fertility desires, utilization of family planning (FP) methods, and incidence of pregnancies among HIV-infected women receiving care in an HIV clinic with an onsite FP services in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. METHODS Between November 2011 and May 2012, all HIV-infected women who attended a routine visit at the clinic were interviewed about their fertili...

By addressing the reproductive intentions and contraceptive practices and needs of every patient, providers may be able to decrease women's chances of experiencing unintended pregnancies and support women in achieving planned and well-timed pregnancies. By addressing the health promotion needs of every patient and examining and addressing her health profile for reproductive risks, irrespective ...

BACKGROUND Prevention of unplanned pregnancies is a critical element in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection, but its potential has not been fully realized. We assessed the utilization of family planning (FP) and fertility desires among women of reproductive age by HIV status. METHODS We selected a nationally representative sample of households using a stratified 2-...

BACKGROUND High maternal and perinatal mortalities occur from deliveries conducted in prayer houses in Nigeria. Although some regulatory efforts have been deployed to tackle this problem, less attention has been placed on the possible motivation for seeking prayer house intervention which could be hinged on the spiritual belief of patients about pregnancy and childbirth. This study therefore se...

Investigators of appetite for food have been tricked into the twin illusions that ratings of the disposition to eat are subjective and amounts eaten at meals are objective. The reality is the opposite. Making a mark on a continuous or broken line specified by two levels of what the rater uses as a single concept is the objective performance of a quantitative judgment. In contrast, the amount of...

We describe a case of bilateral femoral neck fractures secondary to transient osteoporosis of pregnancy, which were diagnosed after delivery due to the desire to avoid ionising radiation. These fractures were presumed to be secondary to transient osteoporosis of pregnancy and were treated successfully with internal fixation despite delayed presentation. We discuss the role of MRI in the evaluat...

Cues associated with food availability and consumption can evoke desire for food, sometimes leading to excessive intake. We have found, however, that food cues acquire incentive motivational properties (the ability to attract and to serve as conditional reinforcers) in some individuals (sign-trackers), but not others (goal-trackers). We asked, therefore, whether rats that are attracted (attribu...

Clara Marie Davis's Montréal description of what she titled “The self-selection of diets by young children” was destined to become both a CMAJ citation classic and a fountainhead of argument, discussion and reinterpretation for everyone hoping to untangle the modern gnarl where children's appetites, food choices and health collide. What Davis claimed to have found changed the world of child fee...

At the end of a day of papers covering almost the Seven Ages of Man it is fitting that the last of them should deal with the problem of feeding elderly people. Fortunately I am not called upon to give a scientific treatise on the part played by nutrition in the ageing processes because our knowledge is lamentably small. I t is, however, as important to assess the effect of growing old, with all...