a survey on women’s knowledge about menopause in rasht sh seyam msc received: 23 july, 2009 accepted: 17 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: menopause is a natural period of life that means permanent cessation of menstruation and end of fertility period. menopause is an important phenomenon in any women’s life. the aim of this research was to determine the knowledge of women about signs and s...

Kamphuis and colleagues analysed the overuse of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, focusing on the newer indications. The incidence of unexplained subfertility as an indication for IVF has undoubtedly increased, but why?With cited incidences being based on registries fromWestern countries, the most likely reason is the increase in female childbearing age and ovarian senescence in older wom...

In this article we propose a sexual developmental approach to classifying the onset of nonconsensual sexual experiences (NSEs) that differs from the traditional age cutoff approach. Online measures of sexual self-schemas, sexual response, and sexual functioning were administered to 797 women with and without NSE histories. Women were grouped based on when their NSEs first occurred in reference ...

BACKGROUND Son preference is predominant in developing countries especially South Asian countries and its effect is most visible when the fertility is on transition. Nepal is a country in South Asia where the fertility has declined and son is valued highly. This study examines the parent's gender preference for children and its effect on fertility and reproductive behaviors. METHODS Study was...

background: the blood donation proportion of women to men is 1 to 9 in iran. lack of time, fear of needling and difficult access to donation sites were main reasons for not donating blood in previous studies. the aim of this study was to assess barriers of blood donation by women working in tehran blood transfusion center. methods: to achieve the aim of this study we designed a qualitative rese...

The epidemiology of lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS) remains controversial. We performed a systemic review with the aim to have a better understanding of DS’s prevalence in general population. The results showed the prevalence of DS is very gender specific and age specific. Both women and men have few DS before 50 years old, after 50 years old both women and men start to develop DS, w...

Past research often explains gender differences in sexual behavior according to differences in social norms for men and women. Yet, individuals' perceptions and internalizations of current social norms are not well understood. This study aimed to examine emerging adults' perceptions of how being male or female impacts their sexuality and how their perceptions would differ if they were another g...

background: sexuality is an important part of women’s health, quality of life, and general well-being. there are many factors influencing the female sexual function, including psychological, physiological, couple relationship, and socio-cultural factors. pregnancy plays an important role in the sexual function and behavior of women. objective: this study aims to evaluate the sexual function and...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Sex differences in the management of acute coronary symptoms are well documented. We sought to determine whether sex disparities exist in acute stroke management, particularly with regard to early hospital admission and thrombolytic therapy. METHODS We analyzed a prospective, countywide, hospital-based stroke registry. Between 1999 and 2005, all cases with a final diagn...

objective: to find out the prevalence and relationship of anemia in reproductive age women in rural area of tabas, center of iran. iron deficiency anemia is the most common nutritional problem, affecting about 41.8% of pregnant and 30.2% of non-pregnant women worldwide. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on the random sample of 382 reproductive age women in rural areas...