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...

Monomorphic (inversion free) and polymorphic (with inversion) strains of Drosophila ananassae established from out-bred population collected at Mysore have been used to study female age influence on fecundity, fertility, and ovariole number. It was noticed that polymorphic strains had greater fecundity, fertility, and ovariole number than monomorphic strains. It was also noticed that in both mo...

BACKGROUND Women of reproductive age are a group of particular concern as diabetes may affect their pregnancy outcome as well as long-term morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to compare the clinical profiles and glycemic control of reproductive and non-reproductive age women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) in primary care settings, and to determine the associated factors of poor glycemic contr...

BACKGROUND Female life expectancy in developed countries has increased by 30 years in the twentieth century. AIM To determine if there has been an increase in reproductive longevity. METHODS We analysed age-specific fertility data from birth statistics for the USA, Canada, Japan, France, Sweden, the UK and Australia. RESULTS Since 1940, birth rates for women aged 35 and over have declined...

This qualitative study in the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed to explore facilitators and barriers to the use of reproductive health services by unmarried women. A purposive sample of unmarried women aged 25-60 years in Isfahan city were interviewed about their experiences of reproductive health services in public health centres. Content analysis of responses revealed that the favourable charact...

According to the GMHS, 7% of all pregnancies end in abortion (Figure 1, page 2), and 15% of women aged 15 –49 have ever had an abortion.1 About 15 abortions are performed for every 1,000 women of reproductive age (15–44) each year. According to a study conducted in the late 1990s in southern Ghana, 17 abortions were observed for every 1,000 women of reproductive age.5 The level of abortion in G...