INTRODUCTION Quality of life (QoL) issues are of importance in relatives of women with breast cancer (BC)as caregivers in neglecting their own needs due to care of a patient and also as women regarding the potential risk of themselves developing BC. The objectives in the present study were to compare the QoL of female relatives of women in treatment for breast cancer. To date, no study had exam...

This study tested three hypotheses derived from the application of socioemotional selectivity theory and exchange theory to the exchange of emotional support with age and its relationship with positive and negative affect by age. Data are from the Midlife in the United States study of 3,032 U.S. adults between the ages of 25 and 74. The social contact hypothesis predicts that hours of emotional...

Research recurrently shows that females perform better than males on various mindreading tasks. The present study contributes to this growing body of literature by being the first to demonstrate a female own-gender mindreading bias using a naturalistic social cognition paradigm including female and male targets. We found that women performed better at reading others' minds, and that they were s...

BACKGROUND Gendered dynamics in heterosexual relationships compromise women's self-efficacy and increase their vulnerability to acquiring HIV. This study examines the impact of socioeconomic determinants, media exposure, and sexual expectations on sexual behaviors of men and women in the Dominican Republic (DR). METHODS We analyzed cross-sectional data from 51,018 adults in the Dominican Repu...

background: sexual dysfunctions are common and are regarded as important health problems for women of all ages with related quality of life issues. the purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the frequency of sexual dysfunction among women in reproductive age group referred to the islamic azad university hospitals. materials and methods: this study was performed on married women se...

BACKGROUND To determine the frequency and pattern of malignant tumours of the female genital tract among Batswana women. DESIGN A four-year retrospective histological study of the pattern of female genital tract malignancy in Botswana. SETTING University of Botswana and the National Health Laboratory Gaborone, Botswana. The National Health Laboratory is the only public tertiary referral lab...

Mahesh Dattani, one of the greatest dramatists contemporary age, focuses especially on suppressed or less-privileged people. He is not only a dramatist but also an actor and director. deals with sensational issues like homosexuality, gay relationship, taboos, position women, hijra community. In Tara, Dattani has vehemently attacked prevailing socio-cultural system in India, which poses several ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the distribution of low birth weight (LBW), preterm birth, small for gestational age (SGA) and large for gestational age (LGA) by main cause of infertility (female, combined, male, unexplained) in women seeking infertility treatment. DESIGN A case-control study. SETTING A Centre for Reproductive Medicine in Sweden. PARTICIPANTS All women (n=1293) born in Sweden in 1...