Background: Crohn's disease (CD) is an idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of CD in Québec and characterize the demographic and health-relat...
Claudie Berger et al.2008Journal of Bone and Mineral Research : the Official Journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Our objective was to estimate the relationship between longitudinal change in BMD and fragility fractures. We studied 3635 women and 1417 men 50-85 yr of age in the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis S...
Laberge PY2008Journal de gynecologie, obstetrique et biologie de la reproduction
Endometrial ablation (EA) has been performed for the past two decades as an alternative to hysterectomy in women with dysfunctional-uterine bleeding unresponsive to medical treatment. However, unlike ...
Wayne PM et al.2008Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To assess feasibility, and collect preliminary data for a subsequent randomized, sham-controlled trial to evaluate Japanese-style acupuncture for reducing chronic pelvic pain and impr...
A Papaioannou et al.2008Osteoporosis International : a Journal Established As Result of Cooperation Between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
Using prospective data from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos), we compared health utilities index (HUI) scores after 5 years of follow-up among participants (50 years and older) with...
Veneroso C et al.2008Cancer Detection and Prevention
Background: Many studies have investigated risk factors for developing breast cancer, but few have explored whether these risk factors are associated with the aggressiveness of the tumor. This case-ca...
Tumor Aggressiveness Risk FactorsBreast Cancer RiskReproductive Risk Factors
Background: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use may be associated with an increased risk of fractures; however, nothing is known about the risk associated with intrauterine contraceptive devi...
Bone Health EffectsContraceptive AssociationsSkeletal Outcomes
Stanford JB et al.2008Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM
Objectives: We evaluated outcomes in couples treated for infertility with natural procreative technology (NaProTechnology [corrected] NPT), a systematic medical approach for optimizing physiologic con...
Clinical OutcomesLive Birth RatesGeneral Practice Setting
Quaas A et al.2008Reviews in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Over the past decade, significant advances have occurred in the diagnosis and treatment of reproductive disorders. In this review, we discuss the routine testing performed to diagnose unexplained infe...
Background: Little is known on fracture risk in young women using oral contraceptives.
Study Design: Case-control study (64,548 cases, 193,641 controls).
Results: Overall, no major association with ...
Cornish JA et al.2008The American Journal of Gastroenterology
Objectives: Several environmental and genetic factors have been implicated to date in the development of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The aim of this study was to provide a quanti...
This article questions the conclusions drawn by the author of "The Mirena® Levonorgestrel-releasing Intrauterine System and Its Application to the Treatment of Menorrhagia: A Moral Opinion" (Linacre Q...
Mirkes R2008The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
This essay sets down three directives for conscientiously objecting clinicians-physicians, particularly obstetrician/gynecologists, trained in NaProTechnology by the Pope Paul VI Institute and Creight...
Reproductive MedicineConscience RightsHealthcare Provider Training
Objective: To investigate the risks of chromosome mutation after ART for couples with comparable genetic backgrounds.
Design: Prospective clinical observational study.
Setting: In vitro fertilizatio...
Background: Striking geographic variation in the incidence of osteoporotic fracture has been shown in national and international studies. The contributing risk factors for this variation are not fully...
L A Langsetmo et al.2008Osteoporosis International : a Journal Established As Result of Cooperation Between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA
Observational studies are needed to quantify real-life effectiveness of antiresorptive therapy in the prevention of clinical fractures. Antiresorptive therapies were associated with an overall 32% red...
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene (677C>T, 1298A>C) cause elevated plasma homocysteine concentrations and have been linked to fatal outcomes after nitrous o...
Popat VB et al.2008Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Menstruation is the cyclic, orderly sloughing of the uterine lining on account of the interactions of hormones produced by the hypothalamus, pituitary, and ovaries. There is a tendency among parents a...
Yeung PP Jr et al.2008The Journal of Maternal-fetal & Neonatal Medicine : the Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
This is the first known case of extended somatic support beyond viability for a pregnant woman with brain death resulting from metastatic malignant melanoma, resulting in a live birth.
Maternal Brain DeathSomatic Support in PregnancyCritical Care
Wang L et al.2008Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
Objective: To determine the effect of luteinized unruptured follicle (LUF) cycles on frozen thawed embryo transfer (FET).
Design: A retrospective analysis comparing the clinical outcomes after FET amo...
Objective: To report the novel technique of periumbilical ultrasound-guided saline infusion (PUGSI).
Design: Prospective study of two noninvasive diagnostic tests to detect obliterating subumbilical a...
Berger C et al.2008
Open Access
CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal = Journal De l'Association Medicale Canadienne
Background: Measurement of bone mineral density is the most common method of diagnosing and assessing osteoporosis. We sought to estimate the average rate of change in bone mineral density as a functi...
Objectives: Interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome (IC/PBS) is a chronic disease primarily in women that is of low incidence and unknown etiology and manifests as bladder pain and urinary symp...
Interstitial CystitisUTI DetectionCase-Control Study
The acrosome is a secretory vesicle located in the sperm head. The acrosome reaction consists in the fusion of the sperm plasma membrane with the external acrosomal membrane. It has been observed that...
Acrosome ReactionEstradiol Effects on SpermHormonal Interactions
McFarlane-Anderson N et al.2008
Open Access
BMC Womens Health
Background: This study was conducted to determine whether use of hormonal contraceptives is associated with cervical dysplasia and cancer in a population where there is widespread use of hormonal cont...
Everest NJ et al.2008Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
OBJECTIVE: Rupture of the membranes in the second trimester is reported to be associated with high rates of pregnancy loss, neonatal mortality and morbidity. This article describes the outcomes of liv...
Purpose: We aimed to evaluate the effect of epilepsy on the reproductive hormones levels among female patients, and to investigate the frequency of catamenial pattern of seizures.
Methods: A total of...
Epilepsy and Reproductive HormonesInadequate Luteal PhaseCatamenial Epilepsy
Alukal JP et al.2008The Urologic Clinics of North America
In vitro fertilization used in combination with intracytoplasmic sperm injection allows otherwise sterile couples to become parents. Despite recent studies on the safety of these technologies, there i...
In 1980, Espey proposed a famous hypothesis that mammalian ovulation is comparable to an inflammatory reaction and many researches have proved the validity of his hypothesis in the last three decades....
Inflammatory MechanismsLuteinized Unruptured FollicleG-CSF in Reproduction
In the light of similarities between premenstrual syndrome and toxaemia, and the fact that treatment of the former with progesterone not only relieved the symptoms (Greene and Dalton, 1953) but also p...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the type and etiopathogenic role of infectious agents detected in endometrial cultures obtained from women with chronic endometritis (CE).
DESIGN: Prospective controlled study....
Background: Many national and institutional family planning policies explicitly include fertility awareness-based methods among the method options that should be made available, but these methods are ...
Program ImplementationTypical Use EffectivenessCommunity-Based Providers
The purpose of this study was to determine the variability in length of the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle with 140 participants who produced 1,060 cycles with an electronic hormonal fertility m...
Fertile Window EstimationVariability and DurationE3G and LH Detection
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent, affecting more than 47 million US residents. This condition is also multifaceted, potentially leading to significant disturbance of numerous physiologic ...
Metabolic SyndromeObesity and Hormonal DysfunctionSystemic Disease Impact
At the 2007 Position Development Conference, the Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Technical Task Force investigated three major areas of bone density testing. Although bone mineral density (BMD) testi...
Annual report (Jahrbuch) of the Deutsches IVF-Register (DIR) for treatment year 2007. DIR is the German national IVF/ICSI registry, founded 1982 — the oldest continuously operating ART registry. Volun...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of cell phone use on various markers of semen quality.
DESIGN: Observational study.
SETTING: Infertility clinic.
PATIENT(S): Three hundred sixty-one men undergo...
Stubbs ML2008Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
This overview details the persistence of negative characterizations of the menstrual cycle as a feature of the current cultural context in which girls begin menstrual life in the United States. In add...
Obaydi H et al.2008The Journal of international medical research
A systematic, prospective observer-rated study was carried out to determine the prevalence of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder (premenstrual syndrome) in women with autism. A group of women with a...
Brannigan R et al.2008The Global Library of Women's Medicine
It is well understood that a myriad of complex steps occur between the time of ejaculation and the union of the haploid number of chromosomes from each partner that results in the final process of fer...
Transport and CapacitationCapacitation MechanismsSperm Preparation
Objective: To assess the risk of oral contraceptives on the occurrence of cervical cancer. Material and Method: A hospital-based case-control study was conducted. Sixty women patients with histologica...
Cervical Cancer RiskCervical CancerCase-Control Studies
Oxidative stress occurs when the production of potentially destructive reactive oxygen species (ROS) exceeds the bodies own natural antioxidant defenses, resulting in cellular damage. Oxidative stress...
Golden NH et al.2008Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Menstrual irregularity is a common occurrence during adolescence, especially within the first 2-3 years after menarche. Prolonged amenorrhea, however, is not normal and can be associated with signific...