Informing about childbirth without increasing anxiety: a qualitative study of first-time pregnant women and partners' pe...
ObjectivesEvaluate the midwives’ practices and knowledges with regard to the management of the smoking cessation in pregnant women and analyze the profile of midwives prescribing nicotine replacement therapy (NRT).MethodsA national practice survey among 23,541 French midwives was conducted from 1 September 2020 to 15 September 2021 using an online ...
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Many feminists argue that one major negative aspect of reproductive healthcare in the U.S. is the common over-medicalization of women during childbirth, including potentially unnecessary procedures such as cesarean-section and episiotomy. As a solution, they advocate for increased involvement of midwives in childbirth practices, as midwives allow w...
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peer reviewed / [en] OBJECTIVE: Nintedanib is an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor targeting, among others, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor. The aim was to establish the role of nintedanib in addition to paclitaxel and carboplatin in first-line recurrent/metastatic cervical cancer. METHODS: Double-blind phase II randomized study in patient...
Published in Journal of minimally invasive gynecology
To compare nifedipine, naproxen, or placebo for pain relief during diagnostic hysteroscopy. Double-blind, randomized controlled pilot study. University hospital. Women scheduled for office diagnostic hysteroscopy (n = 60). Women received nifedipine (2 tablets of 10 mg), naproxen (2 tablets of 250 mg), or placebo (2 tablets of 500 mg lactose) 30 to ...
peer reviewed / [en] OBJECTIVE: Recurrent platinum-resistant ovarian cancer has a poor prognosis with limited therapeutic options. Sub-therapeutic intra-tumoral drug concentrations may add to therapy resistance. CPC634 (docetaxel entrapped in CriPec nanoparticles) was designed to enhance tumor accumulation of drug with localized drug release at the...