The androgyne (from the Greek andros, “man”, and gune, “woman”) is a creature that is half male and female.The Museum of Notre-Dame à la Rose, in Belgium, has among its collections an astonishing and unique work of its kind. The painting, from the end of the sixteenth century, represents “the Lamentation around the remains of Christ” and shows an a...
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Lung cancer is traditionally more prevalent in the elderly patients, men, and smokers. However, as low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is increasingly popular, we hypothesized the disease spectrum might change. LDCT was performed as a part of regular health examinations in 8392 of 15,686 employees from 6 hospitals in different regions of China in 2...
Published in Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
Objectives Turner syndrome (TS) is a complex and chronic medical condition that requires lifelong subspecialty care. Effective transition preparation is needed for successful transfer from pediatric to adult care in order to avoid lapses in medical care, explore health issues such as fertility, and prepare caregivers as adolescents take over respon...
Published in Neurourology and urodynamics
The aim was to describe the characteristics of young adult women who report urinary incontinence (UI), the types of UI they experience, the strategies they use or consider important for managing UI, and help-seeking behavior. Data were from the 1989-1995 Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health cohort (n = 8457) at age 22 to 27 (in 2017). De...
Climate extremes will be intensified and become more frequent. One of the regions where this is the case is the U.S. Gulf coast region. This region is susceptible to the impacts of climate extremes. This region has recently experienced large amounts of economic damages caused by high-impact hurricanes and floods. Meanwhile, drought can also pose se...
Published in Romanian Journal of Internal Medicine
Introduction. The prevalence of obesity is increasing worldwide in high, low, and middle-income countries such as Indonesia. Obesity rate is higher in females in Indonesia. Obesity has important contribution in the occurrence of insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Several anthropometric measurements such as waist circumference (WC...
Published in Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
The disease burden of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is poorly understood. To determine standardized overall and age-, sex-, and race-specific prevalence estimates for PG among adults in the United States. Cross-sectional analysis of 1971 patients with PG identified using electronic health records data from a diverse population-based sample of more than...
Published in Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) take part in tumorigenesis and show aberrant expression levels in cancerous tissues. We aimed to perform miRNA profiling of endometrioid endometrial cancer (EEC) metastatic loci derived from lymph nodes. Identification of aberrant miRNAs in positive lymph nodes could contribute to establishing new diagnostic markers and therapeut...
Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology
Unplanned pregnancy is a common problem among United States servicewomen. Variation among service branches in contraceptive education and access during initial training is associated with differences in contraceptive use and childbirth rates despite access to a uniform health benefit including no-cost reproductive healthcare and contraception. Howe...
Published in BMC Rheumatology
BackgroundThe association between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontitis remains unclear.MethodsWe studied oral health and periodontitis in a population-based case-control study of individuals with ≥10 remaining teeth ≥61 years of age and either with, or without a diagnosis of RA. 126 dentate individuals with RA were recruited together with ag...
