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BMC Women's Health is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of adolescent girls and women, with a particular focus on the prevention, diagnosis and management of fertility disorders and diseases of gynecological and breast origin, as well as related genetics, pathophysiology, epidemiology, clinical reports and controlled trials.
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BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :11
Six key themes identified from women who have had breast surgery form the basis of a conceptual framework for patient satisfaction and quality of life measures for breast surgery patients.
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :10
Although gestational weight gain correlates with pregnancy progesterone levels, dietary fat intake does not predict levels of progesterone or estradiol, highlighting the need for other determinants of these important factors for breast cancer.
BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :7
Free postal chlamydia screening at pharmacies offering emergency hormonal contraception (EHC) will only be successful if both coverage and uptake is increased and if pharmacists target all EHC clients in order to ensure effective treatment of this high-risk group.
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Effects of multiparity and prolonged breast-feeding on maternal bone mineral density: a community-based cross-sectional study Janaka Lenora, Sarath Lekamwasam, Magnus K Karlsson BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :19 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Satisfaction and compliance in hormonal contraception: the result of a multicentre clinical study on women's experience with the ethinylestradiol/norelgestromin contraceptive patch in Italy Pier Giorgio Crosignani, Carmine Nappi, Salvatore Ronsini, Vincenzina Bruni, Silvia Marelli, Davide Sonnino, Italian EVRA Contrast Study Group BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :18 (30 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Effect of 6-months of physical exercise on the nitrate/nitrite levels in hypertensive postmenopausal women Pedro R Zaros, Carla EM Romero Pires, Mauricio Bacci Jr, Camila Moraes, Angelina Zanesco BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :17 (19 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on social activity, partner relationship, and sexual life Elina Hemminki, Piret Veerus, Heti Pisarev, Sirpa-Liisa Hovi, P BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :16 (8 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and physical exercise for climacteric symptoms in breast cancer patients experiencing treatment-induced menopause: design of a multicenter trial Saskia FA Duijts, Hester SA Oldenburg, Marc van Beurden, Neil K Aaronson BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :15 (6 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Correspondence
Informing women about hormone replacement therapy: the consensus conference statement Paola Mosconi, Serena Donati, Cinzia Colombo, Alfonso Mele, Alessandro Liberati, Roberto Satolli, Consensus Conference Working Group BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :14 (29 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Commentary
Hot flushes and quality of life during menopause Riitta Luoto BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :13 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Clients' reasons for prenatal ultrasonography in Ibadan, South West of Nigeria Christopher A Enakpene, Imran O Morhason-Bello, Anthony O Marinho, Babatunde O Adedokun, Adegoke O Kalejaiye, Kayode Sogo, Sikiru A Gbadamosi, Babatunde S Awoyinka, Obehi O Enabor BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :12 (9 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Satisfaction and quality of life in women who undergo breast surgery: A qualitative study Anne F Klassen, Andrea L Pusic, Amie Scott, Jennifer Klok, Stefan J Cano BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :11 (1 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Dietary fat intake and gestational weight gain in relation to estradiol and progesterone plasma levels during pregnancy: a longitudinal study in Swedish women Marie Lof, Leena Hilakivi-Clarke, Sven Sandin S, Sonia de Assis, Wei Yu, Elisabete Weiderpass BMC Women's Health 2009, 9 :10 (30 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Research
Concurrent chemo-radiotherapy following neoadjuvant chemotherapy in locally advanced breast cancer Alberto Alvarado-Miranda, Oscar Arrieta, Carlos Gamboa-Vignolle, David Saavedra-Perez, Rafael Morales-Barrera, Enrique Bargallo-Rocha, Juan Zinser-Sierra, Victor Perez-Sanchez, Teresa Ramirez-Ugalde, Fernando Lara-Medina Radiation Oncology 2009, 4 :24 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Knowledge and utilization of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in primary health care centers in rural southwest, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study Stella O Akinleye, Catherine O Falade, Ikeoluwapo O Ajayi BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :28 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Commentary
Determining the status of non-transferred embryos in Ireland: a conspectus of case law and implications for clinical IVF practice Eric Scott Sills, Sarah Ellen Murphy Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine 2009, 4 :8 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Stem cell and epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers are frequently over-expressed in circulating tumor cells of metastatic breast cancer patients Bahriye Aktas, Mitra Tewes, Tanja Fehm, Siegfried Hauch, Rainer Kimmig, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11 :R46 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
Review
Oocyte-granulosa-theca cell interactions during preantral follicular development Makoto Orisaka, Kimihisa Tajima, Benjamin K Tsang, Fumikazu Kotsuji Journal of Ovarian Research 2009, 2 :9 (9 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Health - related quality of life of Kuwaiti women with breast cancer: a comparative study using the EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire. Shafika A Alawadi, Jude U Ohaeri BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :222 (8 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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CD133 antigen expression in ovarian cancer Gabriella Ferrandina, Enrica Martinelli, Marco Petrillo, Maria Grazia Prisco, Gianfranco Zannoni, Stefano Sioletic, Giovanni Scambia BMC Cancer 2009, 9 :221 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Postural changes in women with chronic pelvic pain: a case control study Mary LLS Montenegro, Elaine CL Mateus- Vasconcelos, Julio C Rosa e Silva, Francisco J Candido dos Reis, Antonio A Nogueira, Omero B Poli Neto BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :82 (7 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Experiences of professional support during pregnancy and childbirth - a qualitative study of women with type 1 diabetes Marie Berg, Carina Sparud-Lundin BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2009, 9 :27 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Is health related quality of life associated with the risk of low-energy wrist fracture? A case control study. Gudrun Rohde, Anne M Mengshoel, Astrid K Wahl, Torbjorn Moum, Glenn Haugeberg BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2009, 10 :80 (3 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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