Sentences with phrase «many women of reproductive age»

Columbia University researchers found that 3.9 % of pregnant women (and 7.6 % of non-pregnant women of reproductive age) reported using marijuana in the previous month between 2007 and 2012.

According to reporting from Vox, North America in the early 1990s saw 45 abortions for every 1,000 women of reproductive age.

For example, countries in the Caribbean currently own the highest abortion rates (65 per 1,000 women of reproductive age).

Their calculations show that while the number of abortions per person has stayed stagnant in many poorer areas, in richer areas it fell from 25 to 14 per 1,000 women of reproductive age.

By World Bank estimates, 56 percent of the married women of reproductive age in Japan in 1989 used modern methods of contraception (pill, IUD, diaphragm, sterilization, etc.).

The lowest abortion rates in the world - less than 10 per 1,000 women of reproductive age - are in Europe, where abortion is legal and available

It is a major public health problem with adverse consequences particularly for women of reproductive age and for young children.

... Based on current knowledge, there is no medical evidence to indicate that in the general population, women of reproductive age are at higher risk of miscarriage or preterm delivery if they continue to breastfeed while pregnant.

The recommendations in the box on page 5 are suggested to improve the nutrition of adolescent girls and women of reproductive age.

Women of reproductive age, newborns and other family members, support groups, traditional birth attendants, community health workers, and midwives

In the latest national data, US women of reproductive age are alarmingly heavy: 52 % are overweight, 29 % are obese, and 8 % have a body mass index (BMI; in kg / m2) of ≥ 40, which places them in the obese III category (1).

This trial will include women of reproductive age (15 — 49 years) who are pregnant at the time of recruitment, and their respective children from the pregnancies aged less than 6 months in Koibatek sub-county in Baringo county.

«The U.S. has experienced a 400 percent increase in overdoses due to prescription opioid pain relievers among women of reproductive age between 1999 and 2010, and those deaths are concentrated among white women in rural areas, and those with lower socioeconomic status,» said Jarlenski.

The FDA Monitoring Program data set, which includes only 19 spiny dogfish specimens, puts the average mercury concentration in dogfish over 0.5 parts per million — high enough to result in an advisory for women of reproductive age and children in many states.

Considering the urgency of addressing the current diabetes and obesity epidemics, their article is also a call to action for researchers and health systems to develop successful interventions to increase physical activity among women of reproductive age.»

By contrast, high income nations such as Italy (8th) and the United Kingdom (5th) reported only 5,480 and 4,918 cycles per million women of reproductive age, respectively.

Roughly 40 percent of Brazilian women of reproductive age have been sterilized, says Joseph Chamie, who is director of the United Nations Population Division.

The study compares the prevalence of ART usage across 35 European countries since 2010, which is the number of ART cycles, per million women of reproductive age (15 - 44 years).

Endometriosis is a chronic, often painful disease affecting up to 10 percent of women of reproductive age in the U.S..

Women who have polycystic ovary syndrome — the most common hormone disorder in women of reproductive age — are more likely to experience chronic low - grade inflammation during pregnancy than counterparts who do not have the condition, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).

Among the most common hormone disorders in women of reproductive age, PCOS occurs when a women's body produces slightly higher amounts of testosterone and other androgen hormones — sex hormones typically associated with men, but also found in women — than normal.

In our day and age, when growing numbers of women of reproductive age are diagnosed with thyroid cancer and when fertility problems are rampant, these findings should serve as an additional consideration for physicians contemplating radioactive iodine for their patients,» said senior author Karen Tordjman, MD, associate professor of medicine at the Sackler Faculty of Medicine of Tel Aviv University.

These findings are important given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity worldwide, and suggest that preventing women of reproductive age from becoming overweight or obese is important to the health of their children.

Women of reproductive age who have thyroid cancer should be cautious about receiving radioactive iodine treatment, which affects their remaining egg supply — their ovarian reserve — and may affect their fertility, new research from Israel finds.

Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome — the most common hormone disorder in women of reproductive age — face a heightened risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, mental health conditions, reproductive disorders and cancer of the lining of the uterus than healthy women, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

A new study by Yale School of Medicine researchers provides insight into how much women of reproductive age in the United States know about reproductive health.

The findings, published online in the February issue of the journal Obesity, highlight the need for a comprehensive approach to obesity reduction among women of reproductive age that includes weight counseling before conception and during pregnancy.

While estrogens are present in both men and women, they are usually present at significantly higher levels in women of reproductive age.

For all women of reproductive age, 22 percent with insurance reported tobacco use in the last 30 days versus 33 percent of the women without coverage.

It is the first study to be published from a five - year federal grant to study the impacts of the expansion of Medicaid in Oregon on the health of women of reproductive age and their children up to age 2.

Such premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) affects 2 to 5 percent of women of reproductive age, whereas less severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is much more common.

In 2014, there were 17 percent fewer abortion clinics than in 2011, and 39 percent of women of reproductive age resided in a county without an abortion provider.

«Five to ten per cent of all women around the world have asthma and it is one of the most common chronic medical conditions in women of reproductive age.

Women and children account for approximately 75 % of those displaced by conflict and roughly 20 % of those displaced are women of reproductive age and one in five will be pregnant.

In addition to mass pregnancy delays, we considered an individual - based, pregnancy - delay strategy, in which women of reproductive age independently decide to postpone pregnancy.

Restrictive laws in Texas have forced so many clinic closings that fewer than 20 remain to serve 5.4 million women of reproductive age.

It strengthens the case for those women of reproductive age with better accessibility to education, nutritional and lifestyle support to further improve the health of the next generation, and also to lower the risk of illnesses like heart disease and diabetes which usually go along with obesity.

«Although the absolute risk is small, it is nevertheless important evidence to consider when treating young women of reproductive age and pregnant women.»

Thanks, Lena, for being open about your struggle and helping to shine the spotlight on a debilitating condition that affects one out of 10 women of reproductive age — a condition that has flown under the radar for far too long.

Irregular periods, unexplained weight gain, and difficulty getting pregnant can all be symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a hormonal disorder affecting women of reproductive age.

The study ended up with 3,705 women of reproductive age.

And in a recent Committee Opinion, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommended the IUD as a first - line option for all women of reproductive age.

This plant originated in Ayurvedic medicine and has been studied in both post-menopausal women and women of reproductive age with decreased sexual function.

Endometriosis affects up to 1 - in - 10 women of reproductive age.

For those of you who don't know, FHA is a condition characterized by the absence of a menstrual period for three or more months in a woman of reproductive age, due to the breakdown in communication between the hypothalamus, pituitary and ovaries, also known as the hypothalamic - pituitary - ovarian axis.

, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, in which elevated androgen (male hormone) levels cause many cysts to grow in the ovaries of women of reproductive age.

PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, in which elevated androgen (male hormone) levels cause many cysts to grow in the ovaries of women of reproductive age.

I must say I do not know a single woman of reproductive age who is in ketosis and fasting every day and not suffering the effects of stress in some sense (loss of her menstrual cycle, elevated cortisol and belly fat or other stubborn fat areas created by cortisol, acne, moody and on edge, disrupted sleep, hair loss, brittle nails, dry skin, heart arrhythmia, cold body temperature, fatigue).

They found 61 % fewer heart attacks in women of reproductive age with high estrogen levels compared to males of the same age.

This is very important, as many women of reproductive age are deficient in probiotics — a deficiency that transfers to their offspring, and may set the stage for any number of problems!