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(In House Publications, 2020-12)Since 1999, seven triennial reports have been submitted by the South African National Committee for the Confidential Enquires into Maternal Deaths (NCCEMD) to the Minister of Health along with recommendations on methods ...
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(MDPI, 2023-03)Preclinical studies show that the anticancer actions of vitamin D metabolites are mediated by apoptosis, inhibition of cell proliferation and induction of cell cycle arrest. Cervical cancer cells express an autocrine vitamin ...
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(In House Publications, 2010)No abstract available.
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-08)BACKGROUND: Fetal growth restriction (FGR), defined as a fetus failing to reach its genetic growth potential, remains poorly diagnosed antenatally. This study aimed to assess the ability of continuouswave Doppler ultrasound ...
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(Open Journals Systems, 2013)In 2009, The Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA) awarded its biggest research grant to date to the HPV Cervical Cancer Research Fund, under the auspices of Prof Greta Dreyer. This grant enabled a group of researchers ...
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(Netherlands Press, 2022-11)BACKGROUND : The South African Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in 1996, legalizing a women’s right to request a termination of pregnancy. Despite this legislation, there are still a large number of women ...
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(Medpharm Publications, NISC (Pty) and Cogent, Taylor and Francis Group, 2019)BACKGROUND: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the predictive value of serum CA-125 levels in the preoperative assessment of endometrial carcinoma in a setting where late presentation is common. METHOD: This ...
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(Wolters Kluwer Health, 2023-06)BACKGROUND : Anorectal obstetric injuries resulting in anal sphincter damage (ASD) and rectovaginal fistula (RVF) remain a major problem. The resulting flatus or faecal incontinence is devastating. Surgical repair remains ...
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(In House Publications, 2016)The term “acute abdomen” is used to describe a spectrum of gynaecological, medical, surgical and urological conditions, ranging from minor ailments to life-threatening diseases. These conditions usually require ...
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(In House Publications, 2019)Obstetricians & Gynaecologists in South Africa currently face a medico-legal crisis of serious proportions. The premiums of occurrence based indemnity insurance is now more than R1 million per annum, forcing many obstetricians ...
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(MDPI Publishing, 2021-02)Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that plays a critical role in energy homeostasis, mainly attributed to its insulin-sensitizing properties. Accumulating studies have reported that adiponectin concentrations ...
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(Public Library of Science, 2021-03)DNA methylation is increasingly recognized as a potential biomarker of metabolic disease. However, there is limited information on the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the candidacy of DNA ...
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(In House Publications, 2018)Menstrual disorders are common conditions in adolescents, with Heavy Menstrual Bleeding (HMB) having a prevalence of 37% in adolescents compared to 10-20% in adults, and dysmenorrhoea accounting for approximately 15% ...
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(In House Publications, 2018)Adolescence refers to the transitional phase of physical and psychological development that occurs from puberty to adulthood. This phase includes a desire for autonomy and an increase in sexual risk-taking behaviours, ...
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(In House Publications, 2018)The female adolescent patient has a variety of gynaecological issues which the healthcare practitioner needs to understand and pay particular attention to, ranging from screening for sexual health history, teenage ...
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(In House Publications, 2011-05)Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been recognised as a necessity world wide for clinicians to maintain clinical competence and remain up to date in an environment of rapidly increasing knowledge. South Africa ...
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(In House Publications, 2011-05)Diseases of affluence are those diseases which are thought to be a result of increasing wealth in a society, in contrast to diseases of poverty which result from impoverishment.
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(Oxford University Press, 2008-07)The aim of this paper is to provide information, opinions and suggestions on affordable laboratory-orientated fertility screening and treatment. Resource management to provide such services in developing countries, basic ...
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(Taylor and Francis, 2022)Progress in adolescent sexual and reproductive health (SRH) remains unequal: adolescent pregnancies are more likely to occur in marginalised communities, or in very poor households. This study aimed to comprehend from ...
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(MDPI Publishing, 2019-11-20)Increasing evidence implicate altered DNA methylation in the pathophysiology of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This exploratory study probed the association between GDM and peripheral blood DNA methylation patterns ...
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