A Historical Review of the Vasectomy: Antiquated Beliefs, Novel Techniques, and Contemporary Challenges
The current debate regarding reproductive rights in the United States has thrust vasectomy into the spotlight for urologists. Although simpler, safer, and more cost-effective than tubal ligation in women, vasectomies are performed half as often as female sterilization procedures in the U.S., and there are only five countries globally where the prevalence of vasectomy is greater than female sterilization (Bhutan, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand).1 Moreover, data from the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) demonstrates a significant decline in vasectomy utilization rates over the past two decades...
Source: Urology - September 30, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Jake Drobner, Melinda Z. Fu, Alain Kaldany, Danielle Velez-Leitner Source Type: research
Historical Review of the Vasectomy: Antiquated Beliefs, Novel Techniques, and Contemporary Challenges
The current debate regarding reproductive rights in the United States has thrust vasectomy into the spotlight for urologists. Although simpler, safer, and more cost-effective than tubal ligation in women, vasectomies are performed half as often as female sterilization procedures in the United States, and there are only 5 countries globally where the prevalence of vasectomy is greater than female sterilization (Bhutan, Canada, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and New Zealand).1 Moreover, data from the National Survey of Family Growth demonstrate a significant decline in vasectomy utilization rates over the past 2 decades for...
Source: Urology - September 30, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Jake Drobner, Melinda Z. Fu, Alain Kaldany, Danielle Velez-Leitner Tags: History Source Type: research
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Prevention Barriers Related to Childhood Lead Poisoning Among Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese Parents in Northeast Ohio, United States
AbstractThe study objectives were: (i) to develop and administer a survey to assess childhood lead poisoning (CLP) knowledge, attitudes, practices and prevention barriers (KAP-B) among the Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese (NSB) community in Northeast Ohio; and (ii) to examine the association between socio-demographic characteristics of NSB parents and their understanding of CLP as measured by the constructs of knowledge and attitudes. A Nepali language KAP-B questionnaire was developed and 200 NSB parents with at least one child ≤ 7 years of age from the Akron Metropolitan Area, Ohio were interviewed. NSB parents demonstra...
Source: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health - August 29, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Increasing global burden of rheumatoid arthritis: an epidemiological analysis from 1990 to 2019
CONCLUSIONS: Increasing trends in the age-standardized RA incidence and DALYs worldwide were shown. Future strategies for RA prevention should focus on women and older adults, as well as individuals from Andean Latin America, southern Latin America, central Asia, western sub-Saharan Africa, and other high-risk regions.PMID:37560723 | PMC:PMC10408020 | DOI:10.5114/aoms/162629 (Source: Archives of Medical Science)
Source: Archives of Medical Science - August 10, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wei Zou Yefei Fang Dan Xu Yingjun Zhu Source Type: research
