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Family planning in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: personal beliefs, intimate partner negotiations and social pressure
Cult Health Sex. 2024 Apr 3:1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2321911. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has a low prevalence of family planning use. Recent studies have highlighted the significant role that socio-cultural factors play in the decision to use family planning or not. This qualitative study explored barriers to women's use of family planning methods in an ongoing conflict region, South-Kivu, DRC. Focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews were conducted to understand perceptions and habits regarding family planning. An inductive approach was used to analys...
Source: Culture, Health and Sexuality - April 3, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi Mari Dumbaugh Selina Felber Ghislain Bisimwa Sonja Merten Source Type: research

Amyloidosis and Amyloidogenesis
Amyloidosis is a heterogenous group of disorders, caused by the deposition of insoluble fibrils derived from misfolded proteins in the extracellular space of various organs. These proteins have an unstable structure that causes them to misfold, aggregate, and deposit as amyloid fibrils with the pathognomonic histologic property of green birefringence when viewed under cross-polarized light after staining with Congo red. Amyloid fibrils are insoluble and degradation-resistant; resistance to catabolism results in progressive tissue amyloid accumulation. The outcome of this process is organ disfunction independently from the ...
Source: Heart Failure Clinics - April 3, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Marco Pozzan, Carla Indennidate, Guerino Giuseppe Varr à, Gianfranco Sinagra, Marco Merlo, Linda Pagura Source Type: research

MPox Skin Lesions
We present two different spectrums of Mpox skin lesions in patients living with HIV, with a positive polymerase chain reaction test for Mpox. The first patient is a 48-year-old male, who developed a maculopapular lesion, that was initially noticed on the face, the lesions were then spread to the back and hand. He identifies as men who have sex with men and living with HIV for the past 18 years. There were no lesions on the genitalia or mucosa. The second patient is a 28-year-old male, the initial symptom was fever, followed by skin lesions after around 1 week of fever. The lesion initially appears as pustules on the face a...
Source: Acta medica Indonesiana - April 2, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Robert Sinto Alvin Johan Hanny Nilasari Evy Yunihastuti Erni J Nelwan Source Type: research