scholarly journals Streamlining Cutaneous Melanomas in Young Women of the Belgian Mosan Region

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trinh Hermanns-Lê ◽  
Sébastien Piérard
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Cutaneous Melanoma ◽  
Hormonal Status ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Melanocytic Nevi ◽  
The Past ◽  
Computerized Morphometry ◽  
Superficial Type

Sporadic cutaneous melanoma (SCM) has shown a dramatic increase in incidence in Caucasian populations over the past few decades. A particular epidemiological increase was reported in women during their childbearing age. In the Belgian Mosan region, a progressive unremitting increase in SCM incidence was noticed in young women for the past 35 years. The vast majority of these SCMs were of the superficial type without any obvious relationship with a large number of melanocytic nevi or with signs of frequent and intense sunlight exposures as disclosed by the extent in the mosaic subclinical melanoderma. A series of investigations pointed to a possible relationship linking the development of some SCM to the women hormonal status including the effect of hormonal disruptors. These aspects remain, however, unsettled and controversial. It is possible to differentiate and clearly quantify the SCM shape, size, scalloped border, and variegated pigmentation using computerized morphometry as well as fractal and multifractal methods.

scholarly journals A Case of Pulsatile Tinnitus Related to Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (9) ◽  
pp. 422-426
Author(s):  
Jong-Won Bae ◽  
Kyu-Yup Lee ◽  
Myung Hoon Yoo ◽  
Da Jung Jung
Keyword(s):  
Intracranial Hypertension ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension ◽  
Obese Woman ◽  
Pulsatile Tinnitus ◽  
Obese Women ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Early Symptom ◽  
Vascular Abnormalities

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a disorder that commonly occurs in obese young women of childbearing age and is characterized by symptoms such as pulsatile tinnitus, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, and visual loss without any structural or vascular abnormalities in the intracranial cavity. We recently experienced a case of a 33-year-old obese woman who presented with right-sided pulsatile tinnitus, which is an early symptom for IIH. The patient was successfully treated with weight reduction and carbonic anhydrase inhibitor (acetazolamide). Pulsatile tinnitus requires thorough diagnosis and examination because it can be cured if the anatomical or functional cause is identified and treated. When obese women of childbearing age present with pulsatile tinnitus at the otorhinolaryngology outpatient department, treatment for IIH should be initiated after appropriate examination and diagnosis as pulsatile tinnitus may be the only symptom for IIH.

Corticotrophic Hormone in the Treatment of Involutional Melancholia with Hypopituitarism and Pituitary Cachexia

1942 ◽  
Vol 88 (373) ◽  
pp. 559-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Hemphill ◽  
Max Reiss
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Clinical Applications ◽  
The Past ◽  
Involutional Melancholia ◽  
Secondary Hypoadrenalism

During the past three years some clinical applications of corticotrophic hormone have been studied, and in this paper is described a form of involutional melancholia in which hypopituitarism and secondary hypoadrenalism are factors. Nine such cases were treated with corticotrophic hormone; in addition two cases of pituitary cachexia in young women were similarly treated.

Barriers and Facilitators of National Diabetes Prevention Program Engagement Among Women of Childbearing Age: A Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline R. Harrison ◽  
Phoutdavone Phimphasone-Brady ◽  
Becky DiOrio ◽  
Silvia G. Raghuanath ◽  
Riley Bright ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Prevention Program ◽  
Diabetes Prevention ◽  
Diabetes Prevention Program ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Urban Safety ◽  
Perceived Weight ◽  
Supportive Program

Purpose The purpose of this study was to understand barriers and facilitators to engagement in a diabetes prevention program for young women at an urban safety-net health care system. Methods Individual semistructured interviews (N = 29) explored motivations, challenges, and successes regarding participation and suggestions for improvement among women aged 18 to 39 years who enrolled in the National Diabetes Prevention Program in the past 2 years. Participants were classified as nonattendees (n = 10), early-withdrawers (n = 9), or completers (n = 10). Interview transcriptions were analyzed using a grounded hermeneutic editing approach. Results Qualitative analysis revealed 4 main themes (enrollment, attendance, experience, and suggestions) with multiple subthemes. Most women were motivated to enroll for health and family concerns. Early-withdrawers and nonattendees reported confusion about the program’s aim and relevancy, logistical barriers, and lack of connection with fellow participants/coaches. Highly engaged women noted persistent motivation, perceived weight loss, and supportive program relationships. Conclusions Multiple barriers/facilitators for young women appear addressable in future adaptations. Additional research is needed to confirm these findings in other settings and explore implementation and effectiveness of adaptations, with a goal of reducing risks prior to conception.

scholarly journals Problematizing the Postfeminist Gaze: A Critical Exploration of Young Women’s Readings of Gendered Power Relations in Advertising

2020 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 546-562
Author(s):  
Alexandra Serra Rome ◽  
Stephanie O’Donohoe ◽  
Susan Dunnett
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
The Past ◽  
Critical Exploration ◽  
Gendered Power ◽  
Women As Readers ◽  
Blind Spots

This article explores young women’s engagements with gendered power relations embedded in advertising. Drawing on four case studies, we demonstrate how their readings of gendered ads are informed by postfeminist discourse, which, for all its contradictions, presents gender inequality as a thing of the past. Specifically, we illustrate and theorize the problematic workings of a postfeminist gaze directed at both models in ads and young women as readers of ads, with judgements shaped by postfeminist ideals and blind spots concerning intersections of gender, class, and race. We contribute to macromarketing scholarship by (1) illustrating how, in the context of gendered ads and young American women, gendered power relations and a postfeminist sensibility are both produced by and productive of gendered readers; and (2) highlighting the insidious nature and limitations of this sensibility informing young women’s lived experiences, engagements with media culture, and position in society.

Family building preferences among young women with invasive breast cancer.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e24057-e24057
Author(s):  
Angelena Crown ◽  
Nadia Abdo ◽  
Ariela Noy ◽  
Cassandra Chang ◽  
Mary Gemignani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Fertility Preservation ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Invasive Breast Cancer ◽  
Reproductive History ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Family Building

e24057 Background: The American Society of Clinical Oncology guidelines recommend discussing the possibility of infertility in cancer patients of childbearing age being treated with gonadotoxic therapies. This prospective study examines the reproductive history and future family building preferences of young women with breast cancer. Methods: This is an Institutional Review Board approved prospective study of women < 45 years of age with non-metastatic invasive breast cancer who completed a questionnaire on reproductive history and family building preferences between April 2013 and December 2019. Questionnaires were administered at initial diagnosis and then annually. Results: Baseline questionnaires were completed by 164 women with a median age of 39 years old (range 20-45); 110 (59%) completed the 1 year follow up survey. Clinicopathologic features and treatment are shown in the table. The majority of women (n = 90, 55%) were parous and many had previous infertility (n = 60, 37%) at time of diagnosis. Most women (n = 87, 53%) wanted additional children or were unsure. Interest in embryo and/or oocyte cryopreservation was common (n = 51, 31%) as was interest in adoption (n = 52, 32%). Of the 110 women who completed the one year follow-up, 39 (35%) saw a reproductive endocrinologist, including 22 (20%) who elected embryo (n = 14) or oocyte (n = 8) cryopreservation. Overall, 88 (80%) women declined fertility preservation. The most common reasons included worrying about delay in cancer treatment (n = 10, 9%), fear of hormonal exposure (n = 7, 6%), and feeling rushed into making a decision (n = 6, 6%). Of 92 women with available data regarding satisfaction with their decision to pursue fertility preservation or not, 84% (n = 77) reported satisfaction whereas 14% (n = 15) reported mixed feelings or regret. Conclusions: Young women with breast cancer expressed a significant interest in family building options. However, pursuit of fertility preservation was uncommon despite a high rate of prior infertility in this cohort of mostly parous women. Decisional satisfaction was common. Further study of factors contributing to patient decision-making regarding fertility preservation and alternative family building options is warranted. Clinical trial information: NCT01788839 . [Table: see text]

scholarly journals e-Cigarette Use and Perceived Harm Among Women of Childbearing Age Who Reported Tobacco Use During the Past Year

2016 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 408-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Ashford ◽  
Amanda Wiggins ◽  
Karen Butler ◽  
Melinda Ickes ◽  
Mary Kay Rayens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tobacco Use ◽  
Cigarette Use ◽  
Women Of Childbearing Age ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
The Past ◽  
Perceived Harm

Getting to Know You: How Own Age and Other's Age Relate to Self-Disclosure

1994 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline L. Collins ◽  
Odette N. Gould
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Older Women ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Young Old ◽  
Made In

In this study, we compared self-disclosures made in ten same-aged (young-young) and ten mixed-aged (young-old) conversational dyads. We developed a scoring scheme to code get-acquainted conversations on amount, type, valence, and intimacy of self-disclosure (S-Ds). Overall, young women produced more S-Ds with same-aged than with older partners. Young women devoted marginally fewer of their self-disclosures to statements about the past than did older women. Younger and older women's S-Ds about the present and the past were not significantly different in how negative, positive, or intimate they were. The intimacy and negativity of disclosures made by the dyad members were more closely correlated in young-young than in young-old dyads. Young participants' affective reports following the conversations did not differ as a function of partner age, but did correlate with aspects of their partners' self-disclosures. Findings offer a contrast to the stereotype that older adults dominate conversations with intimate, negative disclosures about the past.

scholarly journals ORGAN-PRESERVING TREATMENT IN GYNECOLOGICAL TYPES OF CANCER

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
M. O Silkina ◽  
Elena A. Sosnova
Keyword(s):  
Young Women ◽  
Tumor Recurrence ◽  
Surgical Intervention ◽  
Gynecological Cancer ◽  
Tumor Development ◽  
Pathological Process ◽  
Histological Structure ◽  
The Past ◽  
Analytical Review ◽  
Radical Approach

Over the past 10 years, the treatment of malignant gynecological tumors has changed dramatically. For many years, a radical approach - extended hysterectomy with appendages at any stage of tumor development of internal genital organs was considered to be the only correct approach. However, many young women want to preserve their fertile function, and in this regard, the treatment tactic was improved and optimized towards the development of organ-preserving methods for the treatment of gynecological cancer. Based on the literature studied from the MedLine database, an analytical review of information on the possibilities of organ-preserving treatment for gynecological cancers in 2013-2018 was prepared and the implementation of a successful integrated organ-preserving treatment was found to be available only at early stages of cervical, endometrial and ovarian cancer. The overall survival after treatment correlates with the histological structure of the tumor, the degree of its differentiation and involvement of the underlying tissues in the pathological process, as well as the volume of surgical intervention. In most cases, after an organ-preserving treatment, the risk of tumor recurrence is low, and a woman regains a chance to become pregnant and give birth to a healthy child.

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