Background: In this questionnaire based cross sectional survey, the researchers aimed to identify the sociodemographic predictors of knowledge regarding puberty and menstruation among females of reproductive age visiting a public healthcare institute. Methods: Using non-probability sampling,...
In the middle adolescent stage, symptoms of puberty for those assigned females at birth might subside. However, many individuals assigned male at birth will experience growth spurts, deeper voices, and higher testosterone levels. For some adolescents, sexual activity may begin during this stage, so ...
Menopause itself is not a process but denotes a point in time when menstruation stops. Women have either reached this point (are postmenopausal) or have not (premenopausal or perimenopause). The process of declining hormone levels prior to menopause has been referred to as perimenopause or the ...
According to the FCC hypothesis, the earliest use of ochre emerged as female coalitions ritualistically painted their bodies to signal a deceptive ‘sham menstruation’ in order to manipulate and control male parental investment and productive labor to meet the aforementioned increased energy requirements ...
Estrogens are mediated by two estrogen receptors (α and β); estrogen receptor α is present in the retina of females [12]. Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a critical tissue in AMD aggravation [13]. Genes regulated by estrogen-mediated mechanisms are expressed in the RPE to participate ...
This suggests that after experiencing stress in early childhood (i.e., when the LEH formed), females may not have been able to achieve the same catch-up growth as males in adolescence. Children between the ages of one and three years typically experience rapid musculoskeletal and brain growth...
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an interesting topic in health care sciences and psychology. Deeper insight into the internal mechanism of this effect through large samples is crucial to further understanding HRQoL and making targeted suggestio