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  1. This study aimed to investigate the relationship of psychological empowerment and enjoyment of physical activity with changes in physical activity levels, sleep quality, and muscular endurance following a high...

    Authors: Irene Ferrando-Terradez, Rodrigo Núñez-Cortés, Laura López-Bueno, Enrique Alcántara, Joaquín Calatayud, José Casaña, Ivana Parčina and Lirios Dueñas
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:38
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  2. Cuproptosis is a novel form of cell death, acting on the tricarboxylic acid cycle in mitochondrial respiration and mediated by protein lipoylation. Other cancer cell death processes, such as necroptosis, pyrop...

    Authors: Wei Tan, Fangfang Dai, Qinyu Ci, Zhimin Deng, Hua Liu and Yanxiang Cheng
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:37
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  3. Ovarian cancer is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. The third most prevalent gynecological cancer globally, following cervical and uterine cancer, and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality ...

    Authors: Abrham Tesfaye Habteyes, Jembere Tesfaye Deressa and Roza Teshome Kassa
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:36
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  4. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) represents a significant and persistent metabolic disorder, emerging as a leading factor contributing to infertility. Despite its profound impact, there remains an inadequate u...

    Authors: Ming Huo, Yixiang Wang, Xianbin Yuan, Yue Yuan and Xuehong Zhang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:35
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  7. Prenatal maternal smoking, lower birthweight, and shorter breastfeeding duration have all been associated with an earlier age at menopause in daughters. We estimated the extent to which birthweight-for-gestati...

    Authors: Darina Peycheva, Leah Li, Mary Fewtrell, Richard Silverwood and Rebecca Hardy
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:32
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  9. Although highly prevalent, most perinatal mental health and substance use disorders often go unrecognized, undiagnosed, and untreated. Perinatal Psychiatry Access Programs have emerged as a successful model to...

    Authors: Courtney King, Marie Hayes, Lizmarie Maldonado, Elizabeth Monter, Rubin Aujla, Erin Phlegar, Claire Smith, Liz Parker, Kerry Blome, Amanda Sandford, Edie Douglas and Constance Guille
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:30
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  10. Medullary thyroid carcinoma is a neuroendocrine tumor derived from thyroid C-cells. It is a rare aggressive tumor, known to metastasize to lymph nodes, liver, bones, and lungs. We report a case of a young pati...

    Authors: Saadallah Fatma, Chrigui Maha, Zemni Ines, Kammoun Salma, Houcin Yoldez, Jbeli Souhail, Driss Maha and Ben Dhiab Tarak
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:29
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  11. Persistent infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is a significant risk factor for cervical cancer. HPV typing and cytology are conducted in women of appropriate age to assess the risk of cervical...

    Authors: Yaling Xiao, Rangjiao Liu, Shaobo Wang, Yuxiang Wang, Weimin Miao, Meiwei Chen, Xiaowen Liu, Yan Chen, Yongchun Wen, Zhongping Deng, Lizhong Dai, Zenghui Mao and Jun He
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:28
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  12. It has been reported that the cognitive responses to physical activity (PA) in postmenopausal women vary by parity status, and women with higher parity show a significant association between PA and cognitive f...

    Authors: Xiaotong Chen, Kai Wei, Shanshan Peng, Na Liu, Leqi He, Biying Wu, Meifang Shi and Yong Lin
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:27
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  13. Endoscopic surgery provides good cosmetic results while ensuring therapeutic outcomes. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and cosmetic outcome of endoscopic surgery for benign breast tumors.

    Authors: Tianyi Ma, Jian Cui, Qian Wang, Changgen Liu, Bin Wang and Haibo Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:26
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  14. Women with breast cancer face a high degree of uncertainty. Trust between health providers and patients has been shown to improve patient quality of life and may enhance clinical outcomes. This study aimed to ...

    Authors: Eleonore Baum, Daniela Bernhardsgrütter, Ramona Engst, Carola Maurer, Jessica Ebneter, Adrienne Zenklusen, Barbara Wartlsteiner, Lotti Barandun, Andrea Neher, Antje Koller and Andrea Kobleder
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:25
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  15. The etiology of depression involves many biological and environmental factors, among which the inflammatory process is an important contributor. However, the role of pro-inflammatory cytokines in postmenopausa...

    Authors: Ketan Chu, Xi Lin, Saisai Li, Linjuan Ma, Yizhou Huang, Fan Wu, Mengna Shou, Nazaré Alva Galang Cabarrabang, Yibing Lan and Jianhong Zhou
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:24
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  16. Preconception care is expected to prevent diseases, promote health, and improve pregnancy outcomes. Although a consensus exists on the efficacy of folic acid supplementation and preconception vaccination, evid...

    Authors: Maiko Suto, Kimiko Inaoka, Daichi Suzuki, Aya Nitamizu, Naoko Arata and Erika Ota
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:23
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  17. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive issue across Sub-Saharan Africa and other developing countries, including Somalia. Understanding the prevalence and drivers of IPV against women is crucial for ef...

    Authors: Abdirizak Hassan Abokor, Omer Adam Farih, Mustafe Abdillahi Ali, Christophe Chesneau and Abdisalam Hassan Muse
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:22
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  18. Women are disproportionately affected by disasters due to their vulnerability and limited access to resources. The purpose of this study is to investigate the health concerns and experiences of women who reloc...

    Authors: Esra Özer, Yeşim Çetinkaya Şen, Döndü Sevimli Güler and Gülten Güvenç
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:21
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  19. Cervical cancer is the most prevalent cancer in Mozambique, with endocervical adenocarcinoma accounting for approximately 5.5% of cases. Knowledge regarding the most prevalent HPV genotypes in endocervical ade...

    Authors: Lucília Lovane, Gabriella Lillsunde Larsson, Satish Tulsidás, Carla Carrilho, Sören Andersson and Christina Karlsson
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:20
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  20. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between family care, anxiety, depression, and sleep quality in perimenopausal women. Furthermore, it also aimed to examine the role of anxiety and depression in...

    Authors: Nana Liang, Jishun Ren, Juan Zhao, Xiaohui Liu and Haixia Zheng
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:19
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  21. Chronic pelvic pain is a common yet undertreated condition that significantly impacts quality of life for women worldwide. Digital exercise therapy designed to target pelvic pain can improve symptomology while...

    Authors: Mindy Hong, Rachel Foster Kirk, Bijal Toprani, Cynthia Castro Sweet, Clare Pan, Jeffrey Krauss and Tamara Grisales
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:18
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  22. Menstrual poverty remains a significant health problem among female learners in Zambia, particularly due to the lack of access to menstrual products, leading to the use of unsafe alternatives and potential hea...

    Authors: Bwalya Bupe Bwalya, Ancietos Mwansa, Patrick Amanzi, Christabel Ngongola and Charity Meki-Kombe
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:17
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  23. Sexual self-care and quality of sexual life are critical factors in women’s health. These factors can also influence women’s fertility desire. This study aims to examine sexual self-care, quality of sexual lif...

    Authors: Behrouz Fathi, Shima Kia, Vahid Alinejad, Ehsan Rikhtegar, Firoozeh Gebleh and MoradAli Zareipour
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:16
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  24. Embryo implantation involves two key elements: a good quality embryo and receptive endometrium. Endometrial receptivity abnormalities are known as one of the possible causes of recurrent implantation failure (...

    Authors: Katarzyna Opuchlik, Katarzyna Pankiewicz, Piotr Pierzyński, Janusz Sierdziński, Elina Aleksejeva, Andres Salumets, Tadeusz Issat and Piotr Laudański
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:15
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  26. The C-reactive protein–triglyceride glucose index (CTI) is a promising new marker for evaluating the severity of inflammation. Endometriosis (EM) is a prevalent chronic inflammatory condition influenced by est...

    Authors: Yanan Ren, Ren Xu, Junqin Zhang, Ying Jin, Di Zhang, Yazhuo Wang and Luyang Su
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:13
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  27. This is a multicentre, European, prospective trial evaluating the diagnostic accuracy of One Step Nucleic Acid Amplification (OSNA) compared to sentinel lymph nodes histopathological ultrastaging in endometria...

    Authors: Jan Kostun, Alessandra Mescalchin, Martin Pešta, Robert Slunečko, Khaled M. Ismail, Vendula Smoligová and Jiri Presl
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:12
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  28. Perimenopause is associated with an increased risk of anxiety disorders, largely due to hormonal changes affecting the body’s regulatory feedback mechanisms. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis...

    Authors: Ying Zhang, Ting-Ting Hu, Yong-Ran Cheng, Zhi-Fen Zhang and Jun Su
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:11
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  29. The postpartum period remains a very important period during which contraceptive needs can be met and a significant reduction of maternal and foetal morbi-mortality achieved. This study aimed to evaluate past ...

    Authors: Atem Bethel Ajong, Martin Ndinakie Yakum, Fulbert Nkwele Mangala, Cavin Epie Bekolo, Valirie Ndip Agbor, Larissa Matcha Waffo and Bruno Kenfack
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:10
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  31. Uterine cystic adenomyosis is a rare form of focal adenomyosis that is primarily located within the myometrium. In this case report, we present a unique case of adult uterine cystic adenomyosis found outside t...

    Authors: Wancheng Zhao and Chunmei Zhang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:8
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  32. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a prevalent vaginal condition among reproductive-age women, characterized by off-white, thin vaginal discharge with a fishy odor. It increases susceptibility to sexually transmitted...

    Authors: Fiona Tidbury, Grégory Brülhart, Gabriela Müller, Elena Pavicic, Susanna Weidlinger, Gerrit Eichner, Michael von Wolff and Petra Stute
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:7
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  33. Ovarian adenomyoma is a rare gynecological tumor with a high misdiagnosis rate, leading many patients to undergo unnecessary surgeries that may affect fertility. Menstrual abdominal pain is the most common sym...

    Authors: Weilong Liu, Tongtong Yao, Haiyan Wang, Wenjing Yu, Hongtang Shi, Jiwei Guo and Zhiqiang Liu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:6
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  34. The Bahçeşehir population-based mammography screening program (BMSP) is an example of Türkiye’s first population-based screening program. This study aims to reveal the successful implementation of population-b...

    Authors: Beyza Ozcinar, Erkin Aribal, Neslihan Cabioglu, Sibel Ozkan Gurdal, Gamze Varol, Nuran Akyurt, Efe Sezgin and Vahit Ozmen
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:5
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  35. Given the negative impact of breast cancer and its treatment on women’s self-efficacy in various areas, including sexual function, investigating and understanding ways to enhance sexual function is crucial. Th...

    Authors: Azadeh Jamshidi, Farzaneh Noroozi, Razieh Bagherzadeh and Tayebeh Gharibi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:4
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  37. S. haematobium is a recognized carcinogen and is associated with squamous cell carcinoma of the bladder. Its association with high-risk(HR) human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence, cervical pre-cancer and cervical...

    Authors: Amy Sturt, Tanvier Omar, Isaiah Hansingo, Paul Kamfwa, Amaya Bustinduy and Helen Kelly
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:2
    Content type: Systematic Review Published on:

  38. This scoping review aims to summarize online health information seeking (OHIS) behavior among breast cancer patients and survivors, identify research gaps, and offer insights for future studies.

    Authors: Jialin Chen, Yiwen Duan, Haozhi Xia, Runxi Xiao, Tingting Cai and Changrong Yuan
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2025 25:1
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  40. Abortion is taboo in Pakistani society, and it is stigmatised throughout the country, regardless of legal permission. Despite the burdens imposed by social norms of pronatalism and motherhood, women do exercis...

    Authors: Rubeena Slamat, Piet Bracke and Melissa Ceuterick
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:676
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  41. This study aimed to construct, evaluate, and validate nomograms for breast cancer-specific survival (BCSS) and overall survival (OS) prediction in patients with HER2- overexpressing (HER2+) metastatic breast c...

    Authors: Yan Chen, Yu Qiu, Haoyang Shen, Shuixin Yan, Jiadi Li and Weizhu Wu
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:675
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  42. This study aimed to analyse the correlation between the expression of cell proliferation-associated antigen (Ki-67), cell cycle protein-dependent kinase 4 (CDK4), epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), tumou...

    Authors: Tianzhao Du, Ye Yuan, Shulan Sun, Zhichao Gao and Xiaoshuai Li
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:674
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  43. Previous studies have suggested a link between serum progesterone levels on the day of the HCG trigger in IVF cycles and oocyte and embryo quality. This study aims to explore this relationship more thoroughly.

    Authors: Elham Hokmabadi, Elnaz Salahi and Marzieh Ghasemi
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:673
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  44. IUDs are effective, reversible and safe methods of contraception. The mechanism of action of IUDs as a group is inducing endometrial atrophy, apoptosis, altering tubal motility; preventing sperm permeability, ...

    Authors: Nigat Amsalu Addis, Yared Alem Sibhat, Yohannis Derbew Molla, Wasihun Nigdu Mengestu, Abebe Sinknew Seid, Michael Argaw Damite and Misganaw Abere Worku
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:672
    Content type: Case Report Published on:

  45. Recently, there have been an increasing number of reports on the association between inflammatory markers and the prognosis of malignant tumors. However, the current inflammatory indicators have limited accura...

    Authors: Tomoka Maehana, Naoki Kawahara, Junya Kamibayashi, Motoki Matsuoka, Keita Waki, Ryuji Kawaguchi and Fuminori Kimura
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:671
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  46. Age-related cataract (ARC) is among the most common blinding eye disorders among the elderly. Prenatal nutrition may cause irreversible damage to the development of the ocular crystalline lens. Nevertheless, t...

    Authors: Yuanyou Xia, Xiaoyang Xu and Siyao Wang
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:670
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  47. Endometriosis, a condition that significantly impacts the quality of life for affected women, manifests with a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild discomfort to severe pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia...

    Authors: Mohammad Al-Jafari, Marah Ahmad Aldarawsheh, Mohamed Abouzid, Ibrahim Serag, Mariam Akram Nofal, Ammar Ra’ed Altiti, Saja Zuaiter, Aya Sabri Al-Zurgan, Basil Aldiabat, Julie Feras Owaidat, Sadeen Zein Eddin, Wedad Ahmad Sawas, Nadia Muhaidat, Ibraheem M. Alkhawaldeh, Ahlam M. Al-Kharabsheh and Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:669
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  48. Globally, there has been an explosive rise in the cesarean section rate that exceeds the World Health Organization rate of 10–15% and in the past fifteen years the rates was doubled in some countries including...

    Authors: Worku Alemayehu, Jibril Dori and Werku Etafa
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:668
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  50. Research shows a decline in physical activity (PA) in women during the menopause transition (MT). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore experiences of the MT in Irish women and how it impacts mot...

    Authors: Kelly Lee McNulty, Aoife Lane, Rosarie Kealy and Patricia Heavey
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2024 24:666
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