Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse

Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse-1

Giovanni Corona • Emmanuele A. Jannini • Mario Maggi Editors 2014 Impact in Children and Social Minorities Emotional, physical, and sexual abuse may have devastating effects on victims. This is particularly true when victims are socially vulnerable individuals, such as children, disables, or sexual minorities. Emotional and physical abuse has a corrosive impact on mental […]

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Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production

Current and Future Reproductive Technologies and World Food Production-1

G. Cliff Lamb • Nicolas DiLorenzo Editors 2014 The title for the 2011 Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting in Portland Oregon was “Reproduction and the World’s Future.” One of the mini-symposia during the conference was titled “Reproduction Research and Its Impact on Feeding the World’s Hungry” and was chaired by Dr. Robert […]

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Contraception and Pregnancy in Patients with Rheumatic Disease

Contraception and Pregnancy in Patients with Rheumatic Disease-1

Lisa R. Sammaritano • Bonnie L. Bermas Editors 2014 Rheumatologic diseases disproportionally impact women during their reproductive years. Rheumatologists are not trained as obstetricians and many of us lack the experience of managing pregnant patients. Similarly, most obstetricians are not familiar with the intricacies of treating rheumatologic disorders. Thus, clinicians are often faced with difficult […]

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Cardiac Drugs in Pregnancy

Cardiac Drugs in Pregnancy-1

Karen Sliwa • John Anthony Editors 2014 The spectrum of cardiovascular disease affecting women in pregnancy and postpartum is changing and differs between countries. In the western world, the risk of cardiovascular disease in pregnancy has increased due to the increasing age at the first pregnancy and the worldwide obesity epidemic leading also to early […]

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