Editorial Archives - Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia

Violence against women has been recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a health problem and a human rights violation with epidemic proportions which requires an urgent action. Worldwide it is estimated that ∼1 in 3 women have suffered physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime. […]

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a complex condition, affecting around 9 to 13% of women at reproductive age and characterized by menstrual irregularity, ovulatory dysfunction, hyperandrogenism and polycystic ovarian morphology. Women with PCOS also present higher prevalence of obesity, cardiometabolic disturbances, such as dyslipidemia and hypertension and greater risk of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes. […]

In this issue, RBGO publishes a Letter to Editor in which the author refers to the fact that Latin American Gynecology and Obstetrics Journals occupy low positions in the international rank of journals in the specialty and have little impact on the international scientific scenario. In his diagnosis to justify the low number of Latin […]

In recent years, the biological role of androgens in the female organism has aroused increasing interest. Women in the reproductive period and after menopause produce androgens that contribute to ovarian function, sexual function, bone metabolism, cognition, among other actions. Despite the evidence of involvement of its excess in reproductive health disorders, studies on its deficiency […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced every aspect of human life for the past 20 months. To date, we have registered more than 21,500,000 cases of the disease and more than 610,000 deaths in Brazil. There were two waves of the disease, one peak in June 2020 and another in March 2021. The entire Brazilian health […]

The National Cancer Institute of the Brazilian Ministry of Health has launched this October, as it has been done since 2010, the Pink October campaign. Since 1990, this campaign has been performed worldwide annually, when there is extensive dissemination through the media, social events and educational programs which aims to alert women and society about […]

Maternal mortality (MM) has been a serious problem for public health worldwide and the subject of many debates internationally. In addition to health issues, this indicator also reflects the social conditions of victimized women. Maternal mortality represents a family and social tragedy, and many of these deaths result from avoidable causes. About 70% are caused […]