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Scenario of Maternal Mortality by Obstetric Hemorrhage Obstetric hemorrhage is one of the leading causes of preventable maternal deaths in the world. There are 14 million cases of postpartum hemorrhage and 140 thousand related deaths annually worldwide. There is also a large contingent of women who survive a postpartum hemorrhage event with related reproductive and […]

Globally, hormonal contraceptives (HCs) are used by approximately 13% of the female population between 15 and 49 years old, which, in absolute numbers, represents 140 million women. In Brazil, where the rates of tubal ligation are 29%, HCs are used by approximately 30% of women of reproductive age. The roles of the hormones contained in […]

Iodine is an essential micronutrient required for the production of thyroid hormones, which are critical for homeostasis and neurodevelopment. Because of increased thyroid hormone production, renal iodine excretion and fetal iodine requirements, dietary iodine requirements are higher in pregnancy than they are for nonpregnant adults. Based on this, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the […]

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of 23 studies from different countries worldwide, Tobler et al reported that when choosing an Ob-Gyn physician, 8.3% of the patients investigated preferred a male physician, 50.2% reported a preference for a female physician, and 41.3% indicated no gender preference. Notably, the data from the United States sub analysis […]

Vitamin D is included, along with thyroid and steroid hormones, within the unique category of endocrine molecules that act through nuclear receptors. Differently from its partners, until recently vitamin D was thought to be a specialized hormone with an action limited to the control of mineral and bone metabolism. The misconception has been recently reviewed […]

Currently, there are heated discussions about the linguistic limitations of the binary gender model for the representation of the various forms of gender expression. In Anglo-Saxon countries, the possibility of using gender-neutral articles and pronouns is being discussed, while in our Brazilian population, the gender derivation vowel of pronouns is sometimes substituted by the ‘@’ […]

Around 50–55% of all births in Brazil are unplanned, and these figures include both unwanted and mistimed pregnancies. The overall rate of induced abortion is estimated at 1.5%, with all induced abortions resulting from unplanned pregnancies culminating in an adjusted abortion rate of 2.7%. In many cases, unplanned pregnancies terminate in induced abortions and, since […]