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Impact of Literacy Status on the Cervical Cancer Screening in Rural Women of India by Misra JS in Investigations in Gynecology Research & Women’s Health Background: Illiteracy is very high in women of rural India and awareness regarding cervical cancer and its risk factors is almost negligible. Rural cervical cancer screening was attempted through camp approach to find out relationship between literacy and compliance rate for Pap smear and pre disposing factors to cervical carcinogenesis. Methods: From 135 camps, 4279 women were registered organized during rural screening program in Lucknow West, India between May 2013 to March 2017 under the auspecies of Era's Medical College, Lucknow. Results: Only 4279 (31.2%) of the 13500 women counseled and motivated attended the camp and 2369 (55.5%) had Pap smear. Only 37.2% women were found literate and remaining 62.8% illiterate. The SIL rate was almost identical in both groups and also Candida albicans but trichomonan infec...

Measurement of the Anti- Müllerian Hormone (AMH) in Endocrinology: A Mini-Review by Michael AB Naafs in Scholarly articles for women's health journal In this mini-review the use of the measurement of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) as an indicator of the ovarian reserve (OR) is discussed, showing different views in commercial and regular IVF clinics. The automated second generation AMH assay is discussed and the problems with this assay are analyzed. The role of AMH measurements in pediatric endocrinology is reviewed, showing AMH measurement are of proven value in this area. The debate of AMH levels in PCOS is discussed as wellas its value in premature ovarian failure and oncology . It is concluded, that now the greatest challenge is collecting new age-specific reference values for a standardized AMH assay https://crimsonpublishers.com/igrwh/fulltext/IGRWH.000509.php For more open access journals in Crimson publishers please click on the link https://crimsonpublishers.com/ ...