Prevalence and factors associated with stunting among school children in Egypt.

Background: Stunting adversely affects children's health and development. Few studies on the prevalence of stunting and factors associated with stunting have been done in Upper Egypt.

Aims: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of and factors associated with stunting in schoolchildren in Sohag, Egypt.

Integrating insulin into single-step culture medium regulates human embryo development in vitro.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of supplementing single-step embryo culture medium with insulin on human embryo development.

Design: Comparative study.

Setting: Two private centers.

Treatment of symptomatic uterine fibroids with green tea extract: a pilot randomized controlled clinical study.

Background: Uterine fibroids (UFs, also known as leiomyoma) affect 70% of reproductive-age women. Imposing a major burden on health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) of premenopausal women, UF is a public health concern. There are no effective medicinal treatment options currently available for women with symptomatic UF.

Serum vitamin D3 level inversely correlates with uterine fibroid volume in different ethnic groups: a cross-sectional observational study.

Purpose: Currently there is no effective medicinal treatment for uterine fibroids (UFs), a common health disorder that affects women of reproductive age. Identification of modifiable risk factors such as vitamin D (Vit D) deficiency could help develop novel strategies for the prevention and/or treatment of UFs. The purpose of this study was to identify whether low serum Vit D3 levels correlate with increased risk of UFs.

Laparoscopic management of a large torted ovarian cyst in an adolescent virgin: a case report.

We report a case of a torted mature cystic teratoma in a 23-year-old, sexually inactive, virgin female which necessitated immediate laparoscopy. The patient and her family stressed that the integrity of the hymen must be maintained at any cost, for cultural reasons. We opted out of our routine intravaginal preparation for laparoscopic surgery to honor the patient's request to maintain the integrity of the hymen.