PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that affects 4-6% of women. It is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. The cause is unclear but involves abnormal gonadotropin secretion and insulin resistance. Treatment focuses on weight loss, lifestyle changes, and medication to regulate menstrual cycles and reduce excess androgen levels. Women with PCOS have increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. Management involves screening, lifestyle interventions, and medication to treat symptoms and prevent complications.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that affects 4-6% of women. It is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. The cause is unknown but involves abnormal gonadotropin secretion and insulin resistance. Treatment focuses on weight loss, lifestyle changes, and medication to regulate menstrual cycles and reduce excess androgen levels. Women with PCOS have increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. Management involves screening, lifestyle interventions, and medication to treat symptoms and prevent complications.
The document discusses measurement and evaluation of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in science teaching and assessment. It outlines several key points:
1. Developing good assessment requires alignment between the curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
2. Multiple choice questions can assess lower order thinking but have limitations for higher order thinking. Constructed response questions are better for assessing analysis, evaluation and creation.
3. To better measure HOTS, questions should use combinations of formats like multiple choice followed by explanation, or performance tasks followed by multiple choice. Factual statements, diagrams, or data can be provided to ask students to analyze, identify, develop hypotheses, or evaluate statements.
This document provides clues in the form of a game to determine what country the reader will travel to for their holidays. The clues reveal that the country is located in Europe near Belgium between France and Germany, has the same name for its capital as the country, and is one of the smallest countries on the continent. The country determined from the clues is Luxembourg.
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This document discusses research into cardiovascular risk factors in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The study found that PCOS women have higher rates of subclinical atherosclerosis, as measured by increased carotid intima-media thickness (CAI), compared to age-matched controls, especially in women over 40. Regression analysis showed that age, BMI, diastolic blood pressure, and higher LDL cholesterol levels are predictors of increased CAI. Having PCOS status further increased CAI levels after accounting for these risk factors. The implications are that interventions to lower LDLc and control weight in younger PCOS women may help reduce their future cardiovascular disease risk.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that affects 4-6% of women. It is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. The cause is unclear but involves abnormal gonadotropin secretion and insulin resistance. Treatment focuses on weight loss, lifestyle changes, and medication to regulate menstrual cycles and reduce excess androgen levels. Women with PCOS have increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. Management involves screening, lifestyle interventions, and medication to treat symptoms and prevent complications.
PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is a hormonal disorder that affects 4-6% of women. It is characterized by chronic anovulation, hyperandrogenism, and polycystic ovaries. The cause is unknown but involves abnormal gonadotropin secretion and insulin resistance. Treatment focuses on weight loss, lifestyle changes, and medication to regulate menstrual cycles and reduce excess androgen levels. Women with PCOS have increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and endometrial cancer. Management involves screening, lifestyle interventions, and medication to treat symptoms and prevent complications.
The document discusses measurement and evaluation of higher order thinking skills (HOTS) in science teaching and assessment. It outlines several key points:
1. Developing good assessment requires alignment between the curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
2. Multiple choice questions can assess lower order thinking but have limitations for higher order thinking. Constructed response questions are better for assessing analysis, evaluation and creation.
3. To better measure HOTS, questions should use combinations of formats like multiple choice followed by explanation, or performance tasks followed by multiple choice. Factual statements, diagrams, or data can be provided to ask students to analyze, identify, develop hypotheses, or evaluate statements.
This document provides clues in the form of a game to determine what country the reader will travel to for their holidays. The clues reveal that the country is located in Europe near Belgium between France and Germany, has the same name for its capital as the country, and is one of the smallest countries on the continent. The country determined from the clues is Luxembourg.
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This document discusses research into cardiovascular risk factors in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The study found that PCOS women have higher rates of subclinical atherosclerosis, as measured by increased carotid intima-media thickness (CAI), compared to age-matched controls, especially in women over 40. Regression analysis showed that age, BMI, diastolic blood pressure, and higher LDL cholesterol levels are predictors of increased CAI. Having PCOS status further increased CAI levels after accounting for these risk factors. The implications are that interventions to lower LDLc and control weight in younger PCOS women may help reduce their future cardiovascular disease risk.
El retrato ha tenido diferentes funciones a lo largo de la historia. Inicialmente, servía para que las personas poderosas dejaran su testimonio en la tierra. Más tarde, la Iglesia también lo utilizó para representar a personajes religiosos cristianos. Poco a poco, los artistas fueron ganando más libertad para expresarse de forma más personal en sus obras, tanto en el tema como en la técnica empleada, gracias a inventos como la cámara fotográfica y nuevos modos de pensamiento históricos. El re
This document provides guidelines for creating effective PowerPoint presentations including using sans serif fonts no smaller than 24 points, limiting text on slides to 6-8 words per line, using consistent backgrounds and fonts, limiting colors and graphics, checking for spelling and grammar errors, practicing beforehand, and testing equipment before presenting.
This document discusses managing photos in the digital age where photos are often shared online. It notes that while photos are shared on social networks and archived, important contextual information gets lost over time, making photos difficult to find later. It then introduces Clickstream, a photo manager that links photos to information from social networks and other sources to make photos easier to find by adding tags and relating them to other activities from the photo's time period. This helps users locate photos years later when important details like the date or event are not easily remembered.
El retrato ha tenido diferentes funciones a lo largo de la historia. Inicialmente, servía para que las personas poderosas dejaran su testimonio en la tierra. Más tarde, la Iglesia también lo utilizó para representar a personajes religiosos cristianos. Poco a poco, los artistas fueron ganando más libertad para expresarse de forma más personal en sus obras, tanto en el tema como en la técnica empleada, gracias a inventos como la cámara fotográfica y nuevos modos de pensamiento históricos. El re
This document provides guidelines for creating effective PowerPoint presentations including using sans serif fonts no smaller than 24 points, limiting text on slides to 6-8 words per line, using consistent backgrounds and fonts, limiting colors and graphics, checking for spelling and grammar errors, practicing beforehand, and testing equipment before presenting.
This document discusses managing photos in the digital age where photos are often shared online. It notes that while photos are shared on social networks and archived, important contextual information gets lost over time, making photos difficult to find later. It then introduces Clickstream, a photo manager that links photos to information from social networks and other sources to make photos easier to find by adding tags and relating them to other activities from the photo's time period. This helps users locate photos years later when important details like the date or event are not easily remembered.
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common cause of irregular periods and infertility in women of reproductive age, affecting 5-10% of women. It is associated with increased levels of androgens and insulin resistance. Women with PCOS have an increased risk of health issues like endometrial cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and metabolic syndrome. Diagnosis involves evaluating symptoms, family history, ultrasound of ovaries, and hormone levels. Treatment focuses on lifestyle changes, oral contraceptives, and medications to improve insulin sensitivity and reduce androgen levels.
This document discusses several topics related to induced abortion including:
- Common maternal complications of induced abortion such as infection, incomplete abortion, hemorrhaging, and tissue damage.
- Long-term physical and psychological health consequences of induced abortion.
- Ethical considerations regarding prenatal diagnosis, screening, and decisions around continuing or terminating pregnancies due to fetal anomalies.
- Dilemmas that can arise for doctors and patients in counseling and decision making when fetal abnormalities are discovered.
22. Inborn Errors of Metabolism Second Edition Archibald E. Garrod Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton The Lancet Building London 1923 Table of Contents