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Global decline in semen quality: ignoring the developing world introduces selection bias.

International journal of general medicine

Deonandan R, Jaleel M.
PMID: 22505829
Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:303-6. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S30673. Epub 2012 Mar 22.

Multiple studies from around the world have suggested that semen quality is declining globally. However, all studies suffer from variable semen sampling criteria, selection bias with respect to the types of men volunteering to participate, and a bias with...

Implications and reflections on the 2010 Supreme Court ruling on Canada's AHR Act.

International journal of women's health

Deonandan R, Rahman T.
PMID: 22247625
Int J Womens Health. 2011;3:405-8. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S27145. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

In December, 2010, Canada's 6 year old Assisted Human Reproduction Act was successfully challenged in the Supreme Court of Canada. There may be important implications for public health and the evolution of reproductive technologies in this country.

Ethics education for pediatric residents: a review of the literature.

Canadian medical education journal

Deonandan R, Khan H.
PMID: 26451231
Can Med Educ J. 2015 Apr 20;6(1):e61-7. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Ethics education and research on medical residents is needed because, unlike medical students or experienced doctors, medical residents have to perform multiple roles simultaneously - student, teacher and clinician - thus exposing them to unique ethical stressors. In...

Driving deaths and injuries post-9/11.

International journal of general medicine

Deonandan R, Backwell A.
PMID: 22162936
Int J Gen Med. 2011;4:803-7. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S27049. Epub 2011 Oct 01.

OBJECTIVES: In the days immediately following the terror attacks of 9/11, thousands of Americans chose to drive rather than to fly. We analyzed highway accident data to determine whether or not the number of fatalities and injuries following 9/11...

Village health worker training for complications of labor and delivery in rural Maharashtra, India.

International journal of general medicine

Peterson W, Deonandan R, Arole S, Premkumar R.
PMID: 24971034
Int J Gen Med. 2014 Jun 19;7:295-301. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S63183. eCollection 2014.

BACKGROUND: By analyzing the perspectives of village health worker/trainers with the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), this study aimed to investigate their level of knowledge of treatment, risks, and prevention of complications of labor and delivery and to evaluate...

Predictive value of CD4 cell count nadir on long-term mortality in HIV-positive patients in Uganda.

HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.)

Bray S, Gedeon J, Hadi A, Kotb A, Rahman T, Sarwar E, Savelyeva A, Sévigny M, Bakanda C, Birungi J, Chan K, Yaya S, Deonandan R, Mills EJ.
PMID: 22930645
HIV AIDS (Auckl). 2012;4:135-40. doi: 10.2147/HIV.S35374. Epub 2012 Aug 17.

OBJECTIVE: Although international guidelines recommend initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) when a patient's CD4 cell count is ≤350 cells/μL, most patients in resource-limited settings present with much lower CD4 cell counts. The lowest level that their CD4 cell count reaches,...

Measuring reproductive tourism through an analysis of Indian ART clinic Websites.

International journal of general medicine

Deonandan R, Loncar M, Rahman P, Omar S.
PMID: 23049270
Int J Gen Med. 2012;5:763-73. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S36426. Epub 2012 Sep 18.

OBJECTIVES: India is fast becoming the most prominent player in the global industry of reproductive tourism, in which infertile people cross international borders to seek assisted reproduction technologies. This study was conducted to better understand the extent and manner...

A pilot study: research poster presentations as an educational tool for undergraduate epidemiology students.

Advances in medical education and practice

Deonandan R, Gomes J, Lavigne E, Dinh T, Blanchard R.
PMID: 24101888
Adv Med Educ Pract. 2013 Sep 23;4:183-8. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S52037. eCollection 2013.

Students in a fourth year epidemiology course were surveyed after participating in a formal Science Research Day in which they presented original research, in poster form, to be judged by scientists from the community. Of 276 participating students, 80...

An Analysis of Canadian Institute for Health Research Funding for Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Autism research and treatment

Deonandan R, Liu EY, Kolisnyk B, Konkle AT.
PMID: 26977317
Autism Res Treat. 2016;2016:8106595. doi: 10.1155/2016/8106595. Epub 2016 Feb 10.

We examined patterns of Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) funding on autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research. From 1999 to 2013, CIHR funded 190 ASD grants worth $48 million. Biomedical research received 43% of grants (46% of dollars), clinical...

Factors associated with body mass index among slum dwelling women in India: an analysis of the 2005-2006 Indian National Family Health Survey.

International journal of general medicine

Patel ML, Deonandan R.
PMID: 28223838
Int J Gen Med. 2017 Feb 07;10:27-31. doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S82912. eCollection 2017.

BACKGROUND: Urbanization is increasing around the world, and in India, this trend has translated into an increase in the size of slum dwellings whose environments are suspected of being associated with poor health outcomes, particularly those relating to women's...

Advanced maternal age: ethical and medical considerations for assisted reproductive technology.

International journal of women's health

Harrison BJ, Hilton TN, Rivière RN, Ferraro ZM, Deonandan R, Walker MC.
PMID: 28860865
Int J Womens Health. 2017 Aug 16;9:561-570. doi: 10.2147/IJWH.S139578. eCollection 2017.

OBJECTIVES: This review explores the ethical and medical challenges faced by women of advanced maternal age who decide to have children. Assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) make post-menopausal pregnancy physiologically plausible, however, one must consider the associated physical, psychological, and...

Recent trends in reproductive tourism and international surrogacy: ethical considerations and challenges for policy.

Risk management and healthcare policy

Deonandan R.
PMID: 26316832
Risk Manag Healthc Policy. 2015 Aug 17;8:111-9. doi: 10.2147/RMHP.S63862. eCollection 2015.

Reproductive tourism, or "cross-border reproductive care", is the phenomenon of people crossing international borders to access reproductive technologies. One of the fastest-growing categories of cross-border reproductive care is international surrogacy, the act of infertile clients traveling internationally to engage...

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