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The primary support for the pelvic organs comes from the pelvic floor muscles [ 1 2 ] . This suggests that an alteration to the levator ani supportive function may significantly contribute to the pathogenesis of PFD [ 3 ] , which affect 5% of younger and nearly 50% of elderly women [ 2 ] . In women, the levator muscles form a horizontal shelf with an anterior midline cleft (the urogenital hiatus) through which the urethra, vagina, and rectum pass.
As a precondition of admission, the border with Gibraltar was reopened in February 1985, after a 16-year hiatus, and Spain was finally admitted to the EC in 1986.
The estimated mortality reduction in the screening program is similar to the PSE estimates (Figure 2) because the long-duration of screening (5 annual or 3 biennial screenings followed by 3-5 years hiatus followed by 5 annual or 3 biennial screenings) in the trial approximated the 21 years of periodic screening.
Tabloid staple Celine Dion, for one, "plans to make love like there's no tomorrow," according to the National Enquirer . With her husband-manager Rene Angelil's cancer in remission, Dion is taking a much-needed career hiatus to focus on getting pregnant--a plan that supposedly includes spending time "puttering around the kitchen because it makes her feel maternal."
is like any hiatus in hostilities, a backhanded concession to the victim: a hearty breakfast for a condemned man."