A cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire was conducted on female university students (N = 1106) to explore their knowledge and misconceptions on breastfeeding. Most participants recognized the benefits of breastfeeding, but only a few were aware of the recommendation for exclusive breastfeeding in the first 6 months of life. Misconceptions were common; 66%, 60%, and 55% of participants thought mothers should temporarily stop breastfeeding if they had a fever, skin rash, or sore throat, respectively. Approximately 20% thought mothers should stop breastfeeding if the child had diarrhea, vomiting, or skin rash. Support of breastfeeding in public places was low, but 38% supported breastfeeding in female prayer rooms in public places. Efforts should be made to correct common misconceptions on breastfeeding and increase the support of breastfeeding in public places among university students. Female prayer rooms that exist in all public places in Kuwait can be used to promote breastfeeding in public places in Kuwait.

Although the medical literature contains adequate accounts of the pathophysiology of various benign prostatic disorders, it is often necessary to revisit these lesions, to reexamine the relationships between known benign lesions and more sinister, malignant disorders, in the light of new advances in our understanding of the processes. We carried out a histopathological review of prostatic surgical pathology material seen over a seven-year period in our hospital. Our findings show that benign enlargement of the prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is initially fibromuscular in many cases, becoming glandulostromal with advancing age. While we found no relationship between prostatitis and age, individual gland necrosis tended to occur relatively early and correlated well with stromal repair, which we believe forms the basis of fibromuscular hyperplasia. Epithelial hyperplasia may result from glandular regeneration, and basal cell hyperplasia, papillary hyperplasia and cribriform hyperplasia all showed significant correlation with prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN). On the other hand, only cribriform hyperplasia showed correlation with atypical adenomatous hyperplasia (AAH), and also demonstrated an increase in incidence with advancing age. Our findings underline the positive relationships between benign events such as glandular necrosis with repair and epithelial hyperplasia, which may itself predispose to recognized premalignant lesions such as PIN. Ann Saudi Med 1998;18 (1) Within the past decade or so, there has been a sudden increase of interest in diseases of the prostate. This is largely due to the recently perceived high incidence of prostatic carcinoma in different geographical and ethnic groupings.1-3 Attention has naturally focused on malignant, as well as premalignant, lesions of the prostate. 4-8Recently, these premalignant lesions have become better defined, largely as a result of advances in technology. Therefore, in the light of growing knowledge about prostatic lesions, it is necessary to periodically review known benign lesions in order to re-assess any relationships or impact they may have on malignant or premalignant prostatic disease. We have thus reviewed all prostatic specimens diagnosed as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in the Pathology Department of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait, over a seven-year period, in an attempt to analyze the significance of various histopathological changes in the prostate and to determine any correlation among these changes. Materials and MethodsProstatic specimens received in the Pathology Department of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Teaching Hospital, Kuwait, during the seven-year period from January 1988 through December 1994 were included in the study. These were transurethral resections (TUR), as well as suprapubic prostatectomy specimens diagnosed as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Needle biopsy specimens were excluded from the study because they were considered unrepresentative. Sections stained with hematoxylin and eosin were revie...