Supportive homes mean less risky sex among black adolescent females
Black adolescent females who feel they can talk to their families and receive help from them are more likely to have steady partners who use condoms than are girls from unsupportive families, according to a new study. A supportive family may provide an environment that prote...Heavier white female workers earn less
...Survey of Youth on 2,843 white, black and Hispanic females over as many as 12 years up to 1998. Cawley's analysis controlled for weight in alternate ways: weight both in pounds (holding constant height in inches) and body mass index, a measure of weight for height that is the standard measure of fatness in...Gender differences in general aviation crashes
...males. The majority of the crashes 95 percent for females and 88 percent for males involved at least one ty...error for both sexes, but was more prevalent among females (accounting for 81 percent of the crashes) than males (accounting for 48 percent). Males, however, a...Bad habits, non-cholesterol risk factors in youth linked to fatty plaques
...h (PDAY) study examined autopsies of 856 males and females aged 15-34 with normal cholesterol levels. All had died in accidents, homicides or suicides. Those who had risk factors such as smoking, high blood pressure or obesity already had fatty streaks and artery-clogging plaques in the abdominal aorta and......hin hours of arrest to male inmates aged 18-35 and females 18-45. Most prisoners offered the services have chosen to participate in the program, and it has detected a higher number of STDs than are typically picked up in screening programs that are available to populations outside the jail setting, said McFa...Humans can regrow liver from bone marrow
...ells (cholangiocytes) exhibited green dots. "Since females carry only X chromosomes in their genetic makeup, the cells with Y chromosomes could only have come from their male marrow donations," explained Theise. Four other patients in the study were men whose liver transplants came from women. Yet their tiss...Eating disorders more common among girls with diabetes
...dy of prevalence of eating disorders in adolescent females with and without type 1 diabetes Eating disorders are almost twice as common in girls with type 1 diabetes as in non-diabetic girls of the same age, putting them at increased risk of complications, according to a study in this week's BMJ. Canadian ...Sharon and Tracey make way for Kelly and Louise in the easy virtue stakes
...y" and "Louise". In an analysis of 16-24 year old females attending a genitourinary clinic in Southampton, DrElizabeth Foley and colleagues found that contrary to popular belief, Sharon and Tracey were not themost popular names of attendees. They actually found that of the 1462 women who attended the clini...Emotional support during conflict situations elevates blood pressure in African-American boys
...y also show greater cardiovascular reactivity than females under certain stressful social conditions because of an increased desire to exert effort and demonstrate control." "An increase in blood pressure in response to stress is associated with an increased risk for developing high blood pressure later in...New drug relieves symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in females
...n 370 patients. The study found that 70 percent of females taking a 1 mg. dose twice a day reported adequate relief of pain and discomfort over the 12 weeks of the study, compared to 30 percent taking a placebo. The women also reported significant improvement in bowel functions, including less frequency and ...New study shows link between sex and violence among N.C. high school males
...alition. "Most of the sex education is targeted to females andis knowledge-based as opposed to using a skills building approach. For example,we need to teach children about certain high-risk behaviors, but we also need toteach them how to effectively communicate and negotiate their way out of adangerous situ...Americans expect to live a year longer than statistics suggest
... live the longest-- white females -- actually predicted they will liveslightly less than official estimates. "Americans seem to understand roughly how much time they probably have left," said John Mirowsky, a...It is easy for adolescents to purchase cigarettes illegally in North Carolina
... schools, 25.3 percent of males and 20.7percent of females had smoked cigarettes in the last 30 days. Research alsoshows an increase in the number of high school students who smoke. "This is a disturbing trend," DuRant said. "The early onset of smoking,in other research conducted, has been shown to in...NICHD funded researchers discover gene for Rett syndrome
...hromosomes found inhuman cells. Briefly, females receive an X chromosome from each parent; males re...oughly half the Xchromosomes in genetically normal females are permanently switched off. The Xchromosomes are shut down in an apparently random pattern. In ...Brain chemical mellows male mice, but makes mouse moms tough
...breeding season becausethis can increase access to females and also can lead to attacks on the pups ofanother male," says Gammie, speculating on the reasons for the differences inbrain chemistry. "For females, it is dangerous to challenge a larger male, soit makes sense to limit expression of aggression to ...Research finds U.S. adolescents inactive; blacks, Hispanics, Asians at biggest risk
...ical activity. Overweight was highest among black females - 39.4 percent -- and lowest amongAsian females - 11.1 percent. "As we expected, this work confirms that physical activity is very lowfor A...Marriage rates differ only slightly in childhood cancer survivors
...up. The study found that females and whites were lesslikely to ...ely to be divorced, while females were less likely. The ratestended to be lower for whites and somewhat highe......not be discounted."Forty-one percent of adolescent females report that magazines are their mostimportant sour...on dieting and health, and 61 percent ofadolescent females read at least one fashion magazine regularly," said theauthors. "I think the media reflects a larger...... well: how safe issoy for the breasts and uteri of females and what effect, if any, doesphytoestrogen have on...use. "Our concentration on postmenopausal females and soy phytoestrogens hasincreased our awareness of the public health importance of the simultaneou...... tothe partner. It may well be that both males and females would prefer thatcondoms be used but that they don...d anSTD." Thus it may well be that both males and females would prefer condoms be used butthat the issue is just never discussed. Males may fear their partner...