AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds Oct 28, 2008
People are still being tested and identified way too late, and the new study shows how important it is to test and find people sooner, said Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes, an AIDS specialist at Brigham and Women s Hospital in Boston. Newer drug combinations that have come out in recent years have fewer side effects. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
WHO's top killers: Heart problems, infectious diseases, cancer Oct 28, 2008
and related problems are the top killer especially among women claiming 29% of people who die each year, the World Health Organization said in a report on the global burden of disease ... Women die more often from than men ... Mathers said the percentage for women was higher because there were more women living at older ages than men. (USA Today)
Aggressive vaccine effort could cut cervical cancer Oct 26, 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - An aggressive strategy of vaccinating older women against cervical cancer could deliver a crippling blow against the disease, cutting rates for that type of cancer in half for women through age 45, U.S. researchers said on Saturday. Using a mathematical model, they showed that vaccinating women in the United States by ages 12 through 45 against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, or HPV, could reduce cases of cervical cancer by 85 percent for 12-year-olds and up to 55... (Reuters India)
Estimate Of Lives Lost Due To Delay In Antiretroviral Drug Use For HIV/AIDS In South Africa Oct 23, 2008
3, 2007) The largest screening program for cervical cancer in the developing world shows that women living with AIDS face a high risk of developing cervical cancer and must be. (Aug. (Science Daily)
HIV carrier failed to warn sex partners, Crown says Oct 21, 2008
HAMILTON The unprecedented murder trial of a man accused of having unprotected sex with numerous women despite knowing he carried the virus that can lead to AIDS began Monday with the prosecution saying he lied to his partners about his health status ... The unprecedented murder trial of a man accused of having unprotected sex with women despite knowing he was HIV-positive began Monday with the prosecution accusing Aziga of lying to his partners about his health status ... In addition, when some... (Globe and Mail)
Even health care workers don't want flu shots Oct 17, 2008
The CDC also recommends a flu shot for people age 50 and over, the chronically ill, and women who will be pregnant during the flu season. This year virtually all children from 6 months to 18 years were added to the list. (MSNBC -- Health)
Health Care Workers Refuse Flu Shot Oct 17, 2008
The CDC also recommends a flu shot for people age 50 and over, the chronically ill, and women who will be pregnant during the flu season ... Find out what the experts think about whether men and women can be just friends. (Click2Houston, TX)
Racial disparities in cardiovascular health linked to birth weight, slavery Oct 17, 2008
Prior studies have shown that contemporary black women who were born in African countries ancestral to slave populations, but who live in the U.S., give birth to children with significantly higher weight than black women in the U.S. who have slave ancestry ... "Even a short-term nutritional deprivation of pregnant women, when very severe, has been shown to have an intergenerational effect," says Jasienska ... Dutch women exposed to famine as fetuses in mid- and late gestation have also been... (EurekAlert!)
Newer vaccine may be better for polio hot spots Oct 16, 2008
Attempts to control polio in Nigeria suffered a setback in 2003 when a group of Muslim clerics claimed that the conventional vaccine was tainted as part of a U.S. plot to make women there infertile. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Health)
Integrating Adult Vaccines into Your Routine Care Oct 16, 2008
For example, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer in women, is now available and recommended for females starting at 11 years of age. Shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine is recommended for individuals 60 years and older, because they are at the highest risk of this disease. (Pekin Times, IL)
Hand wash drive to fight diseases Oct 16, 2008
She addressed the women present at the function, especially members of self help groups (SHG), and requested them to help children imbibe the habit of cleaning hands with soap before eating and after defecation. She said people wash their hands with water but very few wash their hands with soap. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Double the body of evidence Oct 16, 2008
At the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne, Professor Suzanne Garland has begun recruiting the thousands of women she will need to shed light on a question in cervical cancer: why some women end up with persistent human papilloma virus infections of the cervix, which may cause cancer, while most spontaneously clear the infection. After twins aged 25 or older - identical and non-identical - give permission, Garland's team requests access to their pap smear history, to see if the identical sisters... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tamoxifen Chemoprevention Tied To Early Detection Of Breast Cancer Oct 13, 2008
Women at high-risk for breast cancer who took tamoxifen as a preventive measure in a clinical trial and later developed ER-negative breast cancer had a median time to first diagnosis of 24 months, compared with 36 months for those who received placebo, according to a retrospective statistical analysis ... In the Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, conducted at 300 centers, 13,388 women at high risk for breast cancer were randomized to either tamoxifen or placebo ... (May 4, 2007) Women at high risk... (Science Daily)
HPV infection rates similar in men and women Oct 11, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases ... Because male-to-female transmission of HPV influences the risk of cancer in women, Dr. Anna R. Giuliano of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa, Florida, and colleagues and sought out more... (Reuters)
Excluding Inmates From Health Research Thwarts Advancement Of Public Health, Expert Argues Oct 8, 2008
27, 1997) Higher testosterone levels are related to criminal violence and aggressive dominance among women in prison, says a Georgia State University study released this. (Aug. (Science Daily)
For Some Animals, There's No Place at Home Oct 8, 2008
Adults with weakened immune systems, the elderly and pregnant women are also at greater risk. Typically, allergies are associated more with cats and dogs than with nontraditional pets, said Dr. Jonathan Field, emeritus director of the pediatric allergy and asthma clinic at New York University/Bellevue Medical Center in New York City. (MEDLINEplus)
3 Europeans share Nobel Prize in medicine Oct 7, 2008
They shared the award with Germany's Harald zur Hausen, who was honored for finding human papilloma viruses that cause cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine Gardasil in 2006 for the prevention of cervical cancer in girls and women ages 9 to 26. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Nobels Awarded for AIDS, Cancer Virus Research Oct 7, 2008
They shared the award with Germany's Harald zur Hausen, who found that certain human papilloma viruses cause cervical cancer, the second most common cancer among women worldwide ... Vaccination is recommended for millions of young women and girls in the U.S.. (Newsmax)
Climate more urgent than economy, say voters Oct 6, 2008
Although women are more likely than men to place the environment ahead of the economy as an issue - 55% of women say it is a priority, against 49% of men - support for action is strong across all ages, regions and social groups. Far from being the greenest part of the population, middle-class voters are actually more sceptical than most about the need for action, perhaps because they fear they have more to lose from increased bills and taxes. (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
Baah-Wiredu, Death and Development Oct 4, 2008
For in the final analysis, it doesnt matter whether you are Finance Minister, Big Man or Big Women, all Ghanaians are mired in the same pitiable development pointers that make us live uncomfortable life and die earlier in some sort of Hobbesian anarchy. kakos064@uottawa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Not a money of matter, RI's health inequities Oct 4, 2008
Why is the maternal mortality rate among poor Indonesian women three to four times higher compared to the middle class and rich Indonesian women. Why are the risks of death among Afghan pregnant women so much higher than the Swedish. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
Tuberculosis: An Ancient Disease Continues to Thrive Oct 4, 2008
Occupying a dozen or so tin-roofed, low-slung buildings, the hospital serves its rural patients well: Women come to have babies, H.I.V. patients register to receive their medications, and those infected with tuberculosis check in for a chance to recover from an ancient scourge. Related. (Time.com)
Foreclosures Worsen Spread of West Nile Oct 3, 2008
Hormone therapy may make postmenopausal women more passionate. Most Popular Stories. (WebMD)
30 million more children should get flu shots Sep 25, 2008
30 million more children should get flu vaccinations, feds say - CNN.com. 30 million more children should get flu vaccinations, feds say. (CNN -- US)
More American kids urged to have flu shot Sep 25, 2008
The Centters did not changed its recommendations regarding other groups who should get a flu shot, including people 50 and older, people with chronic illnesses, pregnant women and health care workers. Overall, it indicated about 265. (Xinhuanet, China)
Uganda: Country Tests Pill to Prevent HIV Infection Sep 20, 2008
"There are also young adults who were born with HIV and want to raise families. Our serosurvey also showed that HIV incidence is high among married people. I think husbands fear to move with condoms and end up in problems. This drug would be the best preventive method which a female can control without permission from a man." Early next year, another trial will start in Kampala and other places in South Africa, using the same drugs in high risk women ... It will target 4,200 sexually active... (allAfrica.com)
Scott & White Will Vaccinate Thousands Of Children Against Flu Sep 20, 2008
Scott Will Vaccinate Thousands Of Children Against Flu. Staph Infection Information Resources. (KWTX.com, TX)
Scientists learn how Listeria attacks the unborn Sep 18, 2008
Pregnant women are about 20 times more likely than other healthy adults to get listeriosis, an infection that can often result in miscarriage and stillbirth ... In addition to pregnant women, listeriosis affects older people, newborns and adults with weakened immune systems. (MSNBC -- Health)
Urban air pollution 'more dangerous than Chernobyl' Sep 18, 2008
Other findings this year showed that women living in areas of high air pollution were at greater risk of heart disease and death, while children living within 500m of motorways suffered more permanent lung damage and lower life expectancy, probably because of their greater exposure to pollutants in vehicle fumes. Jim Smith, a scientist at the government's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Dorchester, assessed the health risks faced by emergency workers at Chernobyl directly after the explosion... (Yahoo News -- Pollution)
It is about telling the truth Sep 18, 2008
Through her journalistic skills, the voiceless got their story out in newsprint and in her book "The Killing Fields: Harvest of Women." She tells us how sometimes the truth runs faster than killers, as when her sources tipped her off about the danger she was in. Washington Valdez won the Del Olmo Print Journalism Award. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Panel Named to Seek Next VCU President Sep 18, 2008
Lillian Lincoln Lambert (board) is the president of LilCo Enterprises, Inc., where she provides consulting services to small businesses and serves as a speaker to business and women groups. She also is a member of the Board of Directors for the Harvard Business School African American Alumni Association. (WTVR.com, VA)
Amid the Great War, the pandemic that history forgot Sep 17, 2008
" It has been suggested the curious under-reporting of the event in countries that were combatants in the First World War contributed to the evolution of the outbreak's moniker, which implies the virus arose in Spain. (Influenza viruses are named after the place where they are first found.) The thinking is that because Spain was a non-combatant, its newspapers were more openly reporting on the alarming new twist on an old illness. Influenza viruses circulate all the time, sending victims to... (Globe and Mail)
Burkina Faso: EU Pledges More Aid to Fight Malnutrition Sep 16, 2008
ECHO is currently funding some ten humanitarian projects in Burkina Faso worth 12 million, (US$17 million), mostly to fight malnutrition among children and women ... More than 20 percent of pregnant women suffer from malnutrition, which often results in them having children with low birth weights ... ECHO-funded nutrition programs there include children's nutrition assessments, promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for babies up to six months of age, children and women-focused health... (allAfrica.com)
Black cloud over hubbly bubblies Sep 7, 2008
Cafes and restaurants in Lakemba and Bankstown last week were filled with men and women smoking elaborate argilehs with fruit-flavoured tobacco. Friends Omar el Darwich, 20, Ahmed Nass, 21, and Rami Abed, 20, said that, just as alcohol was used socially, smoking argilehs was a popular way to spend time with friends. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Shame on you, Generation Excess Sep 6, 2008
There's a feeling humans have solved this by reducing births to replacement value, as occurs in developed countries, closely linked to the education of women. Two children per couple, however, is replacement value only as long as parents and children move over to give room to the next generation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Animal Model Of Chronic Stress Created Sep 4, 2008
It particularly affects women of fertile age. A new study shows that reducing stress in people also decreases. (Science Daily)
Chief expresses concern about increases in Telecommunication Masts Sep 3, 2008
Nana Bio said findings by health researchers have revealed that the masts could also cause reproductive effects like miscarriage among women. He urged government, the national Communication Authority and the Media Commission to be up and doing by bringing the telecommunication companies and radio operators to book to save Ghanaians from the health problems posed by the masts. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Doubts Grow Over Flu Vaccine in Elderly Sep 2, 2008
Health tips for women of all ages. Video: Get your lunchtime laugh with Atlanta's hottest comedians. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Oracles Safra Catz is top local exec on powerful women list Aug 30, 2008
Oracles Safra Catz is top local exec on powerful women list - San Francisco Business Times ... Oracles Safra Catz is top local exec on powerful women list ... Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women included five Bay Area residents and three women with close local ties. (San Francisco Business Times, CA)
Oracle's Katz top area exec on Forbes' powerful women list Aug 30, 2008
Forbes List of the 100 Most Powerful Women included five Bay Area residents and three women with close local ties. The list ranks the women based on a combination of status, public profile, money and influence ... Speaker of the House and San Francisco Congresswomen Nancy Pelosi was listed at No. 35, down nine spots from No. 26 last year. (San Jose Business Journal, CA)
Nature Reviews Immunology Aug 29, 2008
In this Perspective, Eleanor Fish discusses factors, such as X linked genes, hormones and societal context, that underlie disparate immune responses in men and women. CURRENT ISSUE. (Nature News Service)
Risk of fracture is significantly higher in HIV-infected patients Aug 29, 2008
Large study finds increased prevalence in men and women that increases with age ... "This very large study group with more than 8,500 HIV-infected patients and over two million controls has the power to detect significant differences in risk for both men and women at critical sites such as the hip and spine, risks that increased with age." ... Previous studies of the impact of HIV on bone health focused on bone density and reported increased prevalence of osteoporosis and the less-serious... (EurekAlert!)
Indian Monsoon Strands 1.2 Million Aug 28, 2008
Pictures from the region Tuesday, the first images since last week when flooding cut off the remote area from the rest of India, showed entire villages submerged and women wading through waist-high muddy waters, sacks of belongings balanced on their heads. Families perched on the roofs of their houses waited for aid while others piled into overloaded canoes. (CBS News)
Moffitt wins federal financing for HPV study Aug 26, 2008
The research will focus on physician recommendations of Gardasil, an HPV vaccine produced by Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE: MRK) approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in women ages 9 to 26. Gardasil protects against HPV types 16 and 18, which cause approximately 70 percent of cervical cancers, as well as HPV types 6 and 11, which cause approximately 90 percent of genital warts. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, FL)
Fatal bacteria outbreak linked to meat Aug 24, 2008
The outbreak has resulted in 21 confirmed cases of listeriosis, a kind of food poisoning that can be dangerous to the elderly, newborns, pregnant women and people with chronic medical conditions. Symptoms include fever, headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea. (MSNBC -- International)
Chad: Flooding Leaves 10,000 Homeless Aug 24, 2008
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has provided high-protein biscuits for children and pregnant and lactating women, as well as family water kits and mosquito nets. Officials with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are also in the region, which is close to the border with the Central African Republic (CAR), to assess the extent of damage to agricultural production in what is one of the world's poorest countries. (allAfrica.com)
Kenya:Diseases Threaten Refugees Aug 18, 2008
"We have to walk more than five kilometres to the nearest facility, which is extremely difficult for children and pregnant women," said Susan Wangare of Rurigi. The International Medical Corps in the region has been promoting good hygiene and initiated psycho-social support and immunisation programmes among other health services to the occupants of the various transit camps. (allAfrica.com)
HAART as HIV Prevention Technique Aug 15, 2008
Pregnant women receiving HAART are less likely to give birth to infected children. Several studies around the world have been done on discordant couples, couples where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative. (Suite101.com)
USAID support for Parivarthan Child Survival Project gets the final approval for implementation Aug 12, 2008
This low literacy rate among women not only has implications for the way health information should be communicated to women, but it also highlights other underlying causes of poor health, such as gender inequality which leads to women and adolescent girls having little or no decision making power regarding sexual and reproductive rights. Child bearing imposes health needs and problems on tribal women - physically, psychologically and socially ... The beneficiary population would consist of... (AlertNet)
Hope: An Overlooked Tool In The Battle Against HIV/AIDS Aug 11, 2008
Although there is not a great deal of experience in developing programmes to increase hope, policies such as cash support for children, microfinance for small businesses, women s education, reduced discriminations against sexual minorities and health system reform will improve the wider environment. And with more to live for, interventions to encourage individuals to change their behaviour are more likely to succeed. (Science Daily)
War on AIDS: Money nightmare seems set to return Aug 9, 2008
This often-overlooked business involves promoting safe sex among young people, ending coercive sex for women and easing stigma against gays, intravenous drug users, sex workers and other groups where the virus finds fertile ground for leaping into the wider population ... He believed that "generational change" would come, as younger people would take the baton handed on by the men and women in their fifties and sixties who had been fighting AIDS for two decades or more -- a sign indeed that the... (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Persons Tested for HIV --- United States, 2006 Aug 8, 2008
Additional variables analyzed in 2006 included age, sex, race/ethnicity, region of residence, pregnancy status (of women aged 18--49 years) at the time of interview, HIV risk factor status, and type of testing setting ... In 2006, greater percentages of persons aged 18--34 years, women, and residents of the South region of the United States reported being tested for HIV during the preceding 12 months than did persons aged 35--64 years, men, and residents of other regions () ... Among women who... (Food Consumer)
HIV Drug Can Persist In Mothers' Milk, Increasing Risk To Them And Their Babies Aug 7, 2008
Last year, 420,000 babies were born HIV-positive, the large majority of them to HIV-infected mothers in sub-Saharan Africa, according to figures from the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. The centerpiece of public health programs in the developing world to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV are both zidovudine (AZT) and nevirapine, which have been used as preventive tools in nearly 900,000 women and infants worldwide ... However, not all HIV-infected women have access to one or... (Science Daily)
HIV Drug Might Spur Resistant Strains of Virus Aug 7, 2008
The scientists looked at 32 HIV-positive pregnant women in Zimbabwe who received a single dose of nevirapine when they went into labor. The women had received no other treatment for their infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ... Two weeks after delivery, more than half of the women still had detectable levels of the drug in their blood, and two-thirds had measurable levels of nevirapine in their breast milk. (MEDLINEplus)
Rickets on the rebound: Experts say bone disorder shouldn't stop new mothers from breastfeeding Aug 6, 2008
Sharma said rickets may be on the increase due to several reasons: some parents are concerned about Vitamin D toxicity or overdose; the daily administration of vitamin drops is an interference with the breastfeeding routine; a decreased amount of sunshine due to concerns about harmful effects of ultraviolet rays to the skin; and increased breastfeeding among women with highly pigmented skin. Hood added that making well-baby checks, staying updated on infant immunizations, following physician s... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Bulging Prison System Called Massive Intervention In American Family Life Aug 6, 2008
27, 1997) Higher testosterone levels are related to criminal violence and aggressive dominance among women in prison, says a Georgia State University study released this. (July 4, 1997) In a study of 448 drug-involved inmates released from Delaware's Gander Hill prison, a model three-step treatment program helped 77 percent avoid arrest for at least 18 months, while 47 percent. (Science Daily)
Traces of HIV drug in mother's milk Aug 6, 2008
The centre-piece of public health programmes in the developing world to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV are both zidovudine (AZT) and nevirapine, which have been used as preventive tools in nearly 900,000 women and infants worldwide ... Use of the drug reduces the chance of HIV transmission by half, to about 13 per cent. However, not all HIV-infected women have access to one or both of these drugs, especially in sub-Saharan Africa ... They looked at a group of 32 HIV-positive pregnant... (India Times, India)
Anthrax suspect suicide: FBIs fault? Aug 5, 2008
When he feels that he has been slighted, and especially toward women, he plots and actually. Video. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Integrating Adult Vaccines into Your Routine Care Aug 5, 2008
For example, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, which prevents cervical cancer in women, is now available and recommended for females starting at 11 years of age. Shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine is recommended for individuals 60 years and older, because they are at the highest risk of this disease. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Therapist says Bruce Ivins was planning to kill Aug 4, 2008
She described Ivins as a "revenge killer" who seemed especially sensitive to perceived slights from women. Ivins, 62, an anthrax researcher at the Army's main biodefense laboratory, took an overdose of Tylenol and died Tuesday after he was advised that the FBI planned to charge him with producing the powdery anthrax spores used in the worst bioterrorist attack in the nation's history. (Los Angeles Times)
Therapist says Ivins was planning to kill Aug 4, 2008
She described Ivins as a "revenge killer" who seemed especially sensitive to perceived slights from women ... She described Ivins as a "revenge killer" who seemed especially sensitive to perceived slights from women. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Deadly skin bug on rise Aug 4, 2008
All Men Are Liars: Why men are more romantic than women. Noise Pollution: It's not the performers, writes Stephen Walker. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Letters to the Telegraph Aug 4, 2008
The women s lacrosse team at Waterloo Station setting off for the United States, 1934. This is a pity given that lacrosse is a fast, skilful, team game, played by athletes who train to a professional level, even while working full time (the sport has minimal funding at the elite level). (Telegraph.co.uk)
Plea to aware mothers Aug 3, 2008
Access to healthcare system for pre-natal and post-natal health check-up and advice can only facilitate optimal infant feeding practices among women and educate them about the benefits and techniques of breastfeeding, said Bikash Das, the executive vice-president of CLAP, while marking the beginning of the World Breastfeeding Week today ... More than 400 women participated in the rally that marched through the main thoroughfares of the city to the collectorate and staged a public demonstration... (Calcutta Telegraph)
Sanofi Pasteur Shipping First Doses of Influenza Vaccine for the 2008-2009 Season Aug 1, 2008
The CDC recommends an annual influenza immunization for anyone who wishes to reduce their risk of contracting influenza; children 6 months through 18 years of age; adults over 50 years of age; pregnant women; and anyone with chronic health conditions, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, and diabetes. The CDC also recommends annual immunization for caregivers and household contacts of these high-risk groups; such as relatives and health-care providers. (PR Newswire)
