OBJECTIVE To examine sexual health disparities between blacks and whites in a national sample of US college students. PARTICIPANTS AND METHOD SUMMARY: Analyses utilized secondary data from 44,165 nonmarried undergraduates (aged 18-24; M = 20.1) responding to the Spring 2007 American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment; 64% were female and 94.7% were white. RESULTS Wh...

OBJECTIVES To describe the features of an outbreak of early syphilis in North Manchester. METHODS Retrospective KC60 and case note review. RESULTS In a 25 month period, 10 cases of primary, 22 of secondary, and nine cases of early latent syphilis were diagnosed. 39 were homosexual or bisexual men, 20 being co-infected with HIV. Most infections were acquired locally and in 19/41 cases oral s...

Evidence is accumulating that low androgen concentrations are a cause of rheumatoid arthritis. This would explain a number of established features of the epidemiology of the disease. These include: (a) the variation of disease activity with pregnancy; (b) the variation of age at onset by sex; (c) the variation by sex with HLA-B15; (d) the association with bone mineral density; and (e) the diffe...

Sexting, sending, or receiving sexually suggestive or explicit messages/photos/videos, have not been studied extensively. The aims of this study is to understand factors associated with sexting among minority (e.g., African- American, Hispanic) emerging adult males and the association between sexting and sexual risk. We recruited 119 emerging adult heterosexual males and assessed sexting and se...

• Surprisingly, research rarely considers how contraception affects sex for women. Some studies do explore how contraceptive methods (especially combined oral contraceptives [COCs]) influence sexual experience. During COC use, some women experience a decreased interest in sex, although whether COCs cause that decrease remains unclear. Other women experience increases in sexual desire and enjoym...

Many studies have demonstrated that caries rates are higher in women than in men. This review attempts to provide an explanation for this trend by examining each factor which contributes to caries and how the factor differs in men and women. Evidence has been provided to demonstrate that caries risk factors for women include a different salivary composition and flow rate, hormonal fluctuations,...

AIMS To determine the extent of combined oral contraceptive use by girls aged 10-16 years in Scotland. METHODS Assessment of combined oral contraceptive prescribing in 35 414 girls for the year 1 November 1999-31 October 2000 from data retrieved from 161 primary care practices taking part in the Scottish Programme for Improving Clinical Effectiveness in Primary Care, and from national aggrega...

BACKGROUND Comprehensive data on the oral health status and dental treatment needs of the elderly population in India is deficient. AIM To understand and assess the dental status and treatment needs of a geriatric population in Northern India. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken in National capital of India, New Delhi, and 412 subjects aged 60 years and above was involved in this...

This review presents the literature data regarding specific aspects of acute pulmonary embolism (PE) in women. The overall age- and sex-adjusted incidence PE was found to be higher men however, risk older women exceeded that age-matched men. Risk factors for included age, rheumatologic disorders, hormone replacement therapy or oral contraceptives, pregnancy postpartum period, recent surgery, im...