Young women (10-24 years), and adolescent girls (10-19 years) in particular, account for a disproportionate number of new HIV infections. In fact, young women are twice as likely to acquire HIV as their male counterparts.3 In 2015, 20% of new HIV infections among adults were among women aged 15-24 despite this group only accounting for 11% of the global adult population.4 This equates to some 7...

BACKGROUND Women and girls who use and inject drugs are a critical population at risk of HIV. In this article, we review data on the epidemiology of drug use and injection among women globally and HIV prevalence among women and girls who use and inject drugs. RESULTS Women and girls comprise one-third of people who use and inject drugs globally. There is substantial variation in HIV prevalenc...

FROM January 1920 to December 1945, inclusive, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon, or questionable Raynaud's disease was diagnosed in 756 female patients at the Mayo Clinic. Data gleaned from a critical review of the clinical records and from follow-up questionnaires constitute the basis for the present report. In 1945 Hines and Christensen,' in a similar study of Raynaud's disease among m...

this article aims to study the causes, strategies and consequences of tobacco consumption among women and young girls. this research using qualitative methods, data-driven approach to theorizing (grounded theory) and a semi-structured interview technique was interactive. the population of the study included women and young girls, living in the city of shiraz. using purposeful and theoretical sa...

As a graduate student in marriage, family and child therapy, my fellow students and I were taught several developmental models for understanding how humans grow and change from infancy, through childhood to adulthood. The conclusion of the majority of these models is that autonomy and differentiation are primary goals of healthy human development. However, for at least twenty years, feminist ps...

Despite numerous studies on perception of facial attractiveness in adults, preferences in adolescents remain poorly recognized. The aim of present study was to explore facial preferences in girls at early adolescence (11-14 years old) and compare them with preferences of women. All females evaluated the same 30 male faces, which were also assessed by independent judges for several perceived fea...

The use of custody for girls and young women 30 Women over 18 31 More complex needs 32 Relocation and the strain on relationships 33 Evidence of effective justice work with girls and young women 34 The relationship with professionals 34 The importanc eof victimisation 35 A strengths-based approach 36 Holistic and gender responsive care 36 Evidence of effective resettlement with adult females 37...

Alport syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by progressive renal failure, hearing loss, and ocular abnormalities. Inheritance is X-linked (85%) or autosomal recessive (15%). Many renal physicians think of Alport syndrome as primarily affecting men. However, twice as many women are affected by the X-linked diseases. Affected women are commonly undiagnosed, but 15%-30% develop renal fai...

BACKGROUND The electromyographic threshold (EMGTh) is thought to reflect increased high-threshold/type-II motor-unit (MU) recruitment and was shown higher in boys than in men. Women differ from men in muscular function. PURPOSE Establish whether females' EMGTh and girls-women differences are different than males'. METHODS Nineteen women (22.9 ± 3.3yrs) and 20 girls (10.3 ± 1.1yrs) had surfa...