BU profs find DNA connection to onset of menopause
January 31, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Medicine found 13 new genetic areas associated with immune function and DNA repair affecting aging and the beginning of menopause, according to a press release. The BU press release stated associate professor of medicine Joanne Murabito and biostatistics professor Kathryn Lunetta concluded the genes [...]
Low Vitamin D Linked To Earlier First Menstruation, A Risk Factor For Health Problems Throughout Life
August 18, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
A study links low vitamin D in young girls with early menstruation, which is a risk factor for a host of health problems for teen girls as well as women later in life. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health measured the blood vitamin D levels in 242 girls ages 5-12 from Bogota, Colombia, and followed them for 30 months…
AIDS Drugs Given To Pregnant Women Block 99 Percent Of HIV Transmission To Breastfed Babies
June 21, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that AIDS-fighting antiretroviral drug combinations given to pregnant and breastfeeding women in Botswana, Africa, prevented 99% of the mothers from transmitting the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to their infants…
Maine High School Offering Contraceptives, Sexual Health Screenings Deemed Eligible For Title X Funds
January 19, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Education officials have determined that Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine, can receive federal funds to pay for contraceptives and sexually transmitted infection screenings, Foster’s Daily Democrat reports…
'Disease Of Poverty': University Of South Carolina Releases Journal On Cervical Cancer, Health Disparities
December 14, 2009 by · Leave a Comment
African-American women in South Carolina are 37 percent more likely to have cervical cancer than white women and have a death rate that is about 61 percent higher, according to a study by researchers at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health. South Carolina ranks 14th in the nation in deaths from cervical cancer…
