The purpose of this study was to compare time to task failure for a sustained isometric contraction performed at a submaximal intensity with elbow flexor muscles by young and old men and women. Twenty-seven young (14 men and 13 women, 18-35 yr) and 18 old (10 men and 8 women, 65-80 yr) adults sustained an isometric contraction at 20% of maximal voluntary contraction torque until target torque c...

BACKGROUND Age-disparate partnerships are hypothesized to increase HIV-risk for young women. However, the evidence base remains mixed. Most studies have focused only on unprotected sex among women in the partnership. Consequently, little is known about other risky behaviours, such as transactional sex, alcohol use, and concurrency, as well as the behaviours of the men who partner with young wom...

This article asks whether blogging in the United Kingdom, which started later than in the United States, reproduces the gender differences in blogging behavior and the gender inequalities in recognition that have been observed in studies based largely on U.S. bloggers. A sample of 48 female and male British bloggers answered a questionnaire about their blogging practices and attitudes; data wer...

Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of maternity leave from 18 to 36 months on young women’s participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-indifferences identification strategies using control groups of older women and older women together with young and older men. We find that maternity leave...

BACKGROUND AND AIM: The sense of taste is a chemical sense which allows everyone to perceive the flavor of what is eaten or drunk. Also, the sense of olfaction is also a chemical sense contributing to the sense of taste to perceive the taste and flavor of food. In the present work, the gustatory and olfactory function in pre- and postmenopausal women and men were studied and compared to each ot...

The aim of this study is to compare the clinical characteristics of young women (<40 years) with older (≥40 years) admitted to the hospital emergency department with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and identify which cardiovascular risk factors are predictors to suffer an ACS in the group of young women. We included women consecutively admitted in a tertiary hospital with a diag...

Sexual risk reduction programs often assume that adolescents and young women care only about the minimization of their risks when making decisions about sexual encounters. As a result, these programs teach only the most effective strategies to reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections or sexual victimization. We propose a translational decision science approach that addresses the other...

M AY 2 01 6 In sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents and young adults (ages 10–24) are faced with high levels of unintended pregnancy and a disproportionately high HIV burden—particularly among adolescent girls and young women. In Uganda, youth comprise nearly 40 percent of people living with HIV, and prevalence among young women is nearly twice that of young men (7 percent vs. 4 percent).1 Ugandan a...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer in young women is quite uncommon and shows more aggressive characteristics with major disparities between worldwide populations. Prognosis and outcome of breast cancer in young patients are widely studied, but still no consensus is available. METHODS We retrospectively included 716 cases of breast cancer women diagnosed in 2009 at the National Institute of Oncology of...