STUDY OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between smoking and myocardial infarction in women. DESIGN Case-control study over 5 years. SETTING Cases were women admitted to 30 coronary care units in northern Italy. Controls were admitted to the same hospitals with other acute disorders. PARTICIPANTS These were 262 young and middle aged women with acute myocardial infarction (median age 49...

The purpose of this study was to: (1) establish the relationship between acute physiological responses and musical cadence; and (2) compare physiologic responses between young and older women. Eighteen older (mean = 65.06 ± 5.77 years) and 19 young (mean = 22.16 ± 2.63 years) women underwent an intermittent and progressive protocol performing the head-out aquatic exercise the "rocking horse." R...

OBJECTIVES The authors investigated self-perceived psychosomatic health in young people (10-24 years of age) in Sweden and analysed different samples during the years 2005 and 2007-2010 via a community website. DESIGN Repeated cross-sectional surveys: (1) single question on a single day in 2005. (2) One specific question delivered on each of eight separate days in 2005. (3) The same eight que...

INTRODUCTION Kymography is an effective method for assessing temporal patterns of vocal fold vibrations. Because kymographic data for a number of normal speakers based on high-speed digital imaging (HSDI) were limited in the literature, this prospective study was conducted to provide normative kymographic HSDI data and clarify gender- and age-related normal variations. METHODS Vocally healthy...

The aim of the study is to reveal the essence and structure of the programme for the development of female corporeality, identify psychological features of work in the context of individual consultations, describe the content of group classes, and analyse empirical data obtained as a result of the programme implementation. Methods: Young women under the age of 40, without clinical psychiatric ...

mediciNe & HeAltH/RHode islANd Chlamydia traChomatis (Ct) And Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are the two most common reportable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States. Adolescent girls (15 to19 years of age) and young women (20 to 24 years of age) are at highest risk for these infections. This likely reflects a combination of factors, including biological differences that place...

fifty-three pregnant and 58 non-pregnant women, attending one of the hospitals in kerman city, were selected according to set criteria and included in the study. the mean age was 24 years and the mean panty two. nutritional status was assessed on the basis of blood and serum biochemical parameters. results obtained showed that 4%, 3%. 17%, 12% and 13.3% of the women have low level of hb, hct mc...

HIV and AIDS still pose a major public health problem to most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Zambia included. The objective of the paper is to determine changes in selected sexual behaviour and practice and HIV prevalence indicators between 2001-2002 and 2007. We used the Demographic and Health Survey Indicators Database for the computation of the selected indicators. We further used STATA 10...