Today, half or more of the 40 million people infected with HIV in the world are women. Millions of those infected with HIV are young people aged 15-24 years who now account for half of all new infections. And perhaps most disturbing of all, in sub-Saharan Africa, young women (15-24 years) account for 75 % of HIV infections and are approximately three times more likely to be infected than young ...

the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of two aerobic training programs with different intensities on some cardiovascular risk factors in young girls. for this purpose, 42 girls (mean age 20.59±1.46 years, height 160.29±4.75 cm, weight 59.23±8.82 kg, bmi 22.08±3.41 kg/m2, %bf 15.42±3.85 and vo2max 25.34±3.96 ml/kg/min) were voluntarily participated in this study and divided ...

Background: Obesity in young girls adversely affects reproductive health later life and it is a serious public issue. The objective was to study the association of obesity with menstrual irregularities hormonal imbalance teenage adolescent girls.

BACKGROUND This study was performed in an attempt to assess serum calcium, phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase in adolescent girls and calcium supplementation in subjects with abnormal serum findings. METHODS A randomized, cross-sectional, cluster sampling, prospective, and descriptive trial was conducted from January through March 2003 for measurement of serum calcium, phosphorus, and alkal...