Christian Science Monitor Examines Efforts To End Genital Cutting In Kenya The Christian Science Monitor on Thursday examined challenges faced by advocates attempting to curb female genital cutting, also known as female genital mutilation and female circumcision, as well as adolescents attempting to avoid the practice in places where it is common.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHow Predictable Are Urinary Tract Infections? It is expected that women will experience urinary tract infections (UTIs) at least twice during their lifetime. If a test existed that could predict UTIs,
health care providers and patients would benefit. In the February 2008 issue of Urologic Nursing, Deborah Kuklinski and Sumana Koduri explore using urine dipsticks, an in-office test, to predict UTI.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comIncreased Risk For Eating Disorders Found In Adolescent Girls With ADHD Girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stand a substantially greater risk of developing eating disorders in adolescence than girls without ADHD, a new study has found."Adolescent girls with ADHD frequently develop body-image dissatisfaction and may go through repeating cycles of binge eating and purging behaviors that are common in bulimia nervosa," said University of Virginia psychologist Amori Yee Mikami, who led the study.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHealthy Male Reproductive Organs Depend On Early Hormone Activity, UK A discovery by Medical Research Council scientists looking at the development of male foetuses could help explain the origin of common genital disorders that can cause reproductive problems or increase risk of low sperm counts and possibly testicular cancer later in life. Development of
healthy male reproductive organs relies on hormones acting at an earlier stage in foetal life than previously thought.
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