http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As many as 28 percent of South African schoolgirls are HIV positive, according to figures from the country's health minister reported by local media on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-quarter-safrican-schoolgirls-hiv-positive.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:31:46 EST news282457899 Like the chicken pox or fifth disease, a bout of "Bieber Fever" is a childhood passage for many young girls. Moreover, it's a way to explore their sense of identity, according to a Kansas State University family studies researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-expert-young-older-celebrities-passage.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:27:32 EST news278238440 Young girls can dance their way to better mental health. Symptoms like depression, stress, fatigue, and headaches are alleviated with regular dancing. This is shown in a study run by Anna Duberg, a physical therapist at Örebro University Hospital and a doctoral candidate at Örebro University in Sweden. Regular dance training can thereby be regarded as a strategy for preventing and treating low spirits and depression. Dance also brings enhanced self-esteem and a greater capacity to deal with everyday problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-boosts-young-girls-mental-health.html Health Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:29:41 EST news272629775 Two people were arrested in Britain's second city of Birmingham on Friday after a media report that medics and alternative practitioners had offered to perform female genital mutilation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-held-britain-female-genital-mutilation.html Health Fri, 04 May 2012 14:30:01 EST news255357718 A study to be published in the June 2012 issue of Journal of Adolescent Health looking at the relationships between body satisfaction and healthy psychological functioning in overweight adolescents has found that young women who are happy with the size and shape of their bodies report higher levels of self-esteem. They may also be protected against the negative behavioral and psychological factors sometimes associated with being overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-overweight-teens-bodies-depressed-prone.html Pediatrics Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:30:02 EST news254765922 Young girls who are exposed to cigarette smoke could experience reduced fertility later in life, a three-year study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-chemicals-cigarette-linked-fertility.html Health Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:00:02 EST news248521302 Women's health advocates said Tuesday they will sue the US government for allegedly violating the constitutional rights of young teens by denying them over-the-counter access to emergency contraception. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-court-fray-morning-after-pill.html Medications Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:40:01 EST news242998156 (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday endorsed but said he did not steer his administration's decision to halt the over-the-counter sale of an anti-pregnancy drug to girls under 17, saying it was common sense to keep a morning-after pill away for children who may misuse it. Citing his own daughters, he said: "I think most parents would probably feel the same way." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-obama-morning-after-pill-decision-common.html Medications Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:05:41 EST news242571929 US regulators are considering whether to grant a drug company's request to make emergency contraception available over the counter to people of all ages instead of by prescription. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mulls-easier-access-emergency-contraception.html Medications Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:20:01 EST news242419563 (Medical Xpress) -- 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. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-vitamin-d-linked-earlier-menstruation.html Health Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:13:14 EST news232265570 Swaziland's King Mswati III called Friday for his male subjects to get circumcised as he endorsed a campaign aimed at tackling the world's highest HIV infection rate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-swazi-king-endorses-mass-circumcision.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:20:05 EST news229958916