HIV & AIDS

Ugandan women's autonomy key to safer sex, researchers say

Ugandan women's ability to negotiate the conditions and timing of sex, such as refusing sex and asking for condom use with their partners, is key to preventing several reproductive health outcomes, say experts from the Brown ...

Medical research

Bone fracture rates in women found to vary dramatically by race

A new paper finds that bone fracture rates in older women differ by race, quite significantly. While researchers have known for years that the risk of bone fracture is highest for White women, this is the first study to show ...

Immunology

New clue into the curious case of our aging immune system

A WEHI study could help solve a long-standing mystery into why a key immune organ in our bodies shrinks and loses its function as we get older. The thymus is an organ essential for good health due to its ability to produce ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers find a way to target the inflammation of endometriosis

Endometriosis is a disease in which tissue similar to what lines the uterus grows outside of it. The disease, which affects 10% of women of reproductive age worldwide, causes severe pain and often infertility. Many of the ...

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