Study is first to quantitatively document the health symptoms of trafficked women and adolescent girls in Europe. Researchers interviewed 192 women and adolescent girls within 14 days of accessing post-trafficking services to investigate the health of women trafficked for sexual exploitation in Europe. [click link for full article]

Access to education, however, contributes to birth attendant use, so the optimal scenario in a country combines higher health care expenditures and equitable access policies. The study analyzed data from Demographic and Health Surveys of 45 developing countries to investigate the extent to which redistributive education policies modify the impact of higher health spending on the utilization of skilled birth attendants among the poorest compared with the least poor women. [click link for full article]

Foreign-born children were five times more likely to have elevated blood lead levels than were U.S.-born children. Researchers conducted a study among children in New York City to investigate associations of childhood lead poisoning with birth and residence in a foreign country. After controlling for housing characteristics and child behaviors such as eating non-food items, data suggested that foreign-born children were five times more likely than were U.S. [click link for full article]

There are so many medications available to treat allergies and asthma, the decision on which one to take can be overwhelming. Almost all of the medicines available do a reasonably…

The mind is a strong tool in the fight against cancer. Empowering the body, mind and spirit will be a key focus at this year’s BC Cancer Agency Community Cancer Forum, sponsored by the Provincial Health Services Authority. When a loved one has cancer, family and friends become partners on a journey through care and treatment. [click link for full article]

United Nations Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka on Sunday in Lusaka, Zambia, called on women to openly discuss and increase awareness of harmful cultural practices that are fueling the spread of the disease among women, the Times of Zambia/AllAfrica.com reports.Mataka was speaking at the launch of the [click link for full article]

The Medicare Rights Center on Monday filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York City over CMS rules under which the Medicare prescription drug benefit does not cover medications prescribed for off-label uses, The Hill reports. [click link for full article]

States with higher rates of residents who lack health insurance have higher rates of depression and suicide, according to an unpublished study commissioned by Mental Health America and released to USA Today. For the study, sponsored by [click link for full article]

A new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released yesterday, 28th November, said that the rate of obesity among adults aged 20 and over in the US appears to be levelling off, and maybe even going down slightly in women, but at around 34 per cent of the adult population, it is still still too high. [click link for full article]

The formula used for the National Cancer Institute’s Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool, commonly known as the Gail model, often underestimates the risk of cancer in older black women, according to research published Tuesday on the Web site of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, the [click link for full article]