Study Finds One in Four South Carolina Women Suffer IPV
A DHEC and USC study reports that 25 percent of SC women experience intimate partner violence with psychological and physical abuse or coerced sex. Findings show higher abuse rates among younger women and those with incomes under $15,000, and highlight mental health impacts and help-seeking patterns.
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Cancer study to test drug's breast cancer impact
Los Angeles scientists will test raloxifene versus tamoxifen in about 22,000 postmenopausal women at 400 centers in the largest breast cancer prevention study. The five year trial by the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project, backed by the National Cancer Institute, aims to see if the osteoporosis drug can reduce cancer with fewer uterine cancer and clot risks.
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City of Hope Cancer Center
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Jonsson Cancer Center
United States
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National Cancer Institute
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals
Colleges On Campus Raise Meningitis Risk
Researchers at Johns Hopkins in The Journal of the American Medical Association found campus living triples meningitis risk versus off campus housing. The American College Health Association renewed its 1997 call for meningococcal vaccination as 125 to 175 students contract meningococcal disease annually and 15 to 20 die.
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Chicago
Journal of the
American Medical Association
Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
American College Health Association
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