This article discusses immigrant women, refugee women and visible minority women and mental health. Identifies factors that constitute stress in the lives of these women and so create a vulnerability to psychosomatic problems. Explores how the needs addressed can be met.
Provides information about hereditary breast cancer to help women understand whether they might be at increased risk of developing breast cancer and need to seek more information from their doctor.
Examines the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among street youth and the behavioural and social risk factors that place them at risk for infection.
Describes a study that found women who had been athletic during young adulthood were found to experience a reduced lifetime incidence of breast cancer.