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Older workers are invaluable to sales 

SIR; As a new subscriber to The Grocer, and a new business in the recruitment sector, we believe that too many recruiters focus on finding...

HALF OF NEW HIV INFECTIONS ARE AMONG YOUTH 

In 2003, roughly five million people became infected with HIV, about half of whom were aged 15-24.1 According to the latest estimates from the...

Venous Thromboembolism Risk Is Sharply Elevated For Users of Combined Pills 

ANTIBIOTIC USE PROTECTS AGAINST STIS BUT NOT HIV 

Prophylactic antibiotic use helps prevent some sexually transmitted infections (STIs), but not HIV-I transmission, according to a randomized...

UNINTENDED PREGNANCY COMMON IN IRAN 

Unintended pregnancy among married women is high in Iran, despite the widespread use of contraceptives.1 In an analysis of data from the 2000 Iran...

MEXICAN AID PROGRAM BENEFITS CHILDREN 

Low-income, rural children who participated in Progresa-a large-scale Mexican welfare program that included a nutritional component-experienced...

IN BRIEF 

* HIV-positive women in the Asia-Pacific region face much greater HIV-related discrimination than infected men, according to a report commissioned...

PREGNANCY OUTCOMES AFTER ORAL TOBACCO USE 

Women who use smokeless tobacco products during pregnancy have an increased likelihood of having a low-birth-weight, preterm baby, according to a...

MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG TEENAGERS 

Worldwide, 70,000 women aged 15-19 die each year of pregnancy-and childbirth-related causes, according to a report published by the international...

TANZANIAN STUDENTS NEED BETTER SEX EDUCATION 

In rural Tanzania, substantial proportions of youth-more than one-half of males and one-fifth of females-attending primary school report having had...