Washington, Sept 19: According to a study, those who stay in school for a longer time period have the best chances of remaining healthy, as education majorly influences income, thus enabling people to live a healthier lifestyle.

The researchers say education influences occupation, income and wealth — and with higher education come healthier behaviors, such as good diet, increased physical activity, reduced stress and better use of preventive and therapeutic healthcare.

Washington, Sept 19 : A mathematical model developed by researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to predict the public-health impact of pre-exposure chemoprophylaxis (PrEP) – an HIV prevention strategy that uses antiretroviral drugs, has found that giving a daily antiretroviral pill to people to prevent HIV could profoundly slow the spread of the infection in sub-Saharan Africa.

The strategy is based on the hypothesis that HIV transmission can be curtailed if treatment is given before exposure to the infection occurs.

Washington, Sept 19 : Researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have discovered that cholesterol contributes to atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis is a condition, which significantly maximizes the risk of heart attack and stroke, by repressing a key protein’s activity, which protects the heart and blood vessels.

Washington, Sept 19 : A new research has revealed that women, who have their baby before age 20, are more prone to chronic diseases and death during their middle age.

The study, which also states that having a child as a young single woman lowers economic status in midlife, appeared in the September issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

The number of West Nile Virus cases has been climbing up another time, but the rate of increase is slow. This indicates aerial spraying last month had the desired result killing a big part of the disease carrying mosquitoes.

Presently, there are 115 people in Kern County with the disease. That’s up from 107 a week ago. But an increase of eight cases is low as against six or seven weeks ago, when the number augmented by 30% each week.