Susan D. Hillis

TL;DR: Older age and self-reported drug use appear to be independent risk factors for a complicated clinical course among women hospitalized with PID.

TL;DR: Although women with gynecologic disorders before tubal sterilization were at greater risk of hysterectomy during the 14 years after sterilization than were women without these disorders, the majority of sterilized women in both categories did not undergo subsequent hystèrectomy.

TL;DR: It is found that from 1998 to 2002, HIV-1 seroprevalence in women giving birth in St Petersburg, Russia increased 100-fold: from 0.013% to 1.3% (p<0.0001).

TL;DR: Important avenues for interventions among HIV-positive women emerged, including improved contraceptive information and provision, education of medical personnel and women on HIV prevention and treatment, enhancement of social support, and strengthening of fostering and adoption programmes for HIV-affected families.

TL;DR: Youth who commit firearm violence have preceding patterns of life events that markedly differ from youth not involved in firearm violence, demonstrating the potential of data sharing across city and state institutions to focus prevention strategies on those at greatest risk.