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True or False. Night shift workers may have a higher risk of developing endometrial cancer. Such association was attributed to the lower levels of melatonin in their blood.

True or False: Rheumatoid arthritis is believed to develop solely as a result of changes in hormonal levels that affect inflammation.

True or False. Approximately 80% of invasive cervical cancer is squamous cell carcinomas, reflecting the epithelial origin, whereas 20% are classified as adenocarcinomas.

Which of the following was the leading mode for suicides among women in 2007?

True or False. Incidence rate of of ovarian cancer per 100,000 among older white women have higher rates of ovarian cancer compared to older black women. 

True or False: Diabetes in women is 2-4 times more prevalent among African American, Mexican American, American Indian, Alaska Native, and some Asian than among non-Hispanic white women.

True or False. Lesbians have a lower risk of HPV infection and hence reduced risk of cervical cancer than heterosexual women.

True or False:  Arthritis is more prevalent among African Americans than Caucasians.

True or False:  Women at age 70 and older, in the Women’s Health Initiative, had increased risk of osteoarthritis compared to younger postmenopausal women.  

True or False:  Osteoarthritis affects women before age 50, in contrast to men who experience increased risk after age of 50. .