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Smartphone app linked to increase in contraceptive use in India
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Jan 28 16

Smartphone app linked to increase in contraceptive use in India

A smartphone app containing motivational videos developed to help married rural women in India better understand contraceptive choices led to a dramatic increase in… Smartphone app linked to increase in contraceptive use in India   

 
 

Low zinc levels may suggest potential breast-feeding problems
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • • Gender: Female • Dec 22 15

Low zinc levels may suggest potential breast-feeding problems

Zinc levels in breast milk may be able to serve as an indicator of breast function during lactation, according to Penn State health researchers.

… Low zinc levels may suggest potential breast-feeding problems   
 
 

Timing of first childbirth influences women’s health at age 40
• Childbirth • • Gender: Female • Dec 14 15

Timing of first childbirth influences women's health at age 40

A new study finds some surprising ways in which women’s health at midlife is connected to when they had their first child and to… Timing of first childbirth influences women’s health at age 40   

 
 

More women are reaching 100 but centenarian men are healthier
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Aging and Gerontology • Jun 22 15

More women are reaching 100 but centenarian men are healthier

New research conducted by a team at King’s College London has found an increasing trend in the number of people in the UK reaching… More women are reaching 100 but centenarian men are healthier   

 
 

Highly educated women stop smoking if the cost goes up
• Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 19 15

Highly educated women stop smoking if the cost goes up

Cigarette prices and images on cigarette packets have an impact on women in terms of continuing to smoke or quitting. In fact, less educated… Highly educated women stop smoking if the cost goes up   

 
 

Black women often cope with infertility alone
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jun 04 15

Black women often cope with infertility alone

African-American women are equally, if not more, likely to experience infertility than their white counterparts, but they often cope with this traumatic issue in… Black women often cope with infertility alone   

 
 

Study: Include men in osteoporosis screening guidelines
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • May 20 15

Study Include men in osteoporosis screening guidelines

Most people associate osteoporosis with women. But the truth is, one in four men over the age of 50 will break a bone… Study: Include men in osteoporosis screening guidelines   

 
 

Men far less likely to prevent, screen for osteoporosis
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • May 15 15

Men far less likely to prevent, screen for osteoporosis

While the consequences of osteoporosis are worse in men than women - including death - older males are far less likely to take preventive… Men far less likely to prevent, screen for osteoporosis   

 
 

Women smokers concerned about weight are less likely to try to quit
• Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Weight Loss • Apr 06 15

Women smokers concerned about weight are less likely to try to quit

Women who believe smoking helps them manage their weight are less likely to try quitting in response to anti-smoking policies than other female smokers… Women smokers concerned about weight are less likely to try to quit   

 
 

Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Mar 30 15

Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies

An intervention to teach mothers of preterm infants how to interact with their babies more effectively results in better weight gain and growth for… Promoting maternal interaction improves growth, weight gain in preemies   

 
 

Men’s preference for certain body types has evolutionary roots
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Mar 19 15

Men's preference for certain body types has evolutionary roots

A psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin sheds new light on today’s standards of beauty, attributing modern men’s preferences for women… Men’s preference for certain body types has evolutionary roots   

 
 

Educated women choosing to be mothers without marrying their spouses
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Mar 19 15

Educated women choosing to be mothers without marrying their spouses

In Latin America, consensual (common-law) unions are traditionally associated with poorer or indigenous populations. But recent research is turning this conventional wisdom on its… Educated women choosing to be mothers without marrying their spouses   

 
 

Obese females who are most unlikely to lose weight are most in need of losing it
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Weight Loss • Mar 06 15

Obese females who are most unlikely to lose weight are most in need of losing it

In obese females, a close relationship may exist between their disinhibition (detrimental eating and behavioral characteristics) that limits successful weight loss, and impaired metabolism,… Obese females who are most unlikely to lose weight are most in need of losing it   

 
 

Pain brain regions also active during female orgasm
• Gender: Female • • Pain • • Sexual Health • Feb 11 15

Pain brain regions also active during female orgasm

What happens in the female brain during an orgasm? It certainly doesn’t lie back and think of England, as the saying goes. In fact… Pain brain regions also active during female orgasm   

 
 

She thinks friends, he thinks sex
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Jan 29 15

She thinks friends, he thinks sex

Imagine the following scenario: a woman and a man are having a conversation. She is interested in the conversation, and is friendly, smiling and… She thinks friends, he thinks sex   

 
 

New strategies to identify and help women victims of intimate partner violence
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jan 22 15

New strategies to identify and help women victims of intimate partner violence

Screening for and counseling women exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) is part of the free preventive services covered within the U.S. Affordable Care… New strategies to identify and help women victims of intimate partner violence   

 
 

Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women
• Gender: Female • • Heart • Jan 12 15

Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women

A large international study, published today in The Lancet, has shown conclusively that statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women.

Whether… Statin treatment reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in women   

 
 

Pain tolerance levels between men and women are similar
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Pain • Sep 10 14

Pain tolerance levels between men and women are similar

Resilience, a person’s ability to overcome adverse circumstances, is the main quality associated with pain tolerance among patients and their adjustment to chronic pain.… Pain tolerance levels between men and women are similar   

 
 

Exercise May Shield Older Women From Afib
• Gender: Female • • Physical activity -exercise • Aug 26 14

Exercise May Shield Older Women From Afib

High-intensity exercise was tied to a reduced risk for atrial fibrillation in postmenopausal women and obese women in particular, researchers said.

According to an… Exercise May Shield Older Women From Afib   

 
 

HHS Takes Another Step Back From Contraceptive Coverage
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Aug 25 14

HHS Takes Another Step Back From Contraceptive Coverage

The Obama administration is extending an exemption to the Obamacare contraceptive coverage mandate to include closely held for-profit companies and nonprofit organizations whose… HHS Takes Another Step Back From Contraceptive Coverage   

 
 

Scientists map risk of premature menopause after cancer treatment
• Cancer • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Aug 23 14

Scientists map risk of premature menopause after cancer treatment

Women treated for the cancer Hodgkin lymphoma will be able to better understand their risks of future infertility after researchers estimated their risk of… Scientists map risk of premature menopause after cancer treatment   

 
 

A husband’s declining health could put Taiwanese women at risk for health issues
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Aug 14 14

A husband's declining health could put Taiwanese women at risk for health issues

The death of a spouse undoubtedly brings with it stress, anxiety and uncertainty. Now, a report by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public… A husband’s declining health could put Taiwanese women at risk for health issues   

 
 

Do women and men ride differently?
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Aug 08 14

Do women and men ride differently

Scientists at the Vetmeduni in Vienna have analysed how horses are affected by the sex of their riders. Various parameters of stress were… Do women and men ride differently?   

 
 

When it comes to food, obese women’s learning is impaired
• Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Jul 16 14

When it comes to food, obese women's learning is impaired

Obese women were better able to identify cues that predict monetary rewards than those that predict food rewards, according to a study by Yale… When it comes to food, obese women’s learning is impaired   

 
 

Global toolkit to diagnose menopause
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • Jul 07 14

Global toolkit to diagnose menopause

Created at Monash University, the world’s first toolkit is designed for GPs to use with women from the age of 40. Thought to be… Global toolkit to diagnose menopause   

 
 
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