U.S. justices uphold firms’ religious objections to contraception
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jul 01 14

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled that owners of private companies can object on religious grounds to a provision of President Barack Obama’s…    

 

Women with Unintended Pregnancies Take Shortest Maternity Leaves
• Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • • Public Health • May 05 14

Mothers in the United States who have unintended pregnancies return to work sooner after childbirth than mothers whose pregnancy was intended, according to…    

 

Simply being called ‘fat’ makes young girls more likely to become obese
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • Apr 28 14

Girls who are told by a parent, sibling, friend, classmate or teacher that they are too fat at age 10 are more likely to…    

 

For teen girls, fruits and veggies linked to lower risk of breast condition
• Food & Nutrition • • Gender: Female • Apr 07 14

Teenage girls who eat more colorful fruits and vegetables are less likely to develop benign breast disease as young adults, according to a new…    

 

ER doctors commonly miss more strokes among women, minorities and younger patients
• Gender: Female • • Stroke • Apr 03 14

Analyzing federal health care data, a team of researchers led by a Johns Hopkins specialist concluded that doctors overlook or discount the early signs…    

 

Rural primary care physicians offer insight into rural women’s health care
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Feb 05 14

Women living in rural communities are less likely than urban-dwelling women to receive sufficient mental health care, in large part due to limited access…    

 

Don’t just sit there! Prolonged sitting linked to early mortality in women
• Gender: Female • • Mortality and Morbidity • Jan 15 14

A woman’s body at rest will remain at rest – and that means health woes for older women.

Led by Cornell University nutritional scientist…    

 

Parental leave policies best promote gender equity and well-being in women’s health
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Jan 15 14

Government policies that allow both parents to take time off after a child is born provide positive benefits for the physical and mental health…    

 

Acupuncture, real or sham, eases hot flashes due to breast cancer chemo
• Alternative Medicine • • Cancer: Breast • • Gender: Female • Dec 24 13

Both real and sham weekly acupuncture treatments eased hot flashes and other side effects of anticancer drug treatment in a small, preliminary study of…    

 

Health spending is more efficient for men than for women
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Dec 12 13

Health care spending is a large – and ever increasing - portion of government budgets. Improving its efficiency has therefore become critically important. In…    

 

Marketing loans for fertility treatments raises ethical concerns
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Dec 09 13

An increase in the number of lenders specializing in loans for fertility treatments enables more people to afford the treatments, but it also raises…    

 

Post-Menopause Brain Drain Tied to Progesterone
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Nov 27 13

Estrogen levels after menopause may have no impact on cognitive function, but progesterone levels might, researchers found.

In an analysis of data from a…    

 

Russia bans abortion advertisements
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Nov 25 13

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning advertisements for abortion, the Kremlin said on Monday, a step activists said would infringe on…    

 

Mental stress + heart disease: Stronger presence in women under 50
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Psychiatry / Psychology • Nov 20 13

Researchers have found that women younger than 50 with a recent heart attack are more likely to experience restricted blood flow to the heart…    

 

Albuquerque, N.M., voters to decide on municipal abortion limits
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Nov 19 13

Voters in Albuquerque on Tuesday will decide on an initiative to outlaw most late-term abortions in New Mexico’s largest city, marking the first such…    

 

Calcium and vitamin D improve bone density in patients taking antiepileptic drugs
• Endocrinology • • Epilepsy • • Gender: Female • Nov 07 13

A recent prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial reports that calcium and vitamin D supplementation improves bone density in a group of male veterans with…    

 

U.S. girls keep hitting puberty earlier
• Children's Health • • Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • • Obesity • Nov 04 13

Girls are developing breasts at younger and younger ages, a new study confirms. And upward trends in childhood obesity seem to be playing a…    

 

Mentor mothers may help docs care for abused women
• Gender: Female • Oct 31 13

Mothers with special training can help family doctors provide at-home support to women with violent partners, a new study suggests.

Family doctors often see…    

 

Fertility treatment outcomes can be significantly influenced by mother’s ethnicity
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Oct 31 13

Maternal ethnicity is a significant determinant of successful outcomes after fertility treatment, suggests a new study published today (30 October) in BJOG: An International…    

 

Early skin-to-skin contact linked to higher breastfeeding rates
• Children's Health • • Childbirth • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Oct 27 13

Skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant in the delivery room is associated with an increased likelihood for exclusive breastfeeding, according to an abstract presented…    

 

Young, black women at highest risk for lupus, suffer more life-threatening complications
• Gender: Female • • Immunology • Oct 24 13

Young, black women have the highest rate of developing lupus and are most likely to be diagnosed at a younger age than whites…    

 

Low back pain tied to flat feet: study
• Backache • • Gender: Female • • Pain • Oct 17 13

Women who walk with flat feet are 50 percent more likely than those with normal or high arches to have low back pain, a…    

 

Osteoporosis is a major threat to women and their future independence, new report warns
• Gender: Female • Oct 10 13

According to a new report published today by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), women may expect to live longer but their quality of life…    

 

Yoga in menopause may help insomnia - but not hot flashes
• Alternative Medicine • • Gender: Female • • Menopause • Sep 28 13

Taking a 12-week yoga class and practicing at home was linked to less insomnia - but not to fewer or less bothersome hot flashes…    

 

Why do you want to eat the baby?
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • Sep 23 13

What woman has not wanted to gobble up a baby placed in her arms, even if the baby is not hers? This reaction, which…    

 

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