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Women Seen As Objects, Not People In Sexualized Images

Click Here to Read More … Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that both men and women see images of sexy women’s bodies as objects, while they see sexy-looking men as people…
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Women At Risk Of Post Natal Depression May Be Identified By Blood Test

Click Here to Read More … Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants. The findings could lead to the development of a simple, accurate blood test which checks for the likelihood of developing the condition…
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Fertility For Older, Highly Educated Women Has Risen Since The 1990s, According To New Research

Click Here to Read More … An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist. Qingyan Shang, an assistant professor at UB, says the study uncovers what may be the reversal of a trend by highly educated women…
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Bladder Tests Before Urinary Incontinence Surgery in Women May Be Unnecessary

Click Here to Read More … Source: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases – From the National Institutes of Health
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Women In Resource-Poor Countries Can Flash-Heat Breast Milk To Inactivate HIV

Click Here to Read More … An international team led by UC Davis researchers has found that mothers in sub-Saharan Africa could successfully follow a protocol for flash-heating breast milk to reduce transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) — the virus that causes AIDS — to their infants…
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Pregnancy Risk With Contraceptives Higher Than Women Think

Click Here to Read More … Adult females appear to have considerable knowledge gaps regarding the efficacy of contraceptives – most over-estimate the effectiveness of condoms, the ring, the patch, the pill, and depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate, researchers from Washington University in St. Louis reported in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. David L…
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Rise In Rheumatoid Arthritis Among Women Fueled By Obesity Epidemic

Click Here to Read More … Obesity and the painful autoimmune disorder rheumatoid arthritis are each becoming more common, raising a logical question: Could one have something to do with the other? For women, it appears there is a link, Mayo Clinic researchers say. They studied hundreds of patients and found a history of obesity puts women at significant risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis…
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A New Study Found That Certain Berries May Delay Memory Decline In Older Women

Click Here to Read More … Berries are good for you, that’s no secret. But can strawberries and blueberries actually keep your brain sharp in old age? A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) finds that a high intake of flavonoid rich berries, such as strawberries and blueberries, over time, can delay memory decline in older women by 2.5 years…
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Women Suffering Mental Stress May At Greater Risk For Heart Disease

Click Here to Read More … Coronary artery disease continues to be a major cause of death in the U.S., killing hundreds of thousands of people per year. However, this disease burden isn’t evenly divided between the sexes; significantly more men than women are diagnosed with coronary artery disease each year. The reasons behind this difference aren’t well defined…
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Care Home Admission More Likely For Women Due To Their Partner’s Age

Click Here to Read More … New research published in the journal Age and Aging has investigated why women are 40% more likely to be admitted in to a care home than men. The study found that women were often married to older partners who cannot provide care for them due to their age-related frailty…
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