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A woman (irregular plural: women) is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent. However, the term woman is also sometimes used to identify a female human, regardless of age, as in phrases such as "Women's rights".

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Research suggests link between infertility, low egg reserve, and breast/ovarian cancer gene (BRCA1)

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A New York Medical College physician who specializes in restoring or preserving fertility in female cancer patients has discovered a possible link between the presence of breast cancer genes and infertility.


Disordered eating may affect 10 to 15 percent of women

Medicine & Health / Health

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Several maladaptive eating behaviors, beyond anorexia, can affect women. Indeed, some 10 to 15 percent of women have maladaptive eating behaviours and attitudes according to new study from the Université de Montréal ...


Almost two-thirds of pregnant women believe they are regularly exposed to physical risk at work

Almost two-thirds of pregnant women believe they are regularly exposed to physical risk at work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study shows the employment and sociodemographic characteristics involved in the exposure of pregnant women to workplace hazards. Of these, 56% say they often work standing up or have to lift heavy objects, ...


The drink and violence ?gender gap?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Women and men are at the same risk of violence - until they start drinking, new research from Cardiff University has shown.


'Happy housewife' myth debunked by new book

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many believe that 1950s cinema portrayed women as complacent, conservative housewives who liked nothing better than to rustle up a three-course meal for their hardworking husbands, but a new book has shown ...


Couples who do the dishes together stay happier

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new study published by The University of Western Ontario reveals that couples who share the responsibility for paid and unpaid work report higher average measures of happiness and life satisfaction than those in other family ...


More about sex and relationships needed at gynecological visits

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Visits to a gynaecologist or midwife are generally associated with different tests and/or prescriptions for contraceptives, but could offer so much more. Women, doctors and midwives are agreed that gynaecological visits presents ...


In rural areas, more women falling into health care gap

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For Americans living in rural areas, obtaining and maintaining health care can be challenging. Aside from common barriers, including shortages of care providers and facilities, older women face additional challenges, according ...


Marriage is good for the health: global study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Despite the barbs of comedians and the spectacular bust-ups documented in the gossip magazines, marriage really is good for you, international research has found.


Antidepressants may increase risk of stroke and death

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Postmenopausal women who take antidepressants face a small but statistically significant increased risk for stroke and death compared with those who do not take the drugs. The new findings are from the federally-funded, multi-institution, ...


Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science

Of girls and geeks: Environment may be why women don't like computer science

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (15) | comments 21

(PhysOrg.com) -- In real estate, it's location, location, location. And when it comes to why girls and women shy away from careers in computer science, a key reason is environment, environment, environment.


Veiling in style: How does a stigmatized practice become fashionable?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Why are an increasing number of Turkish women wearing veils in a secular country where the practice is banned in public buildings? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research says one factor is fashion.


Study finds racial disparities exist in radiation therapy rates for early stage breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...


Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)

Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according ...


Researchers say breast cancer survival improves Herceptin used with chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key ...