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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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Unnatural selection: Birth control pills may alter choice of partners

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 21

There is no doubt that modern contraception has enabled women to have unprecedented control over their own fertility. However, is it possible that the use of oral contraceptives is interfering with a woman's ability to choose, ...


Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (24) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).


Decline of hormone therapy decreases breast cancer cases, analysis finds

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created 11 hours ago | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The declining use of hormone therapy among women has led to 6,000 fewer invasive breast cancer cases a year, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research quantifies and advances ...


Male and female shopping strategies show evolution at work in the mall

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 2

Male and female shopping styles are in our genes---and we can look to evolution for the reason. Daniel Kruger, research faculty at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, says it's perfectly natural that men often ...


Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.


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Alcohol helps lower heart disease risk for men: study

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 7

Men who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published on Thursday.


Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3

There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...


Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer

Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.


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Like mother, like daughter, at least around the eyes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests the old saying commonly told to husbands-to-be is true, that if you want to know what your wife will look like, look at her mother.


Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.


Anxious pregnant mothers more likely to have smaller babies

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology reveals that anxiety in pregnant women impacts their babies' size and gestational age. Specifically, women with more severe and chronic anxiety during ...


Women outperform men when identifying emotions

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Women are better than men at distinguishing between emotions, especially fear and disgust, according to a new study published in the online version of the journal Neuropsychologia.


Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually (AP)

Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 39

(AP) -- Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major ...


Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.


Anthropologist Wins 'Ig Nobel' Prize for Study Of Why Pregnant Women Don't Tip Over

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Texas at Austin anthropologist Liza Shapiro and two fellow researchers on Thursday won an Ig Nobel Prize -- dedicated to "achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think" ...