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Female writers bag all five prizes at Costa Book Awards for ...

Women authors have scooped all five categories in the Costa Book Awards for the first time in its history. The all-female shortlist for the overall prize of book of the year includes Hilary Mantel, who won the best novel category for Brin [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2013 | Comments : 0

Females And All About Menopause

In this world, being born as a female or as a woman by definition doesn't mean that you are an individual with lesser and weaker value. And human beings, irrespective whether they male or female, are created as equals and have equival [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Generation Y women losing 'female' skills such as cooking, i...

Just as more modern men are unable to complete traditional male tasks, new research shows Generation Y women can't do the chores their mothers and grandmothers did daily, reported The Courier-Mail. Only 51 per cent of women aged under [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2012 | Comments : 0

Female Boxers: Sex objects or athletes?

After the long fight to get into the Olympic boxing ring next summer, women are still battling – not to be seen as sex objects. Boxing’s governing body, the AIBA (an acronym for the International Boxing Association), will deci [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Women's Health Symposium in Lincoln to includes sessions on ...

The Nebraska Women's Health Symposium brings together Women's Health care professionals who share an interest in Health care trends, education and networking. Topics include Health care of female veterans, advancements in stress m [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2011 | Comments : 0

Soccer pundits rapped for mocking female referee

Sky sports host Richard Keys and pundit Andy Gray were talking off-air about assistant referee Sian Massey ahead of a Premier League match between Wolves and Liverpool on Saturday. Believing their microphones were off, they agreed female [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Wrinkles more of a female worry

Findings of a latest trial confirm that women are more prone to wrinkling, especially in the perioral region, around the lips. According to the study published by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), women exhibit mor [...]

Posted On : Dec, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

ABC's The Superstars Highlights Major Female Athletes

For those of you interested in both women's sports and reality television, there's a new show airing this summer. ABC's "The Superstars" will premier on Tuesday, June 23 at 8 p.m., ET, pitting athlete-celebrity pairs again [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Female medics 'to outnumber male'

Trends show female GPs could outnumber male ones in under four years, says the Royal College of Physicians. With women more likely to want flexible working to fit with having a family, the NHS faces challenges which could affect patie [...]

Posted On : Jun, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Female smokers at higher risk

WOMEN may be especially susceptible to the toxic effects of cigarette smoking, US researchers said on Monday. They said women who smoke develop lung damage earlier in life than men, and it takes less cigarette exposure to cause damage in w [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Australia's first female governor general is sworn in

Wearing an electric blue suit with scarlet lips and trademark gold earrings, lawyer, academic and women’s activist Quentin Bryce was sworn in today as Australia's first female governor general. In a formal ceremony held at the Senat [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2008 | Comments : 0

Russia team reels as 7 female athletes suspended ahead of Ol...

The Russian track team suffered a huge embarrassment and a potentially severe blow to its Olympic medal hopes Thursday when seven female athletes were suspended for doping violations with the Beijing Games set to open in eight days. The se [...]

Posted On : Aug, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Wilma Rudolph- World's Fastest Female

Long before becoming the world's fastest female, Wilma Rudolph beat her greatest odds by learning to walk on her own. As a child, Rudolph (the 17th of 21 children) was afflicted with polio, scarlet fever and double pneumonia and grew [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

Heart Drug for Female Sexual Disorder?

Like Viagra before it, a drug once studied to treat heart problems may help treat sexual dysfunction. But this time it's being tested exclusively for women.A new study shows that a modified version of the experimental heart drug Candoxatr [...]