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Study supports mammograms for women in their 40s

Women in their 40s with no family history of breast cancer are just as likely to develop invasive breast cancer as women whose mother or sister has had the disease, according to a new study. These preliminary findings support a recommenda [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

Study: Multivitamins may have adverse effect on women's heal...

According to the findings of the Iowa Women's Health Study, women who take multivitamins are apparently at a higher risk of death as compared to their counterparts who do not take such dietary supplements. The study - published in [...]

Posted On : Oct, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Women with breast-cancer gene developing disease earlier: St...

Women with the gene that causes breast cancer are developing the disease almost eight years earlier than their mothers or aunts who also had the disease, a new study suggests. The findings, published Sept. 12 in CANCER, a peer-reviewed [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

U of A seeks women in the trades to study gender-specific he...

Erin Meetoos is apprenticing to be a welder because she thinks it's a fun, exciting, challenging and well-paid occupation, but she knows it will put her health at risk. "I know I'm probably going to lose some of my hearing, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Extra funding for women's health study

The federal government has announced a further $5.3 million for a study into the health of Australian women. The Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, which began in 1996, has conducted follow-up health surveys with more than 40,000 [...]

Posted On : Dec, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Women still work double shifts, as men offer no help: Study

Irrespective of the increasing number of working women, most of the burden of the household chores still fall on them as men offer no help, a new study has suggested. The proportion of the workforce represented by women rose from 20.7 pe [...]

Posted On : Oct, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Men really do sweat more - study

You probably dismiss it as just another old saying. But when ladies insist that they glow rather than sweat, they may not be so far off the truth. Researchers say women really do sweat far less than men, particularly during intensiv [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Study finds men are more emotionally hurt than women over ba...

Maybe guys have a sensitivity gene after all. Men are more stressed out than women by a rocky relationship, according to research from Wake Forest University. While girls have a tougher time coming to terms with a breakup, guys take it h [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2010 | Comments : 0

All Women Worry About Getting Fat, Study Suggests

Even the most seemingly well-adjusted women still have issues with their body image, a new study suggests. The results show women who have a normal perception of body image based on psychological screening tests still have brain scans th [...]

Posted On : Apr, 16 2010 | Comments : 0

Smoking impairs women’s mental function--study

A novel study published in the journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs found that women given to long term smoking may suffer from a decline in mental functioning. But the same pattern was not evident in their male counter-parts. On [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Wine isn't fattening for women, study finds

Moderate female drinkers are less likely to gain weight than those who drink mineral water, according to a new study, Women drinkers also have a lower risk of obesity than teetotallers. The research suggests that a calorie from alcohol h [...]

Posted On : Mar, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Women in parliament work harder - study

Despite that hard work, the research has also found women MPs continue to be criticised for their image, rather than their performance. The researcher, former federal Labor MP Mary Crawford, says the situation will not change until more wo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Young 'healthy' women hit more severely - Study

A "striking" proportion of severe swine flu infections are occurring among young women, according to Canadian research that shows severe H1N1 can hit previously healthy teens and young adults hard and fast in a pattern previously [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Induced labour best for women with hypertension - study

Pregnant women with disorders that cause high blood pressure should have labour induced once pregnancy reaches the 37-week mark, according to a study released Tuesday. The new recommendations apply in particular to patients with mild pre- [...]