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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uzbekistan birth control program criticised   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Contraceptives are supposed to be provided free in Uzbekistan, according to Health Minister Adkham Ikramov. The IUD is the most popular contraceptive, used by 61.9% of women of childbearing age. Hormone … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Water Brings New Life to Women in Rural Uzbekistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Bringing potable water and better sanitation to rural communities in Uzbekistan improves people's lives and empowers women to take charge of their lives. Following the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 1 in 3 UAE women at risk of bone disease - Reported, May 24, 2013   One in three women in the UAE over the age of 50 is prone to fractures incurred through osteoporosis and could experience osteoporotic fractures, doctors said. Affecting more than 200 million women across the world … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Maternity hospital Masters differ on suicide provision - Reported, May 24, 2013   Current regime of treating at-risk pregnant women 'unreasonable'. The Masters of two Dublin maternity hospitals have differed on the suicide provisions in the abortion legislation at an Oireachtas … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Less than 10% of women with breast cancer will have genetic mutation - Reported, May 24, 2013   Only 5 to 10 per cent of women in Ireland diagnosed with breast cancer will have the genetic mutation that prompted actor Angelina Jolie to undergo major surgery to reduce risk. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Depressed women twice as likely to have a stroke: Health risk applies to those in their 40s and 50s warns major new study - Reported, May 24, 2013   Women in their 40s and 50s with depression are more than twice as likely to suffer a stroke, warns a landmark study. Striking … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Ugandan youth move to front line of HIV, maternal health fight. - Reported, May 24, 2013   Rubaga Girls Primary School pupils had assembled to listen to an HIV awareness talk. The school always created an opportunity for the pupils and their parents to learn about different issues, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uganda: Education of Girls Can Prevent Pregnancy Complications - Reported, May 24, 2013   Annually, 16 million girls aged between 15 and 19 give birth. Ninety percent of the births in developing countries occur in single teens or adolescent marriages. Many of these women have been … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Uganda: Cancer Myths Fail Family Planning - Reported, May 24, 2013   Half of the Uganda women in the reproductive age bracket think that using contraception may cause infertility while 41% believe the Intra-uterine contraceptive devices (IUCDs) cause cancer. This is according to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Improving Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Tajikistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Save the Children’s multi donor health program in Tajikistan aims to establish a sustainable program based on community mobilization and household counseling to improve community and household Maternal … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Improving Midwifery Services in Tajikistan   - Reported, May 24, 2013   When midwives are educated, empowered, and informed of essential basic life-saving skills, they can avert the vast majority of maternal deaths. But in Tajikistan where two-thirds of the population reside in rural areas, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Female university students in Tajikistan required to wear high heels for uniform   - Reported, May 24, 2013   Just when you thought high heels couldn’t symbolize sexism anymore than they already do, a university in Tajikistan (a country that borders Afghanistan) has instituted a formal … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Half Of All Adult Female Deaths In Rural Bangladesh Due To Non-Communicable Diseases.   - Reported, May 16, 2013   While global attention has for decades been focused on reducing maternal mortality, population-based data on other causes of death among women of reproductive age has been … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Effect of lactation counselling among Bangladeshi women.   - Reported, January 24, 2013   Vitamin A supplementation of mothers postpartum may improve infant health, not only by increasing vitamin A delivery to the infant through breast milk but also by increasing delivery of milk immune … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Jennifer Nicole Lee has the hottest body in US. - Reported, May 17, 2013   Jennifer Nicole Lee is an American fitness model, actress, motivational speaker, and author. She is known for losing 70 pounds and launching a career as a fitness guru after bearing two children. Jennifer … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Jennifer Aniston hair style is most women want - Reported, May 17, 2013   Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer. Aniston gained worldwide recognition in the 1990s for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Stop Teens From Fighting With Exercise? - Reported, May 10, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers from Columbia University have discovered that physical activity may help decrease violent behavior among adolescent girls. The study analyzed the results of a 2008 survey … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Key to Muscle Fitness Revealed - Reported, May 13, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Researchers at Sanford-Burnham’s Diabetes and Obesity Research Center have found that genetic material (called microRNAs) link two characteristics of fit muscles: the ability to switch between slow and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Gut Bacteria Affects How Fast Babies Grow - Reported, May 13, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – A Norwegian study led by Merete Eggesbo suggests that the rate of early infant growth is affected by the composition of microbiota within the infants’ guts. This link was identified by … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hungry? Don’t Go Grocery Shopping! - Reported, May 10, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – According to new research by Brian Wansink, Ph.D., and Aner Tal, Ph.D., from Cornell University, people may be more likely to buy higher-calorie foods if they are hungry while grocery shopping. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health GERD Nerd! 5 Acid Reflux Myths - Reported, May 14, 2013   CELEBRATION, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Millions of Americans suffer from GERD – a chronic digestive disease that happens when stomach acid flows back into your food pipe. A lot of people know the condition causes … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Abuse and Depression Linked in Women - Reported, May 10, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) – In a study led by Karen Devries from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, researchers found that women who have been abused by a partner are more likely to be depressed and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Thoracic Endografts Removes Tumors in the Aorta - Reported, May 13, 2013   (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There is a high risk of complication and death with the surgical removal of chest tumors; it is very challenging and necessitates the support of a heart-lung machine. However, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Decision to scale back sexual health clinics incorrect: Federal Health Minister   - Reported, 13 May 2013   Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has warned the Queensland government's decision to scale back sexual health clinics in north Queensland opens the door to a potential … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Joyful, mocking and "ticklish" laughter activates different connections in the brain: A study - Reported, May 13, 2013   Scientists investigated the "laughter perception network" in volunteers whose brains were scanned while they heard three different kinds of laugh. The categories were … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Surviving a heart attack can be the start of another fight: A study   - Reported, 13 May 2013   Emotional health is the Cinderella of cardiac recovery. If you're one of the 50 per cent of people who survive a heart attack, there will be a focus on getting you back on track physically. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Brazilian women above 50 to seek permission before assisted reproduction   - Reported, May 13, 2013   The president of the Brazilian Association of Assisted Reproduction, Adelino Amaral, who participated in drafting the rules of the CFM that, among other things, prohibits assisted … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Superbug circulates in Brazil   - Reported, May 13, 2013   The CDC reported that of Porto Alegre one of multiresistant bacteria that caused the interdiction of 15 beds in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Hospital Conception is present in other establishments in the public and also … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Mexico Peru anticipates to have law against obesity   - Reported, May 13, 2013   While in Mexico no decisive action to abate the serious problem of obesity in Peru has recently passed a law to combat this epidemic by regulating advertising, food labeling and schools. De Peru thus adds to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Warning on "Oil Pediculocide Magic" in Argentina   - Reported, May 13, 2013   The Ministry of Health of the Nation, through the National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT), reported that it has detected in the local market of unauthorized product "Oil Pediculocide … [Read more...]