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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cook Islands Women Health a complete detailed study.   - Reported, April 04, 2012   The fertility rate in the Cook Islands decreased quite sharply over the past ten years. There has been: A decrease in the average number of births that women have in their lifetimes, A rise in the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cook Islands Women Health Information   - Reported, April 04, 2012   The Cook Islands is a country of 15 widely dispersed small islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The population of around 18,000 people is mostly Cook Island Maori, Polynesian people indigenous to this part of the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health To Promote Island Foods for their Health, Biodiversity in Fed. States of Micronesia   - Reported, April 04, 2012   Dietary- and lifestyle-related diseases are problems of epidemic proportion in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Public health resources to help prevent … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Pregnant but shooter determined to compete in London Olympics   - Reported, April 2, 2012   PETALING JAYA: Olympic-bound shooter Nur Suryani Mohd Taibi’s determination and sacrifices have won her much praise. The country’s top female rifle shooter has decided to compete in the London … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Link Between Starvation And Greater Risk Of Cardiac Complications   - Reported, 01 Apr 2012   Russians born during the Leningrad Siege in World War II, which was responsible for some of the greatest losses of civilian life in history, are giving scientists new strategies to identify … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Unnecessary Induction Of Labor Linked To Birth Complications, Study   - Reported, April 2, 2012   A new University of Adelaide study has revealed that inducing labor in pregnant women when it’s not medically necessary is more likely to result in complications at birth. AsianScientist … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Breast Health among Women in the U.S. Virgin Islands   - Reported, April 02, 2012   Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death among women in the United States Virgin Islands. Consequently, the Bureau of Health has identified breast cancer as a priority health concern. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health U.S. Virgin Islands Women Health Information   - Reported, April 02, 2012   The 58,000 women in the US Virgin Islands represent the smallest population group in all of the jurisdictions presented. The US Virgin Islands have nearly the lowest death rate of all jurisdictions for breast … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Communicable and noncommunicable diseases & health risk factors and transition in American Samoa   - Reported, April 02, 2012   The health status of the population has improved significantly, and Samoans now enjoy relatively good health.However, persistently high mortality and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in women of American Samoa   - Reported, April 02, 2012   Cancer is the second leading cause of death among Samoan women and, compared to women of other ethnicities in the United States, Samoan women present at earlier ages with advanced stages of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health American Samoa Women Health Information   - Reported, April 02, 2012   Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health HIV/AIDS response for women and girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands.   - Reported, April 02, 2012   The focus is on specific culturally and socially based gender issues that enhance HIV risk and complicate access to care and services for women and girls in the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Self-management among patients living with diabetes in the United States Virgin Islands.   - Reported, April 02, 2012   The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is facing a diabetes epidemic similar to the one on the U.S. mainland, yet little is known regarding the cultural context … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Nutritional Overview of American Samoa   - Reported, April 02, 2012   General health trends in American Samoa are towards a decrease in infectious diseases and an increase in those related to lifestyle, such as obesity, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, with their … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women’s Health to hit stands in India on April 2   - Reported, March 29, 2012   The magazine, being launched by India Today Group under licence from US-based Rodale Inc., will have an initial print run of 45,000-50,000 copies BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi The India Today Group, which … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women Have Sexual Fantasies During Most Fertile Period of Menstrual Cycle   - Reported, March 26, 2012   A recent study conducted by researchers from University of Lethbridge in Canada has found that women were more likely to indulge in sexual fantasies during their most fertile period … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Postpartum Depression More Common in Older Mums   - Reported,  March 23, 2012   Older women are more likely to suffer from postpartum depression, according to researchers at University of Oslo, Norway. During the study it was revealed that older women are more likely to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health HPV Vaccine Prevents Recurrence in Women Suffering from Cervical Disease   - by Thilaka Ravi on March 28, 2012   After receiving the HPV vaccine if some women are diagnosed with pre-cancerous cervical conditions, they can still benefit from a considerably reduced risk of reoccurring … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health New hot flash treatment? Self help, study suggests   - Reported, March 11, 2012   A few sessions of behavioral therapy, even a "self-help" version, may help some women find relief from menopausal hot flashes, according to a British study. Researchers writing in the journal Menopause said … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Cervical Cancer: Leading Cause of Cancer Deaths Among Indian Women   - Reported, March 29, 2012   Among Indian women, cervical cancer is found to be the leading cancer-killer, reveals study. 'The study found that 17 percent of cancer deaths among women were due to cervical cancer, … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health There has been a steady increase in the median age of first births in Norway,  and the fertility is now very low (TFR 1.7-1.9).   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   The current generation of mothers or mothers to be have completed an increasingly longer education and started working even … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Women Health Information   - Reported, March 30, 2012   In Saint Vincent and the Grenadines the lifetime average number of children per women is 2 compared with 2 in the UK. 19% of women aged 50–69 years have undergone a breast examination or … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Ethnomedicines used in Trinidad and Tobago for reproductive problems   - Reported, March 30, 2012   Throughout history women have tried to control or enhance their fertility using herbal remedies, with various levels of societal support. Caribbean folk medicine has been influenced by … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Trinidad and Tobago's leading cause of maternal morbidity is unsafe abortion   - Reported, March 30, 2012   As for most of its Caribbean neighbours, Trinidad and Tobago's leading cause of maternal morbidity is unsafe abortion. Yet activism to introduce public policy and legislation … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Trinidad and Tobago Women Health Information   - Reported, March 30, 2012   In Trinidad and Tobago the lifetime average number of children per women is 2 compared with 2 in the UK. 38.2% of women of reproductive age report using (or a partner using) a contraceptive method compared … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Abuse and mental disorders among women at walk-in clinics in Trinidad   - Reported, March 30, 2012   Female participants from 16 randomly selected walk-in clinics, previously stratified to represent all administrative regions and urban and rural settings, who were 18 years or older, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Reduction in anaemia in z women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and two other countries   - Reported, March 30, 2012   The Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute conducted a survey of anemia status of pregnant and/or lactating women in Jamaica (1982), Montserrat (1981), and St. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sexual violence against women in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines   - Reported, March 30, 2012   In its 2008 Freedom in the World report, Freedom House states that violence against women is a "major problem" in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines . According to statistics cited by the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Nurse-midwifery in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.   - Reported, March 30, 2012   Brain drain, the exodus of highly trained professionals from developing countries to better paying jobs in the developed world, threatens the structure of community health care in those developing … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Puerto Rico Women Health Information   - Reported, March 28, 2012   Puerto Rico populated for centuries by aboriginal peoples, the island was claimed by the Spanish Crown in 1493 following COLUMBUS' second voyage to the Americas. In 1898, after 400 years of colonial rule that saw the … [Read more...]