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fitness news , Font size Women's Health Antigua & Barbuda Women Health Information   - Reported, February 10, 2012   In Antigua and Barbuda the lifetime average number of children per women is 2 compared with 2 in the UK. No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. No data are available on mammography screening … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Generic breast cancer prevention drug overlooked   - Reported, February 8, 2012   Relatively few postmenopausal women at high risk for breast cancer are taking a generic drug proven to reduce the disease’s occurrence. After a study of 4,600 healthy women concluded that exemestane, sold … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women Abusing Sleeping Pills   - Reported, February 6, 2012   ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire)--Physically exhausted but mentally wide-awake. It’s what insomniacs experience nightly. The problem hits 40 million Americans. Women are more likely to have it than men, and those sleepless … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Hiding Alcoholism: When Moms Hit Rock Bottom   - Reported, January 26, 2012   SAN DIEGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) --An estimated four million American women abuse alcohol and many of them have mastered hiding their problem from loved ones. Now, statistics show alcohol abuse among women is on … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Newborns Addicted To Pain Pills   - Reported, February 6, 2012   COLUMBUS, Ohio. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --Prescription drug abuse is the nation’s fastest-growing drug problem, with more than seven million people abusing them and death rates tripling from their abuse in the last decade. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dutch women with a low birth weight have an increased risk of myocardial infarction later in life   - Reported, February 04, 2012   Whether low birth weight increases the risk of myocardial infarction later in life in women. Nationwide population-based case-control study. Patients and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dutch women advised to have breast implants removed   - Reported, February 04, 2012   Dutch health authorities now say women who had breast implants supplied by the French firm at the centre of a health scare should have them taken out.Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) had used silicone of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Netherlands Women Health Information   - Reported, February 04, 2012   In the Netherlands, everyone must have health insurance (ziektekostenverzekering) and be registered with a general practitioner (huisarts). There are very few private practices for gynecologists, so you will need to … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Portugal young women report high rate of teenage births: Second highest in Europe   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   In Portugal, the main issue of concern regarding reproductive health is certainly the high rate of teenage births, the second highest in Europe. In Portugal, abortion … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Portugal Women Health Information   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   Portuguese life expectancy (LE) at age 65 has increased by 1.3 years for women and 1.4 years for men over the 1995-2005 period: LE for both sexes between 1995-2001 was below the EU15 average and remained below the … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Poland Blanket Ban on Abortion Proposed Law Would Violate Rights, Endanger Women's Lives   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   The draft bill, On the Protection of Human Life from the Moment of Conception, would impose an absolute ban on abortion in Poland. The proposal would … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health In Poland the lifetime average number of children per women is 1 compared with 2 in the UK   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. 4% of women aged 50-69 years have undergone a breast examination or mammography compared to 75% in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in secondary schools, family planning and occupational health centres in Luxembourg.   - Reported, February 03, 2012   A prospective pilot screening study was conducted in three settings in Luxembourg where routine urine testing is carried out … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health Strong decline in female sterilization rates in Norway after the introduction of a new copayment system   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   January 1, 2002, copayment for outpatient female sterilization in Norwegian public hospitals increased from 33 euros to 750 euros after a revision … [Read more...]

fitness news ,  Font size Women's Health One in ten pregnant Norway women consume organic food regularly   - Reported,  February 04,  2012   Who eats organic food when they are pregnant? Is it just certain groups? What kind of organic foods are most popular? A recent study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Healthy Habits in Norway leads the women to be lean   - Reported, February 04, 2012   Growing up in Oslo, Norway, Anne Karen Jenum led a modest life. Though her family was far from poor, they ate simply. Dinner was vegetable soup and a bit of fresh fish. For dessert, her mother … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Trend in eating habits among Lithuanian school-aged children in context of social inequality   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Intermittent monitoring of food intake at the population level is essential for the planning and evaluation of national dietary intervention programs. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Lithuania Women Health Information   - Reported, February 03, 2012   In Lithuania the lifetime average number of children per women is 1 compared with 2 in the UK. No data are available on contraceptive use in this country. 38% of women aged 50–69 years have undergone a breast … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Epidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in the Republic of Moldova   - Reported, February 03, 2012   The Republic of Moldova is considered a high endemic country with hepatitis B virus infection having a prevalence of AgHBs of 8% and higher. This paper describes the epidemic process … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women in post-trafficking services in moldova, their mental health   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Trafficking in women is a widespread human rights violation commonly associated with poor mental health. Yet, to date, no studies have used psychiatric diagnostic assessment to identify … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Increasing tuberculosis case detection in the Republic of Moldova   - Reported, February 03, 2012   The Republic of Moldova undertook reforms in tuberculosis (TB) control and health care consistent with international recommendations and advanced towards the global target for case … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Moldova Women Health Information   - Reported, February 03, 2012   In Republic of Moldova the lifetime average number of children per women is 1 compared with 2 in the UK. 67.8% of women of reproductive age report using (or a partner using) a contraceptive method compared with 82% in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Abortion on the rise in countries where it is illegal: A study on women from Malta   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Rows of tents occupy the hangar at Hal Far open centre for refugees.The old airplane hangar at Hal Far is serving as an open centre for asylum seekers, but residents say … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Malta: Asylum seekers fear for health of women, children inside Hal Far hangar   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Rows of tents occupy the hangar at Hal Far open centre for refugees.The old airplane hangar at Hal Far is serving as an open centre for asylum seekers, but residents say it's … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Healthcare in Malta   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Malta has an excellent standard of state funded healthcare. Medical staff are extremely well trained and healthcare in Malta is available free to all citizens and registered long-term residents. Private healthcare thrives in this … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sexual and reproductive health and rights in women of Malta   - Reported, February 03, 2012   The UN Millennium Development Goals, which range from promoting gender equality and empowering women, to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and eradicating poverty, cannot be achieved if sexual and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Malta Women Health Information   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Most health status indicators in Malta are favourable. On the whole, the country has made good progress. Mortality in Malta has progressed from relatively high to levels closer to the European Union (EU) average. However, … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Pregnancy and Birth in Luxembourg   - Reported, February 03, 2012   Health care services for expectant mothers in Luxembourg are well organised and well funded. Mothers-to-be are closely monitored and undergo a number of health checks and ultra sound scans. Once a pregnancy is … [Read more...]