A new study has shown that more American women are choosing dogs over motherhood .
According to business-news site Quartz, a report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a big drop in the number of babies born to women ages 15 to 29, which corresponds with a huge increase in the number of tiny dogs owned by young women, the New York Post reported.
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The French government has launched an app to teach leadership skills to women.
The recently launched ‘Leadership Pour Elles’ application is described as an “unusual, practical and free tool to help women progress in their careers” by offering them “simple, efficient, detailed advice”.
The app first assesses the user by asking questions such as if one could act like a leader; whether one surrounds herself with a good team; if one knows how to network, etc., reported The Guardian.
Women who take iron supplements experience a marked improvement in their exercise performance, a study has found.
Researchers undertook a systematic review and analysis of the effect of iron supplements on the exercise performance of women in their child-bearing years.
“Iron supplementation improved women’s exercise performance in terms of both the highest level they could achieve at 100 percent exertion and their exercise efficiency at a sub-maximal exertion,” said lead researcher Sant-Rayn Pasricha from the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health.
Gear up for some physical exercise sessions as the risk of breast cancer may go up by 210 percent in obese and overweight women with a certain genetic marker, said a study.
Weight loss is likely a good way to reduce breast cancer risk in general, said Ting-Yuan David Cheng from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in the US.
White women with the genetic marker were nearly 70 percent more likely to have breast cancer compared to those without the marker, the study found.
Child sex campaigners have blasted women who have flooded Twitter with indecent tweets about footie ace David’s son Brooklyn Beckham being “sexy.” After the cover debut, admirers even sparked the Twitter trend “Brooklyn Beckham can father my children.
A woman has undergone treatment for her rare condition which has kept her sexually aroused for 18 years.
Amanda Gryce, who can orgasm uncontrollably up to 50 times a day without ever having sex with her boyfriend, said that she has been living with Persistent Genital Arousal Disorder since the age of 6 and it has become “like torture”, the Daily Star reported.
The 24-year-old is finally undergoing medical treatment to try to cure the condition. (ANI)
Spending a lot of time on Facebook could lead women to feel badly about their bodies, according to a new study.
Young women were more likely to compare their own body with that of their friends if they spent more time on social media, and Facebook in particular.
Scientists found that more time on Facebook could lead to more negative feelings and more comparisons to the bodies of friends.
Researchers from the University of Strathclyde, UK, Ohio University and University of Iowa in US, surveyed 881 college women about their Facebook use, eating and exercise habits, and body image.
In a major breakthrough, scientists are now growing specialised organs such as vagina in the lab and successfully implanting them in patients.
Four teenage girls received such an implant and the organs are working “normally” now, a study has said.
All the patients in the study underwent surgery five to eight years ago because they were born with a rare genetic condition in which the vagina and uterus are underdeveloped or absent.
The girls were between 13 and 18 years old at the time of their surgeries.
Are you hooked all the time to Facebook in anticipation of another ‘like’? Stop this habit as increased time on Facebook could lead women to negative body images – and possibly eating disorders later.
In a first study to link time spent on Facebook to poor body image, researchers found that more time on Facebook could lead to more negative feelings and more comparisons to bodies of friends.
Health professionals who work in the area of eating disorders and their prevention now have clear evidence of how social media relates to college women’s body image and eating disorders.
From homemade formulas, Ayurvedic solutions to dietary rules – male actors from the country’s southern film industry follow myriad ways to ensure their skin is well-cared for during summer.
Vanity is as important to men as it is to women, and so IANS turned to popular south Indian actors to share tips on how to protect your skin.
Actor Nakul, who strongly advises to “stay away from all chemical-related products”, follows simple homemade skin recipes.
A new study has revealed that spending more time on Facebook could lead to more negative feelings and more comparisons to the bodies of friends in women.
The researchers were able to predict how often women felt negatively about their own bodies after looking at someone else’s photos or posts, and how often women compared their own bodies to those of their friends.
A new study has found that a third of brides fall out with one or more bridesmaids after they get hitched because of resentments and rows that take place while planning the D-day.
Babies who wake up at night to breastfeed may be actually trying to delay the birth of a sibling, a new study suggests.
According to the research, infant’s tendency to wake up in the night may have been a tactic to make mothers breastfeed more, thus reducing their fertility and limiting the number of siblings that will be born, which in turn improved a child’s chances of survival.
Researchers have suggested that females had an increased rate of all-cause mortality conferred by drinking compared with males, especially in heavy drinkers.
In the article “Effect of Drinking on All-Cause Mortality in Women Compared with Men: A Meta-Analysis,” Chao Wang and coauthors, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical Sciences (Beijing, China), modeled the relationship between the dose of alcohol consumed and the risk of death, comparing the results for drinkers versus non-drinkers and among male and female drinkers.
The Spanish version of a novel mobile application for women’s safety, designed by two Indians, was launched in Colombia Wednesday.
The application called “SafetiPin”, a map-based mobile application, designed by entrepreneur Ashish Basu and activist-researcher Kalpana Viswanath, was launched in the country’s capital Bogota.
Martha Sanchez, Bogota’s secretary for women’s affairs, said that through the application users can “record in real time the sites they perceive as unsafe, or disclose situations of harassment, abuse and threats against them”.
MTV channel in association with Indian cosmetic brand Blue Heaven has launched a new range of cosmetics for youngsters.
Entering into this category for the first time, MTV Muah consists of trendy, bright and funky products like eyeliners, mascaras, kajal pencils, foundations and a variety of lip colours. There are three different kits developed to create a new look – Dazzle, Punk and Pop.
Eleven women from little-known villages of India were felicitated here Wednesday for overcoming hardships and scripting success stories through entrepreneurship.
The FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) honoured these grassroots women entrepreneurs for their remarkable work in fighting the odds.
Manorma Devi, who hails from Shekhwara village in Bihar was thrown out of her house by her in-laws for not being able to deliver a “son”. She then returned to her family, where her father and brothers encouraged her to focus on her career.
Not just teenage boys but teenage girls also fantasise about sex in the same fashion, and better.
There is no difference between boys and girls when it comes to what types of sex they fantasise about, research reveals.
Also, there are no differences in the proportion of girls and boys who think that their sexual behaviour is influenced by pornography to a great extent.
Boys and girls who watch pornography have a more favourable attitude to pornography than those who do not, the researchers commented.
A new study has revealed that regular aerobic exercise boosts memory area of brain and may help to slow down advance of dementia in older women.
According to the study, a twice weekly routine seems to boost the size of the area of the brain (hippocampus) that is involved in verbal memory and learning among women whose intellectual capacity has been affected by age.
The researchers found that aerobic exercise seems to be able to slow the shrinkage of the hippocampus and maintain the volume in a group of women who are at risk of developing dementia .
A new study has revealed that drinking fat-free or low-fat milk may delay the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.
The research also found that women who ate cheese saw an increase in knee OA progression, while yogurt did not impact OA progression in men or women.
Lead author of the study, Bing Lu, said that milk consumption plays an important role in bone health and their study is the largest study to investigate the impact of dairy intake in the progression of knee OA.
Lu added that findings indicate that women who frequently drink milk may reduce the progression of OA.
Women with curves often don’t stock up stylish pieces in their wardrobe. An expert suggests tailored outfits, flared silhouettes and more to make voluptuous women also look in vogue.
Jasmin Kerawalla, owner and creative director of COCO boutique, shares tips on how plus-size women can spruce up their wardrobe:
* Trim and tailored: Incorporate this season’s key trend, which is layering. Floppy jackets or cardigans or shrugs are a huge no. Wear a well-fitted jacket over a fitted dress or shirt for a clean look.
A new study has revealed that Twitter and Facebook use can have detrimental effects on relationships, as it can lead to emotional and physical cheating, breakup and even divorce.
The research done by University of Missouri School of Journalism found that Twitter users are far more likely to experience Twitter-related conflict with their romantic partners.
Scientists have revealed that a new drug can help prevent advanced breast cancer from progressing, which could provide a groundbreaking treatment option for women with the potentially fatal disease.
The researchers said that the drug, palbociclib , cut in half the risk that the cancer would worsen.
Dr. Richard S. Finn, a principal investigator, said that the magnitude of benefit they are seeing is not something commonly seen in cancer medicine studies.
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Los Angeles, April 7 (IANS) Crop tops are a must-have fashion trend this season, but before you choose to flaunt them, get rid of your belly fat. Try torso rotations or leg lifts for a toned stomach.
Femalefirst.co.uk lists four exercises, along with some cardio and healthy eating tips that can help in getting abs in no time.
Women who frequently consume fat-free or low-fat milk may delay the progression of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, a new study has claimed.
The study also found that women who ate cheese actually saw an increase in knee OA progression but yogurt did not impact OA progression in men or women.
OA is a common, degenerative joint disease that causes pain and swelling of joints in the hand, hips, or knee.