Womens Corner

A new study has found that stressed-out women are at an increased risk of infertility, which reduces their chances of getting pregnant by around 30 percent.

Courtney Denning-Johnson Lynch, director of reproductive epidemiology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and colleagues found that women with high levels of alpha-amylase – a biological indicator of stress measured in saliva – are 29 percent less likely to get pregnant each month and are more than twice as likely to meet the clinical definition of infertility, compared to women with low levels of this protein enzyme.

A group of evolutionary biologists claim that they have figured out exactly which dance movements catch a woman’s eye.

Researchers at Northumbria University and the University of Gottingen wanted to know what women look for in a dancing partner, since “dancing ability, particularly that of men, may serve as a signal of mate quality,” the Washington Post reported.

But isolating specific dance moves is difficult – facial attractiveness, body shape and even perceived socioeconomic status play a role in how people judge the dancing ability of their peers.

Is your kid turning out to be a couch potato when it should be playing all around? The reason may well be the low levels of physical activity of the mother, research shows.

Young children are not ‘just naturally active’ and that parents have an important role to play in the development of healthy activity habits early on in life.

“We saw a direct, positive association between physical activity in children and their mothers – the more activity a mother did, the more active her child,” said Kathryn Hesketh of University College London.

Based on the trends seen at the Lakme Fashion Week 2014, experts are predicting that short and colored hair will be ‘in’ this season on the Indian runway.

Rod Anker, Creative Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa, said that hair will connect with the overall feeling the designer is trying to showcase, it’s about re creating a feeling for the look that compliments in its entirety.

Adding to his hair trend forecast, Anker said that hair has become shorter with color being a more common tool to enhance a look.

Researchers have uncovered the reason behind rare type of ovarian cancer that most often strikes girls and young women.

The findings revealed a “genetic superhighway” mutation in a gene found in the overwhelming majority of patients with small cell carcinoma of the ovary, hypercalcemic type, also known as SCCOHT.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center suggest that people who have an inherited mutation of a certain gene have a high chance of getting lung cancer than heavy smokers with or without the inherited mutation.

Although both genders have an equal risk of inheriting the mutation, those who develop lung cancer are mostly women and have never smoked, the researchers found. People with the rare inherited T790M mutation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene who have never smoked have a one-in-three chance of developing lung cancer, researchers found.

Anne Hathaway got pecked by a parrot while she was attending the Walk of Fame inauguration ceremony in Miami. The 31-year-old brunette maintained her smile as the blue parrot climbed onto her shoulder and started to nibble on her hair, the Mirror reported.

After the parrot was done, it was a playful white anteater that took over and started nuzzling at the ‘Les Miserables’ star’s ear. The Oscar winner was joined by her `Rio` co-stars Jamie Foxx, Jemaine Clement and Kristin Chenoworth at the event. (ANI)

Diamonds have long been considered as a woman’s best friend — but a recent survey reveals that they are now more interested in receiving a gift with a personal touch, or a shared experience.

The research conducted by the multi-store gift card One4all, shows that over half of women would prefer a thoughtful gift to a diamond, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

A joint experience or memorable trip with a loved one topped the poll, with 56 percent of the votes. The usual gifts like diamonds and designer handbags were some way behind.

A nun has captured the attention of the world with her amazing singing voice after she appeared on the talent show ‘ The Voice of Italy’.

After 25-year-old Sister Cristina Scuccia sang Alicia Keys’ ‘ No One ‘ for her ‘blind audition’, she got an immediate standing ovation from the stunned audience and all four coaches expressed their desire to mentor her in upcoming the rounds, Stuff.co.nz reported.

While receiving praises from the judge’s, Scuccia said that she came on the show because she has a gift and wants to share it, adding that she wanted to “evangelise”.

Addictive behaviour such as drug and alcohol abuse may be associated with poor development of the so-called “love hormone” system in our bodies during early childhood, scientists say.

The groundbreaking idea has resulted from a review of worldwide research into oxytocin, known as the “love hormone” because of its important role in enhancing social interactions, maternal behaviour and partnership, said researchers at the University of Adelaide.

Teenage girls and young women aged 14-19 who are focused on their careers are less likely to be sexually active, a study has indicated.

Such girls have higher levels of maturity and more confidence in their beliefs, noted researchers from University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Senior psychology student Kelly Arnold, under the supervision of assistant psychology professor Aurora Torres, monitored posts on Internet forums used by teenage girls to assess their degree of maturity and confidence related to their sexual behaviour.

A new study has revealed that practicing sport for more than an hour day reduces the risk of contracting breast cancer in women of all ages.

According to a research presented to the European Breast Cancer Conference in Glasgow, women who have the highest level of daily exercise can significantly reduce their risk of contracting breast cancer.

A new study has revealed that children who are lied-to are more likely to cheat and lie themselves.

The study has found that adult dishonesty makes a difference and the older kids, between five and seven, who had been lied to, are more likely to cheat and then lie about cheating.

The experts believed that the children may have simply followed in the footsteps of the lying adult.

The researchers from University of California, San Diego said that the children did not feel the need to uphold their commitment to tell the truth to someone who they perceived as a liar.

Researchers have presented the most conclusive proof yet that genes play a significant role in parenting.

A study by two Michigan State University psychologists refutes the popular theory that how adults parent their children is strictly a function of the way they were themselves parented when they were children.

Researchers have suggested that breastfeeding until at least nine months of age increases prevalence in the gastrointestinal tract of Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, species which are known to contribute to development of a healthy immune system.

In the study, the investigators sampled the gut microbiota in the feces of 300 children at 9, 18, and 36 months of age. The nutritional factor with the greatest impact on the composition of the gut flora was the time of cessation of breast feeding.

Fashion designer Rina Dhaka has tied up with Nokia to create her exclusive Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week (WIFW) autumn-winter 2014 collection.

Dhaka organised the preview of her collection, inspired by the Nokia Lumia 1520, here Thursday. The entire range will be showcased at the fashion week on March 26.

She said that the Nokia Lumia 1520 helped her “craft a pleasing story, which any artist would want to portray through their work. The sleek design, large screen, and the colourful tiles from the interface worked to be a great inspiration for me.”

Some of the apparent challenges that women face in professional lives are similar to those faced by men, but the two real issues faced by the fairer sex are questions on their capabilities and wage gap, experts say.

At the entry level, most organisations do well in hiring and training women but the struggle with retention begins when women reach mid-managerial levels.

A new study has found that your parenting style can have an impact on your child’s weight, and strict parents make their kid pack on the pounds.

Researchers followed a nationally representative group of 37,577 Canadian children aged 0 to 11.

They compared kids whose parents are generally affectionate, have reasonable discussions about behavior with their child and set healthy boundaries (authoritative) with those whose parents were strict about limits without much dialogue or affection (authoritarian).

Maternal cardiac arrest, which means that the mother’s heart stops beating either before or after childbirth, may be two times more common than previously reported, research shows.

The study, based on data for more than 56 million births, also found that the survival rate improved in US between 1998 and 2011.

A number of health issues that may occur during childbirth can lead to cardiac arrest, including excessive bleeding, heart failure, heart attack, preeclampsia, blood infection and amniotic fluid embolism, where amniotic fluid enters the mother’s bloodstream.

A woman, who is addicted to getting surgeries done, now wants to double her ‘LLL’ size boobs to a gigantic ‘QQQ’ size.

Lacey Wildd said that she is proud to be plastic and is still looking for that perfect body, the Daily Star reported.”

The single mother has had a “29 maybe 30 surgeries”, which includes 12 breast augmentations, two tummy tucks, three Brazilian bottom lifts, three all-over liposuctions and a internal “corset” fitted to keep her waist small and her stomach flat.

A women has been jailed for just two years after she was found guilty of having sex with an eight-year-old boy.

21 year-old Loren Morris, who is also a mother of one, was convicted of three charges of sex ual intercourse with the child.

But the judge was lenient with her because she realised it to be “wrong”, reports the Mirror.

The female paedophile had been sleeping with the boy since she was 16, and kept exploiting him for more than 50 times over two years. (ANI)

Researchers have shown that parents influence how much children eat more than they may think.

In this collaborative study between the CU School of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Alabama Birmingham, researchers observed normal, everyday mealtimes in the homes of 145 parents and their preschoolers recruited from a Head Start program in the Houston area.

They investigated the relationships between how much parents served themselves at mealtime, the amounts of foods they served to their children and how much children ate at dinner time.

Scientists have revealed, for the first time, the mystery behind why chromosome errors are high in women’s eggs.

It is estimated that up to 60 percent of eggs are affected by errors in how their chromosomes divide – making it the leading cause of infertility – a study has said.

Chromosome errors also lead to conditions such as Down Syndrome and early pregnancy loss, researchers from University of Southampton added.

A new study suggests that use of electronic media, such as watching television, using computers and playing electronic games, can lead to poorer well-being in children.

Using electronic media can be a sedentary behavior and sedentary behavior is associated with adverse health outcomes and may be detrimental at a very young age.

Two women working with a publishing company in central London have sued their boss for damages, alleging that he asked them to have sex with him in order to be promoted.

Anna Mazover and Diana Nicholl-Pierson, who were working for Darren Scott at Entico Corporation Ltd, claimed that they were leered at and subjected to a barrage of sexual remarks, the Daily Star reported.

Scott had allegedly offered his two employees promotion in return of coming over to his penthouse to have a threesome with him.