A new study has found that women with a high economic status claim to be more sexually satisfied, suggesting that socioeconomic factors affect sexual satisfaction. Investigators at the Barcelona Public Health Agency (ASPB) analysed the influence of various socioeconomic factors on the results of the first Spanish National Sexual Health Survey, carried out in 2009 by the Centre for Sociological Research.
A new study has found that most new mothers can’t enjoy their babies till they are six months old, due to tiredness and stress.
According to the study, sleepless nights, lack of confidence and fears about the baby’s safety take the joy out of the first precious weeks, the Daily Express reported.
Almost half of 1,600 women questioned felt their performance as a mother was being judged by others.
Only half the women who took part in the poll felt their husbands provided enough support during the exhausting first months.
Researchers have said women who engaged in at least 150 min/week of aerobic activity and at least 60 min/week of muscle-strengthening activities had the most substantial risk reduction compared with inactive women.
Breast cancer stem cells exist in two different states and each state plays a role in how cancer spreads, a new study has revealed.
Study’s senior author Max S. Wicha from University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center said the lethal part of cancer is its metastasis so understanding how metastasis occurs is critical.
“We have evidence that cancer stem cells are responsible for metastasis – they are the seeds that mediate cancer’s spread. Now we’ve discovered how the stem cells do this,” Wicha said.
A new study has found mercury in fairness creams and chromium and nickel in lipsticks. Centre for Science and Environment’s director general Sunita Narain said that Mercury is not supposed to be present in cosmetic products and their presence in these products is completely illegal and unlawful.
CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Lab found mercury in 44 per cent of the fairness creams tested, chromium in 50 per cent and nickel in 43 per cent of the lipstick samples it tested.
Recent Catalyst study reveals that gender cap results in stunted career growth for women working in the technology sector.
While women kick start their career as equals with men, expecting career growth, they tend to receive fewer opportunities that lead to advancement, as a result of which, very few women progress to a critical senior-level position
The report, High Potentials Under High Pressure in India’s Technology Sector is part of Catalyst’s groundbreaking study of MBA graduates from top business schools around the world, Business Wire India reported.
Researchers have said women who engaged in at least 150 min/week of aerobic activity and at least 60 min/week of muscle-strengthening activities had the most substantial risk reduction compared with inactive women.
Presenting a contrasting picture to earlier data, around 61 percent of Pakistanis have reportedly voted in favour of women dressing as they wish, a new survey has revealed.
Earlier this month, a poll conducted by University of Michigan’s Population Studies Center had found that a meager 22 percent of Pakistanis voted that women should dress as they want.
The survey had been carried across seven Muslim countries to identify ‘appropriate’ dress for women to wear publicly.
Contrary to popular belief that MTV’s ‘ 16 and Pregnant’ show promotes teen pregnancy by glorifying life of young mothers, a new study has found that such shows have actually helped in reducing teen births by almost 6 percent.
According to the New York Times, the National Bureau of Economic Research compared Nielsen television ratings to birth records, and concluded that in areas where teens viewed MTV more after the show debuted, teen pregnancy rates dropped more quickly as compared to other areas, Newser.com reported.
Scientists are now testing a drug that could boost women’s desire for sex and also help them lose weight.
The pill, which is being developed with the help of the people behind Viagra, could be on bedside cabinets by the end of next year, News.com.au reported.
With four in ten women saying that their sex life has lost its sizzle at some point, and Viagra already making over 2.5 billion dollars a year, drug companies have long tried to create a female version.
But the strong psychological base to women’s libido means they have struggled to find the right product.
Doctors have successfully transplanted wombs in nine women in Sweden.
Dr Mats Brannstrom, of the University of Gothenberg , who was leading the experimental fertility project, is hoping that the technique may help other women to get pregnant, the BBC reported.
Dr Brannstrom’s team had recruited 10 women for their trial, out of which one was not able to proceed with the trial for medical reasons, but nine others went on to have a womb transplant.
These women were either born without a uterus or had it removed because of cervical cancer. (ANI)
Researchers have pointed out that Hispanic women tend to be less aware of the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) they face by being overweight or obese.
The results of a study that compared Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women based on their knowledge of heart disease risk factors and their perceptions of their own weight.
Beginning Jan 29, sex workers from across the country will celebrate at a six-day festival here women who defied social barriers.
Organised by Durbaar Mahila Samanwaya Committee – a sex workers’ collective in West Bengal, this seventh chapter of the sex workers’ fair has been themed “Women in protest, Women in resistance”.
Each day, as many as 3,000 members of the marginalised community will gather at the Triangular Park in south Kolkata for the event.
A new study has shown that the risk of serious complications such as stillbirth, preterm birth, low birth weight and neonatal death is around twice as high for babies conceived by assisted reproductive therapies compared with naturally conceived babies.
Researchers from the University’s Robinson Institute have compared the outcomes of more than 300,000 births in South Australia over a 17-year period. This included more than 4300 births from assisted reproduction.
Sarah Palin, the former vice presidential candidate, has advised young women that they should focus less on selfies and more on nature.
While promoting her new Sportsman Channel reality TV show, “Amazing America With Sarah Palin,” Palin said she wants to see more young women holding a fish than holding their camera in front of a bathroom mirror doing a selfie, E! Online reported.
Earlier it was reported that selfie was the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year in 2013, with frequency of its use increasing by 17,000 percent. (ANI)
A new research has suggested that a high presence of bacteria at the site where foetal membranes rupture may be the key to understanding why some pregnant women experience their “water breaking” prematurely.
The findings by researchers at Duke University School of Medicine suggested that the bacterial presence is associated with thinning of the foetal membranes. However, more research is needed to understand whether bacterial presence is a cause or consequence of foetal membrane weakening.
A British woman has attempted to sue her former lawyers for professional negligence, claiming that they failed to tell her that finalizing her divorce proceedings would end her marriage.
The case – made against two solicitor firms – had been rejected by the court.
Jane Mulcahy had claimed that the lawyers should have told her that a divorce would cause the termination of her marriage – something that she apparently wanted to avoid, the Independent reported.
Less than 12 percent of children use toilets in India and this is leading to diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid, social scientists said here Friday.
According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas.
Against this background, social scientists advocate the need to ensure proper disposal of stool for children, especially in rural areas, to prevent diseases like diarrhea, cholera, typhoid and even polio.
Molly Schuyler has beaten the world record for eating 2 kilograms of steak in just under three minutes, in Oregon.
Schuyler took on a steak challenge at Sayler’s Old Country Kitchen in Portland and scoffed down the beef in just three minutes and later ate some fries to wash it down, News.com.au reported.
She easily smashed the old Guinness World Record, which stood at 6 minutes and 48 seconds. (ANI)
A new 40-year longitudinal study has warned that women who continue to smoke and live under stressful conditions during their pregnancy increase their daughter’s chances of nicotine dependence later in life.
Tobacco smoking by pregnant women has long been viewed as a public health risk because of smoking’s adverse effects on the development of a fetus.
Smoking during pregnancy is linked to numerous negative outcomes, including low birth weight, sudden infant death syndrome, and increased risk for attention deficit disorder, conduct disorder, and nicotine use in offspring.
Can you absolutely and positively point out where your buttocks end and your upper thighs begin? If not, then you have what the fitness experts are calling – the ‘thut’.
Thut, like muffin top and the stubborn flab under your arms, is the untoned meeting place of your upper thighs and bum, News.com.au reported.
People who work on their desk all day are the most likely to have a sag where there should be a pert little angle.
A woman from Cardigan, West Wales, is being compared to James Bond villain Jaws after she chomped down on a car in a drunken rage.
Rhian Jeremiah had allegedly been drinking at a memorial night for her late beau Simon Jones, who had drowned off the coast of Aberystwyth, when she got into a fight with three strangers, Metro.co.uk reported.
Jeremiah, 26, sunk her teeth in the Fiat 500 ‘s roof and left teeth marks in the car’s bodywork, causing damage worth 220 pounds.
A US woman, who had been dubbed the world’s ugliest woman on YouTube while she was still in school, has shed light on how she deals with haters who abuse and ridicule her, and sometimes even ask her to commit suicide.
Lizzie Velasquez suffers from a very rare medical condition that causes her to have a hyperactive metabolism which prevents her from gaining weight
She has now turned into a motivational speaker despite the self-esteem busting criticism.
A new study suggests that women tend to outlive men, as the number of centenarians in Ontario increased by more than 70 percent over the last 15 years with women making up more than 85 percent of people 100 or older.
The findings, by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and Women’s College Hospital, are among the first to examine centenarians in a large geographic population and the healthcare services they receive.
A US woman, who had been dubbed the world’s ugliest woman on YouTube while she was still in school, has shed light on how she deals with haters who abuse and ridicule her, and sometimes even ask her to commit suicide.
Lizzie Velasquez suffers from a very rare medical condition that causes her to have a hyperactive metabolism which prevents her from gaining weight She has now turned into a motivational speaker despite the self-esteem busting criticism.