The KIRAN scheme initiated during the 12th Plan provides opportunities to women scientists to re-enter and continue working in science and technology fields of their choice, Jyoti Sharma of the Department of Science and Technology said here today.
She was delivering the key note address at the Women’s Science Congress at the 102nd Indian Science Congress held at University of Mumbai.
Former ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Leighton Meester says being a feminist is normal and not something to be made about.
Meester, 28, feels everyone should consider him or herself as a feminist, reported E! Online.
“Yeah, it shouldn’t be some sort of sensational news item. It’s something that I think all people should say about themselves,” she said when asked if the actress considers herself a feminist.
Recently ‘The Big Bang Theory’ actress Kaley Cuoco received backlash when she said in an interview that she was not a feminist. Cuoco later apologised for her opinion.
A new study has recently revealed that women with atypical hyperplasia are at higher risk of developing breast cancer in future than previously thought.
Mayo Clinic study found that hundreds of women with these benign lesions indicate that their absolute risk of developing breast cancer grows by over 1 percent a year. The study found that after five years, 7 percent of these women had developed the disease; after 10 years, that number had increased to 13 percent; and after 25 years, 30 percent had breast cancer.
Looking to shape up in the New Year? Check your diet, pick exercises wisely and more.
Fitness expert Tracy Anderson shares how to stay in shape, reports people.com.
* Be honest with yourself about the body you want: Have a real conversation about where you’re at with your health. You need to find exercises with some sort of strategy behind them, a strategy for how you want your body to look and perform.
Female sex hormones called oestrogens can worsen allergic reactions in women, says a study.
“Women are more likely to suffer lethal allergic reactions because the female sex hormone makes the condition worse,” says a Telegraph report, quoting the study by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in the US.
Researchers found that oestradiol – a type of oestrogen – enhances the levels and activity of the chemical which drives life threatening allergic reactions in women.
Festive season, specially New Year celebrations followed by the wedding season, gives one enough reason to flaunt the perfect skin.
Dr Sirisha Singh, the founding member and Medical Director of The Skin Center, has given some easy tips to achieve the perfect skin this winter.
More women and some men are now opting for botox as a cure to get through a bad breakup, it has been revealed.
Dr. Anne Chapas, of Union Square Laser Dermatology, said that many New York women give themselves time to be sad, but then they snap out of it, join a gym , and make a Botox appointment, the New York Post reported.
Dr. Gervaise Gerstner, L’Oreal Paris consulting dermatologist, doesn’t believe the correlation between an internal and external glow is actually so deep, but she does think a couple injections in the forehead are a reliable “pick-me-up.”
A new study has revealed that new evidence linking high exposure to air pollution to an increased risk of congenital malformations have been discovered.
The nationwide study is the first to assess the association between different modes of conception-assisted reproductive technology (ART) versus spontaneous conception (SC) — and the risks of exposure to air pollution to each.
Researchers are testing whether Google Glass can help ease anxiety of parents temporarily separated from their newborns.
A new study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston will test whether the technology of Google Glass, a hands-free, wearable computer device, can help foster the precious bond between a mother and her child.
Hundreds of babies are separated from their mothers after birth each year because one or both of them need immediate care, The Boston Globe reported.
Pregnancy means a lot of restrictions But here is a novel Fashion Show held, for and by “Moms to be” in the city on Saturday evening. The event has generated lot of curiosity in the participants as well as their family members.
It is a four city event. It kick started in Hyderabad and will go to Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore informed Geetika Sasan Bhandari, Editor of Child Magazine, the organizer of the event.
Gossiping in office brings employees closer and makes them more co-operative, a study has claimed.
However, the study by Dutch researcher Lea Ellwardt has also warned that people who engage in excessive gossip have fewer friends in the workplace, suggesting that individuals should be careful not to be labelled “the office gossip”.
Ellwardt studied the role of gossip in cementing friendships between employees in a Dutch healthcare centre.
False lashes are the best thing to create an eye-catching look for the party season, but they can be tricky to put on. However, your fears can be put to rest with simple tips.
Celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence and super chic Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wear lashes effortlessly, reports mirror.co.uk.
Here’s how to use them easily:
Most South African women are not satisfied with their sex lives, a study has revealed while suggesting that low self-esteem in the bedroom may be the key reason for it.
While 44 percent women said they were dissatisfied with their time between the sheets, nearly 25 percent rarely experienced orgasm, found the study commissioned by online marketing research company Columinate and international condom manufacturer Durex.
The researchers interviewed 1,000 sexually active women of which 83 percent were in a stable relationship and 17 percent were single.
Nagapattinam was one of Tamil Nadu’s worst-hit places when the tsunami tore through south Asia 10 years ago. But strangely, the disaster has left two positive outcomes. The voice of women is now being heard and child marriages have completely stopped among the fishing community, say activists.
According to NGOs, the fishing community that earlier looked out for doles for some years after the tsunami killed around 6,100 people in Nagapattinam alone, now sports its original attitude — standing up on itd own legs.
A study has found that high-fat diet and obesity during pregnancy compromise the blood-forming stem cell system in the liver of the developing baby responsible for creating and sustaining lifelong blood and immune system function.
“The results offer a model for testing whether the effects of a high-fat diet and obesity can be repaired through dietary intervention, a key question when extrapolating this data to human populations,” said Daniel L. Marks, professor of pediatric endocrinology at Oregon-based OHSU’s Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
A new study has found that taking multivitamins daily during pregnancy results in longer pregnancies bigger, healthier babies. According to the large randomized trial conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, supplements containing 15 vitamins and minerals given daily to pregnant women in rural Bangladesh reduced pre-term births, increased infant birth weight and resulted in healthier babies overall.
Furniture, fitness and fashion items attracted online shoppers most in the year that is ending, reveals a report.
Junglee.com, search and comparison site for shoppers, has released its Online Shopping Search Trends Report 2014. The report analyses the key consumer online shopping search trends in 2014 based on customer searches on the site.
“For our sellers, the report provides necessary data and analytics to be leveraged in making their businesses more successful in the online space,” Mahendra Nerurkar, general manager, Junglee.com, said in a statement.
A new study has found that taking multivitamins daily during pregnancy results in longer pregnancies bigger, healthier babies.
According to the large randomized trial conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, supplements containing 15 vitamins and minerals given daily to pregnant women in rural Bangladesh reduced pre-term births, increased infant birth weight and resulted in healthier babies overall.
A new study has linked physical violence against women by male partners to a disruption of a key steroid hormone that may trigger various negative health effects.
The study by University of Oregon and Oregon Social Learning Centre looked at daily fluctuations of cortisol (stress hormone) levels in men and women.
Cortisol was drawn from saliva samples of 122 couples during on-site assessments and four times a day over four consecutive days.
Cortisol levels typically rise as people wake up, peak shortly thereafter and then decline rapidly.
Alcohol use increases suicide risk among women, especially those who have symptoms of insomnia such as sleep disturbance and daytime tiredness, shows research.
“These results are important as they help demonstrate that alcohol use is associated with an increase in suicide risk, and that this increase may be partially due to insomnia symptoms,” said principal investigator Michael Nadorff, assistant professor at Mississippi State University.
Christmas celebrations are in full swing, so colour your lips festive red and eyes glitzy gold.
“Made In Chelsea” star Binky Felstead shares how to get Christmas party look, reports dailymail.co.uk.
1. The base:
* For this look you want a fresh, dewy base as the overall finish is glamorous. I used Clarins True Radiance Foundation, which you can apply with a brush or with your fingers.
A new study has revealed that 22.7 percent of pregnant women endure some kind of violence, like emotional, physical or sexual, within their relationship.
The study at the University of Granada found that 21 percent of pregnant women suffer emotional violence, 3.6 percent encounter physical or sexual violence and 36.1 percent of those who reported physical violence claimed that it happened “very often or daily.”
Designer Nidhi Munim has come to the rescue of women who shy away from wearing a swimsuit post motherhood.
She believes that women must not miss out on the fun just because they are a mother of a child. Munim has designed a range of swimsuits for mothers of all shapes and sizes.
Her collection includes exotic one-piece swimsuits, monokonis, tankinis and tube swimsuits in a variety of colours, patterns and prints.
Women whose family members or loved ones are critical of their weight tend to put on even more kilos, new research says.
Women who were accepted by their loved ones as they were or received what the researchers call weight acceptance messages saw better weight maintenance and even weight loss than their counterparts who did not receive positive messages from their loved ones, the findings showed.
Women are more empathetic toward their partners than men, a new large-scale study has found.
Dr Cindy Mervin from Griffith Health Institute’s Centre for Applied Health Economics and Professor Paul Frijters from the University of Queensland found that when partners were ill or experienced the death of a friend, women were noticeably affected, yet men were not significantly affected by the negative events in their partner’s life.