Women Health

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Omani develops a low-fat Omani healthy halwa - Reported, June 06, 2013 Researchers have developed a low-fat Omani "healthy halwa", a popular sweet that has become a symbol of Omani hospitality. A team from Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, led by Prof Mohammad Shafiur Rahman of the … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Water: A Source of Health and Hope in Nicaragua - Reported, June 07, 2013 The introduction of clean water resources into a community directly affects the women and children. Of course, the health of the whole family is improved, but the women and children gain more time as well. There … [Read more...]

Carla lost everything when she got pregnant at the age of 13: her first year of secondary school, her family, her boyfriend, and her happiness. She spent a year panhandling on the streets of the Nicaraguan capital before she was taken in by a shelter for young mothers. Her life fell apart in December 2006, when her mother discovered that she was three months pregnant as a … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Smoking increases risk of bowel cancer in women - Reported, June 07, 2013 BBC News has revealed that, "Women who smoke have a higher risk of cancer than men," reporting the results of a new study examining the relationship between gender and bowel cancer caused by smoking. The … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Norway has lowest maternal and child mortality rates - Reported, June 07, 2013 The best place in the world to be a mom is Norway, where maternal and child mortality rates are low, women’s life expectancy and years in school are high, and the average maternity leave is about one year, a … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Nicaragua's Anti-Abortion Policy Endangers Women, Criminalizes Doctors, Experts Say - Reported, June 07, 2013 Fearing prosecution under strict anti-abortion laws, doctors in Nicaragua have refused to provide chemotherapy to a woman with cancer because she is 10 weeks pregnant. … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Nigerian women and high maternal mortality - Reported, June 07, 2013 The recent revelation by the Director-General of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Ado Mohammed, that no fewer than 60,000 Nigerian women die annually as a result of complications in … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Painkillers increase heart risk: A study - Reported, June 07, 2013 High doses of painkillers used by millions can increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and heart failure, according to the largest study of its kind. It confirmed a ‘small but significant’ extra risk of dying from … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Folic Acid For Pregnant Mothers Cuts Kids' Autism Risk - Reported, June 07, 2013 A study of more than 85,000 women in Norway found that those who started taking folic acid before getting pregnant were about 40 percent less likely to have a child who developed the disorder, researchers … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health 5 Tips That Can Lower Your Risk of Hypertension - Reported, June 07, 2013 According to the data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about one in every three adult Americans has hypertension or high blood pressure. Unfortunately, about 20% of these people … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Underage marriages threaten maternal health in Nepal - Reported, June 08, 2013 At only 16, Deepa Nepali has two children. Deepa, carrying her 13-month-old daughter, told IRIN in a remote village in northwest Nepal that she constantly suffers heart problems and stomach-ache, and most of … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Women suicides on rise in Nepal - Reported, June 08, 2013 Suicide has emerged as the single leading cause of death among women in Nepal aged 15-49, outranking other causes such as accidents and disease, according to a government study. The Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Study … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Sexual healthcare in the Netherlands - Reported, June 08, 2013 Contraceptives and abortion services are widely available in the Netherlands. Sexual healthcare in cases of sexual (dys) functioning is also available both in hospital settings as well as in smaller practices. Internet … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Dutch health system make pregnant women feel guilty - Reported, June 08, 2013 When I called the nice assistant at the birth centre I planned to give birth in and enquired about pain relief options, she gasped a little, and then uttered the m-word: “medicalized”. It sounded cold and … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Pelvic Physiotherapy in the Netherlands, not only for women - Reported, June 08, 2013 The Royal Dutch Association for Physical Therapy (KNGF) regularly develops new guidelines. Recently the guideline for stress urinary incontinence, which has been translated in 18 languages, has been … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Poland says no to pain-free childbirth - Reported, June 05, 2013 Kopacz, in response to the letter of the Polish Gynecological Society, which on behalf of women appealed to the Ministry to refund anesthetization, said that the state budget cannot afford to ensure free anesthetization … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Concern over infant mortality rates among Puerto Ricans - Reported, June 05, 2013 The Department of Health and Human Services determined that infant mortality rates among Puerto Ricans are 30 percent higher than among non-Hispanic whites, and Puerto Rican babies are twice as likely to … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Condition of pregnant women and children in Poland - Reported, June 05, 2013 Gynecologists in Poland are raising the alarm about new amendments that will be introduced to the 2004 Act on health care services financed by public funds. The Ministry of Health is presenting new threatening … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Mixed messages on home deliveries in Philippines - Reported, June 05, 2013 Varied implementation of a Department of Health (DOH) policy advocating health facility-based delivery under the care of a skilled birth attendant (SBA) has health officials and advocates worried that the policy … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Prevalence and risk factors for hypertension in rural Nepali women   - Reported, June 08, 2013   Low and middle-income countries bear a large burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD), accounting for 80% of the global CVD-related deaths and 87% of disability adjusted-life years … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Brooke-Spiegler Syndrome: Treating Unsightly Tumors - Reported, June 05 2013   Brooke-Spiegler syndrome is a condition caused by a malfunction of the CYLD gene making tumors begin to sprout all over the head and neck. The tumors originate from hair follicles or sweat glands so … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Qatar looks to target HIV with new health initiative   - Reported, June 04, 2013   Qatar plans to kick-start a new health initiative aimed at tackling the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. The program will be aimed at pregnant women, with testing and counseling … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Portuguese-style diet shows promise for heart health benefits   - Reported, June 04, 2013   A new study shows that following the Southern European Atlantic Diet, or Portuguese-style diet may also help protect the heart. Residents of northern Portugal and a region in northwest … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Qatari Woman with 5-organ transplant gives birth to healthy baby girl   - Reported, June 04, 2013   A Qatari woman who was given a new liver, pancreas, stomach and small and large intestine in 2007 has had a healthy baby girl, believed to be the first known case of a five-organ … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Insight into having a baby in Qatar   - Reported, June 04, 2013   Information on expecting and having a baby in Qatar: prenatal checks, the birth options and the post natal check-up and vaccinations... Women who think they may be pregnant in Qatar should visit a hospital or … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Qatar has low breast cancer screening rate: A study   - Reported, June 04, 2013   Breast cancer is the top cancer among women worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. The disease is rooted in a complex mix of genetics, increased life expectancy and lifestyle choices … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Attack on a women in Rep of the Congo   - Reported, June 03, 2013   Anonciata, a 30-something mother of four, survived a brutal raid on her town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, but not without injury. In 2010, militiamen broke into her home in Rutshuru, demanding she give … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Abortion severly damages women's health in Russia   - Reported, June 03, 2013   Katya Esipova says she never liked to take chances on her health. So when she continued to bleed after she had an abortion at age 19 she visited two doctors to ask why. They assured her that even … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health In Rwanda contraceptive use not keeping pace with desire for smaller families   - Reported, June 03, 2013   Findings from the first national study on the incidence of unintended pregnancy and abortion in Rwanda show that nearly half (47%) of all pregnancies in the country are … [Read more...]

fitness news , Font size Women's Health Mutuelles Help Rwandan Women Pay For Hospital Care   - Reported, June 03, 2013   The Rwandan government and its partners have strongly promoted mutuelles de santé, community health insurance schemes that have proven to be a timely solution to the problem of access to quality … [Read more...]