News Stories relating to "women"

Like a drug to men - Men: Women love them, but they don't surprise them and here's more news that won't come as a surprise to any thinking female: Just looking at their curves gives a guy a "high" that scientists equate with drinking alcohol or taking drugs!

This is probably the reason that men are so much more...

Thanks to Religion - Woman aren't just discriminated against in the Middle East. Fundamentalists in Europe are a threat to women and so are fundamentalists right here in the US!

If given to girls in childhood, the HPV vaccine can prevent the types of sexually transmitted disease that can eventually lead to the silent...

Smoking and drinking?they go together and they're both worse for women.

When it comes to alcohol, the dividing line between a little and a lot depends on many things, including sex. Women are more vulnerable than men to alcohol?s long-term effects. Exposure to smoke more quickly leads to cancer in women as well.

Women break down...

Why do women have to go through menopause?is it because having a baby over age 50 would be likely to kill them? Or maybe it's because, next to their mothers, what kids REALLY need are GRANDMOTHERS. Also, we've discovered a sneaky way to tell if a woman is fertile.

In New Scientist, Colin Barras reports on a study of lap dancers that...

UPDATE - As we celebrate Independence Day, we need to ask ourselves: have our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were supposed to free those citizens, actually improved the lives of people in those countries, especially women? Alas, the answer appears to be "no." UPDATE: We haven't even given the Iraqis any of the JOBS our...

When it comes to women's health, we try to keep you informed about the basics. A new 15-year study reveals that women who get breast implants to increase the size of their breasts have a significantly higher suicide rate. Meanwhile, one of the most baffling recent US government actions has been to ban the addition of a newly-discovered...

Don't take birth control for granted?there are doctors andpharmacists who want to eliminate birth control pills.

Jill McGivering writes in bbc.com that in the U.S., anincreasing number of doctors and pharmacists are refusing togive women the Pill, saying it's actually a type ofabortion. While mainstream medicine doesn't define it thatway...

Jordan is considered to be one of the most modern Middle Eastern countries, yet a woman is killed by a male relative there about every two weeks, because of alleged sexual transgressions?which include saying the wrong thing or even being raped.

Scientists have developed an pill that solves two of women?s biggest problems: it's an oral contraceptive that helps you lose weight. This is great news, since most women gain weight while taking the Pill. College student Gina Patterson says, "It's supposed to be a weight-loss pill, but also a birth control pill at the same time."

"On a...