World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Women
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Rural burden
The state of health of women in rural India may be one of the worst in the world. An eight-month-pregnant woman spends two-thirds of her day working
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Checking breast cancer
scottish researchers have developed a heat-sensitive bra with an electronic memory chip that can successfully detect premenopausal breast cancer. The Chronobra was developed by Hugh W. Simpson,
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Research their souls
India s premier medical research agency wakes up to the question of ethics
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Cure sans fear
Hormone replacement therapy has become safer than before
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Life span differences
a recent study indicates that the us has some of the longest-lived and the shortest-lived populations in the world. On one hand, Asian women in northern New Jersey have a life expectancy
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Cancer prone
Women who gain weight between the age of 18 years and post-menopausal years may be twice as likely to develop breast cancer as those who do not. Zhiping Huang and his colleagues at the Harvard School
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A case for late pregnancies
Middle aged mothers live an unusually long life
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Forbidden fruit?
Their close association with food and its production notwithstanding, women are increasingly falling victims to hunger
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Cancer prone
Women suffering from severe morning sickness (nausea) may run an increased risk of breast cancer. A study conducted by Leslie Bernstein and her colleagues at the University of Southern California at
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Going the bio way
The Biovillage project provides rural folk the finance and technical knowhow to cultivate for the market while conserving water and soil