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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Is thin beautiful?
A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures
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Ram Karan Bhadana
Laporia, Jaipur, Rajasthan
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Positive vibes
Viagra may also help women
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Cervical cancer on the rise
The incidence of cervical cancer is on the rise in India. It afflicts as many as 25 women per 0.1 million, making it the commonest cancer in the country. The disease, which affects the female
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Agricultural land rights for women
Also, share in joint family property; new bill passed
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R Devendra
Kedar, Tamil Nadu
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Babies made to order
A furore over the ethics of the new eugenics reproduction technologies that could create 'designer' babies has the medical community worldwide in a fix.
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Women have a greater risk of contracting avian flu
Women are more at risk of contracting avian flu than men, states the Egyptian health ministry. The statement came after an appraisal of the gender ratio of avian flu infected people in the country.
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Breakdown
According to a research in the US, women suffering from depression are at serious risk of bone fractures in later life. A team at the National Institutes of Health near Washing ton DC studied 24
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Matter of choice
The bene fits of hormone replacement therapy in post menopausal women outweigh its side effects