Nearly 65% of adults in the Arab region remain excluded from formal financial systems, according to a new report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). The Annual SDG Review 2025 paints a sobering picture of persistent financial exclusion that is undermining the region’s ability …
Many people can either ignore pain or may not notice at all. But men and women use different mechanisms for this purpose. Researchers have detected a gene for female-only system that helps reduce pain in mice. The discovery of Jeffrey Mogil and his colleagues at the Oregon Health Sciences University, …
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, pathologist at the Royal Infirmary at Glasgow, who claims that it can be an alternative to Mammography. Simpson speculates that the breast temperature …
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is preparing a new set of guidelines to deal with the "ethics and informed consent" in drug and genetic tests on people. The draft - Statement of principles on medical and genetic research on human subjects - prepared by a committee headed by …
a new compound would help women avoid the risk of developing breast cancer after hormone replacement therapy ( hrt ). T M Wilson and his colleagues at the Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina, usa and Glaxo Wellcome, claim that the compound called gw 5638 could become an important …
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 of 97.7 years, and on the other, Oglala Sioux men of the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota …
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 of Public Health, Boston, USA, say that staying within 2-4 kg of one's weight …
women who give birth to babies in their forties have a high chance of living a longer and less-disease prone life. A team of researchers led by Thomas T Perls at the Harvard Medical School, Boston, usa , reports that women who have babies after age 40, live longer than …
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 Los Angeles, USA, seems to support this theory. The researchers studied the medical records of nearly 450 women who …
even though agricultural yields are increasing, famine and drought continue to haunt the Third World and the chief victims of hunger are women. Poverty, patriarchy and exclusion from political power have taken their toll on longevity among women. The shortened lives of rural women in countries like India illustrate the …
the Chennai-based M S Swaminathan Research Foundation ( mssrf ) has launched the Biovillage project in an effort to help poor rural families of Pondicherry avail knowledge of scien-tific techniques of farming and financial assistance. M S Swaminathan, the chairperson of the foundation says, "We wanted to create a process …
the women members of gram panchayats ( gps) (village councils) in West Bengal ( wb ) have been involved in a determined and successful campaign to improve the economic, ecological and social conditions of their villages - a development that has taken place after the Constitution's 73rd Amendment Act, 1992, …
a vaccine has been developed that can prevent urinary tract infections ( utis), one of the most common health problems all over the world. The ailment is mostly caused by bacteria called E coli. Millions of people, especially women, have to be hospitalised for treatment of uti s and four …
the contraceptive pill, discovered in the 1960s, has a success rate of 99.9 per cent and is one of the most popular contraceptives. It is said to have revolutionised women's lifestyles. But it is now known that the pill can cause problems such as weight gain, headaches, and disturbance in …
how does one judge the success of a forestry project? By the sight of trees on the land and equally importantly by the fact that they have been raised by poor rural women. To us at Self Employed Women's Association ( sewa ) (an Ahmedabad-based voluntary organisation), these are the …
THE social forestry programme (SFP) initiated by N M Sadguru Water and Development Foundation (NMSWDF), an NGO working in Panch Mahals district in Gujarat, has empowered a large number of tribal women in the district by involving them in the management of nurseries and plantations. The programme, which began in …
THAT the administration of the female hormone oestrogen to post-menopausal women prevents the tribulations associated with the painful process of menopause, has been common knowledge since the late 60s. Many women and their physicians considered this hormone as the closest thing in modern medicine to aIn elixir ofyouth, a drug …
THE United Nations Population Fund's (UNFPA) report on the global populace was released by Wasim Zaman, representative of the UNFPA in India, in New Delhi on May 28. The State of World Population 1997 focuses on the reproductive rights and reproductive health of every man and woman. While the report …
PASSIVE Smoking almost doubles the risk of heart attack in women, says a study published by the American Heart Association. The findings provide strong evidence in support of the hotly-debated claim that secondhand smoke poses a major health risk. The study suggests that there are as many as 60,000 deaths …
THOUGH Sweden has been named by the UN as the world leader in gender equality, women scientists of the country have to be several times more productive than their male counterparts in order to get equal scores while applying for research grants. Christine Wenneras, a microbiologist, and Agnes Wold, an …
