Jihadi John Reportedly Killed In Air Strike
TOP STORIES 'JIHADI JOHN' REPORTEDLY KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE "U.S. officials reportedly told ABC News that Mohammed Emwazi, the Islamic State militant known as 'Jihadi John,' was believed to be killed as...
View ArticleEllie Goulding Gets Real About Sexism In The Music Industry
Ellie Goulding is having quite a year. Not only did the singer release a new album, she also starred in Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood" music video, appeared on the cover of Shape magazine looking...
View ArticleLearning how bias really works
PREJUDICED Mahzarin Banaji is an unfamiliar name. Is it Jewish, I wonder. I learn that it belongs to a female professor at Harvard University. Her lecture at the National Institute of Advanced Studies,...
View ArticleUterus transplants offer new life to women
CLEVELAND — Six doctors swarmed around the body of the deceased organ donor and quickly started to operate. The kidneys came out first. Then the team began another delicate dissection, to remove an...
View ArticleHow Gender Bias Plays A Role In Elections
Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Carly Fiorina will have a more challenging time than their male opponents convincing voters that they're qualified to lead our country -- and it's all...
View ArticleFirst uterus transplants in US to be peformed at Cleveland Clinic
The Cleveland Clinic has announced that it will conduct the first "highly experimental" uterus transplant procedures in the U.S., giving some women a chance they may never have had to experience...
View ArticleUS hospital to offer uterus transplants
A leading US hospital said Thursday it is preparing to offer women uterine transplants, a technology that has been proven in Sweden and could help those struggling with infertility. The Cleveland...
View ArticleWho Faces More Sexism, Female Politicians Or Lab Rats?
ICYMI Health features what we're reading this week. This week, HuffPosters wrote about two very different groups facing gender bias in the workplace: female politicians and lab rats. Research shows...
View ArticleThe loudest monkeys have the smallest testicles: study
It's something most women intuitively knew: the louder the man, the smaller the genitals. Now science has more or less ticked off on the assumption - in monkeys, at least. According to a study...
View ArticleFACT SHEET: Advancing Equity for Women and Girls of Color (President of the...
(Source: President of the United States) Today, the White House Council on Women and Girls in collaboration with the Anna Julia Cooper Center at Wake Forest University will host a daylong forum on...
View ArticlePregnancy Cravings May Not Be Real
By: Kristin Hunt Credit: Shuttershock You know the stereotype: a pregnant woman wakes up at 2am, violently shakes her husband awake, and demands a cheeseburger right this second or she'll name their...
View ArticleStudy says cheerleading could help challenge gender stereotypes (University...
(Source: University of East Anglia) New research from the University of East Anglia suggests that cheerleading has the potential to challenge traditional ideas about gender and to be an inclusive...
View ArticleOutcomes After Transplantation are the Same for Patients Who are Obese and...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University presented a study at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver...
View ArticleWhat Happens To Your Brain When You’re Pregnant?
My friend recently asked me: “Why have I become so forgetful since I became pregnant?” I told her I didn’t know, but that I’d look into it. She then followed with: “I was going to ask you to explain...
View Article8 Ways To Live Your Best Life
The secret to happiness isn't complicated, it's just a matter of prioritizing lifestyle habits you already have. Research shows that joy...
View ArticleWhy Black Women are Leaving the Feminist Movement
In this space, I continue to publish blogs from University of Delaware students as part of my Blog Blog Project. What follows is a blog from UD Senior, Georgina Class-Peters, who is majoring in...
View ArticleUnderestimating Women's Renal Function Puts Them at Lower Priority on the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The allocation of scarce liver organs for transplantation is an important and complex issue. The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is a...
View ArticleUVa's Carter G. Woodson Institute continues its series on 'Engaging Race'
The Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American Studies held its second forum on Thursday, of the year-long program, “Engaging Race: A Carter G. Woodson Forum,” which is a series of dialogues and...
View ArticleNew in Hong Kong: massage technique that purportedly aids fertility
For more than a year, Shoshana Weinberg had tried different ways to get pregnant - from drinking raspberry tea to consuming an alkaline diet (and having precisely timed sex, of course) - but nothing...
View ArticleExpectant Mother Chrissy Teigen Is Totally Embracing Her Body
Chrissy Teigen is one of our favorite celebrities to follow on social media, and she just gave us another reason to love her. In one of her latest Instagram posts, Teigen fully embraces her baby bump....
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