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South America contraception up to 79% Middle Africa 19%
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he poorest countries in the world are lagging behind higher-income developing countries in meeting the demand for modern contraception, U.S. researchers say.
Jacqueline E. Darroch and Susheela Singh at the Guttmacher Institute in New York said between 2003 and 12 the total number of women ...DETAILS |
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Low-oestrogen oral contraceptives linked to pain during sex
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Low-dose estrogen oral contraceptives may increase a woman's risk for chronic pelvic pain symptoms and even pain during sexual climax, U.S. researchers say.
Researchers at New York University and Waitemata District Health Board in Auckland, New Zealand, conducted a study to compare chronic ...DETAILS |
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Alcohol, drugs cause low birth weight
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Women with drug or alcohol related mental disorders are up to four times more likely to have a low- birth weight baby, an Australian study revealed.
The results of the study were outlined on Monday at the annual congress of the Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide, the ...DETAILS |
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48% of US women cohabit
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U.S. health officials say having children while cohabiting is more common among U.S. women who don't have a college education, and more women are cohabiting.
The National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported cohabitations were typically ...DETAILS |
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Nothing new in US teen sex
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Many U.S. parents say they think teens are having sex earlier and earlier, but researchers say today's teens have sex at about the same age as their parents.
The study, published online in the journal Pediatrics, found 0.6 percent of 10-year-olds, 1.1 percent of 11-year-olds and 2.4 percent of ...DETAILS |
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Bikini laser hair removal on the rise
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Over 80% of women seeking a well groomed bikini line are opting for laser hair removal according to new statistics from Courthouse Clinics with over half 56% choosing the Brazilian as the style they want to permanently wear down there! Just fewer than 25% of women go one step further and opt for ...DETAILS |
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Businesswomen at the forefront
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Turkey's largest companies are increasingly assigning women to key positions and corporate boards. Of the top executives in these companies, 26 percent are women - well above the EUaverage.
Just last week, Siemens, the German engineering giant, elected renowned Turkish business women Güler ...DETAILS |
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Crying babies end 1 in 3 marriages
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Sleepless nights caused by a crying baby are blamed by parents for the breakdown of up to a third of relationships, research shows.
Parents with a young child get about six hours sleep a night, an hour less than is recommended.
Experts also say that adults need at least five ...DETAILS |
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A sex contract for your marriage?
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Sex contracts are a great way to boost your love life, says leading sex therapist Tracey Cox.
According to Cox, getting couples to sign a contract specifying a minimum threshold for sex per week (or month) can work wonders for your libido. Particularly for couples in long-term marriages that ...DETAILS |
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'233 million women' lacking contraception in 2015
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An estimated 233 million women in their fertile years will lack access to modern contraception by 2015, up from 221 million in 2010, according to a study published on Tuesday.
Excluding China, developing countries will account for more than 80 percent of the unmet need, especially in ...DETAILS |
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