Women: Hope to marry young? Head to Alaska, steer clear of Alabama
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—When men outnumber women, females marry younger and the age gap between spouses grows, a University of Michigan study shows.
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Romantic Partner May Play Role in Reducing Vulvovaginal Pain
An investigation published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine has found that male partners who express greater support, attention and sympathy to women’s chronic vulvovaginal pain may trigger more pain, but also increase sexual satisfaction in female partners.
Some Vitamin Supplements Increase Presence of the HIV Virus in Breast Milk
ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are unsafe for HIV-positive women who breastfeed because they may boost the excretion of HIV in breast milk—thereby increasing the chances of transmitting the infection to the child, a pair of new studies suggest.
All Nine Women in Brown University Computer Science Class Intern at Microsoft
*After spending a summer working in Redmond, the junior class women of Brown University’s computer science department find new confidence.*
They can field their own baseball team, with nine women in all — a group small enough to fit around a large lunch table at The Commons, but large enough to make for vibrant conversation. But baseball isn’t what these nine women all have in common – it’s computer science.
‘Thin May Not be in for African-American Women’
COLUMBIA, Mo. —Many women today are dissatisfied with their weight, body shape and size, and often strive to be unrealistically thin.
A University of Missouri graduate student has found that black women actually differ from white women in their perceptions of the ideal body shape and size.