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Domestic violence against women, more specifically violence perpetrated by a partner or spouse, is an important problem worldwide. A 2005 study by the World Health Organization that assessed 24,000 women in 10 countries found that between 15% and 71% of women had experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, at the hands of their partner. [...]
Caffeine has been proposed to have all sorts of effects on health, both good and bad. Just in the last few months, it has been reported that caffeine can help repair damaged blood vessels, protect against cataract formation, and even shrink women’s breasts. Now new research published in the British Medical Journal has found that [...]
I recently read an interesting paper in The Lancet about birth complications in women who conceive using assisted fertilization, i.e. IVF, compared with complications in women who give birth having conceived normally. Studies generally report a higher risk of complications at birth for babies conceived by IVF than for those conceived naturally. Women who undergo [...]