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During lockdown, barriers that had previously stopped Muslim women from frequenting the gym were eliminated. Here’s how the pandemic is enabling Muslim women to reclaim their fitness. In the summers leading up to 2015, my mum, sisters and I would head to our local gym every Thursday for their women-only swimming sessions. Adding a dash of colour and culture to […]
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Domestic violence is rarely out of the news and increasingly the term ‘coercive control’ is in the spotlight. A QUT Ph.D. researcher and psychologist is looking for volunteers for a program tackling what he says is the primary mechanism that helps erode a victim’s sense of self and agency. Dave Misso says while both men and women may engage in […]
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African American women have a significantly increased risk of stroke and death during pregnancy and childbirth or in the period right after birth, compared to the risk of stroke among white women, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2021. “Each year, thousands of American women have a stroke or die from […]
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Not everyone loves the idea of exercising with strangers but for writer Zoe Paskett, moving with a group of women online whom she’d never met was the best thing she could have done for her body, mind and fitness regime. It’s 8:30am and I’m face down on my bedroom floor after doing half a burpee. The online live class continues […]
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Not everyone loves the idea of exercising with strangers but for writer Zoe Paskett, moving with a group of women online whom she’d never met was the best thing she could have done for her body, mind and fitness regime. It’s 8:30am and I’m face down on my bedroom floor after doing half a burpee. The online live class continues […]
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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at a significantly increased risk of contracting COVID-19 than women without the condition, new research led by the University of Birmingham has revealed. Researchers are now calling for healthcare policy to specifically encourage women with PCOS to adhere to COVID-19 infection control measures while the global pandemic continues. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is […]
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The African Population Health Research Centre, based in Kenya, has been mining data across 47 countries in Africa, tracking differences in COVID-19 infection, illness and deaths among men and women. Sylvia Muyingo lays-out their key findings and explains why tracking these data is important. What did you set out to track? Why? I am part of a team that is […]
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea for all sexually active women aged 24 years and younger and for women older than 25 years at increased risk for infection. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online March 2. Amy Cantor, M.D., M.P.H., from the Pacific Northwest Evidence-Based Practice Center […]
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(HealthDay)—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea for all sexually active women aged 24 years and younger and for women older than 25 years at increased risk for infection. These recommendations form the basis of a draft recommendation statement published online March 2. Amy Cantor, M.D., M.P.H., from the Pacific Northwest Evidence-Based Practice Center […]
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(HealthDay)—The ravages of Alzheimer’s may strike later in women than men, but once it takes hold women tend to deteriorate far faster than men, according to a new study. Something known as cognitive reserve helps the aging brain function better for longer, and researchers report that women appear to have more of it than men. But once the reserve runs […]
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