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Women deprived of health care at key moments: WHO
GENEVA (AFP) - Women are often deprived of health care in the crucial years of puberty and old age due to social inequalities with men, the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Source:(AFP)
2009-11-09
Stigma part of breast cancer's grip on poor
WASHINGTON - Nurses were training women in rural Mexico to examine their breasts for cancer when one raised her hand to object. If she lost her breast, Harvard public health specialist Felicia Knaul recalls the woman saying, "My man would leave me" - and with him, the family's income.
Nations:Mexico Malawi Rwanda Source:(AP)
2009-11-02
Size matters when it comes to AIDS defense
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become infected with the AIDS virus, researchers said Wednesday in a finding that helps explain why circumcision can protect men.
Nations:Uganda Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-28
Congress extends hate crime protections to gays
WASHINGTON - Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Ben Cardin Russ Feingold Edward Kennedy Barack Obama Activities:111th Congress
2009-10-22
Report: Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 annually
NEW YORK - Increased contraceptive use has led to fewer abortions worldwide, but deaths from unsafe abortion remain a severe problem, killing 70,000 women a year, a research institute reported Tuesday in a major global survey.
Nations:Mexico Nicaragua El Salvador Nepal Cambodia Poland Source:(AP)
2009-10-14
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