http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. New research on contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for contraception in married or co-habiting women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years), based on data from 194 countries, suggests that although the proportion of women in this group using contraception has risen in the last two decades, and unmet need has fallen, 233 million married or co-habiting women are projected to have an unmet need for modern contraceptive methods by 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-million-women-worldwide-unmet-modern.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:30:02 EST news282223323 (HealthDay)—On Valentine's Day, single men are far more likely than married guys to splurge on a loved one, a marketing expert from Harvard Business School says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-valentine-day-wealth-men.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:00:01 EST news279977611 A large population-based study from Finland has shown that being unmarried increases the risk of fatal and non-fatal heart attack in both men and women whatever their age. Conversely, say the study investigators, especially among middle-aged couples, being married and cohabiting are associated with "considerably better prognosis of acute cardiac events both before hospitalization and after reaching the hospital alive". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-marriage-heart-men-women-ages.html Cardiology Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:00:01 EST news278789529 (HealthDay)—Compared with unmarried women, married women are less likely to experience domestic abuse, substance abuse or postpartum depression around the time of pregnancy, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-women-positive-pregnancies.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:55:40 EST news276454534 There's new evidence about the benefits of marriage. Women who are married suffer less partner abuse, substance abuse or post-partum depression around the time of pregnancy than women who are cohabitating or do not have a partner, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-benefits-marriage.html Health Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:40:24 EST news274639219 New research examining relationships and the use of alcohol finds that while a long-term marriage appears to curb men's drinking, it's associated with a slightly higher level of alcohol use among women. The study, led by the University of Cincinnati (UC), will be presented at the 107th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-relationship-marriage-alcohol.html Health Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:04:25 EST news264499282 (HealthDay) -- More than a third of births in the United States stem from unintended pregnancies, a number that's remained steady in the United States from 1982 to 2010, a new government report indicates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-births-unintended-cdc.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:40:01 EST news262342466 New research published today in the journal Age and Aging has investigated why women are 40% more likely to be admitted in to a care home than men. The study found that women were often married to older partners who cannot provide care for them due to their age-related frailty. The study, entitled 'Gender differences in care home admission risk: Partner's age explains the higher risk for women', used data from the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study (NILS) derived from the Northern Ireland Health Card registration system, to which the 2001 Census return is linked. The research focused on NILS members aged 65 or over at the time, and living in a household with two people as a couple. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-women-higher-home-admission-due.html Health Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:41:25 EST news253928479 (AP) -- Russia's parliament adopted a law Friday limiting abortions but rejected even tougher restrictions backed by the country's conservative Orthodox Church. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-russia-parliament-law-restricting-abortions.html Health Sat, 22 Oct 2011 04:22:39 EST news238475970