Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: unmarried women http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Marriage reduces the risk of heart attack in both men and women and at all ages 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 Married women more likely to have positive pregnancies, study finds (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 More signs of the benefits of marriage? 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 Inequality faced by parents with intellectual disabilities The federal government and five state governments in Australia have now apologised for forced adoption of babies from mothers in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. During those times there was a belief that young and unmarried women were and 'incapable' of parenting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-inequality-parents-intellectual-disabilities.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 06 Nov 2012 07:35:01 EST news271409693 More than a third of births 'unintended': CDC (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