Bent over her hand-crank sewing machine, Hajra Bibi stitches sanitary pads for the women of her mountainous village in northwestern Pakistan, one of many rural areas in the deeply conservative country where periods are still ...
Sep 15, 2019
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Cervical cancer is the only cancer that is vaccine-preventable and curable, but the United States is lagging in its efforts to meet the World Health Organization's 2030 targets to effectively eliminate the disease.
Feb 2, 2024
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Amphetamine and opioid use in pregnancy increased substantially over the last decade in the United States, a new Michigan Medicine-led study finds. And a disproportionate rise occurred in rural counties.
Nov 29, 2018
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Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, have examined a number of plants which are used for illegal abortions in Tanzania. The lab tests show that several of the plants can make the ...
Aug 26, 2011
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About a third of women of reproductive age in the U.S. now live more than an hour from the closest abortion facility after the Supreme Court earlier this year struck down the constitutional right to abortion, a study found.
Nov 21, 2022
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Obesity is increasing more rapidly in the world's rural areas than in cities, according to a new study of global trends in body-mass index (BMI).
May 8, 2019
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Babies born to women with anemia during pregnancy have an increased risk of childhood anemia, according to a study carried out in rural India.
Dec 3, 2021
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Women living in rural areas face unique challenges concerning health and wellness issues. Now, an MU researcher has found that rural women are more likely than women living in cities to be diagnosed with late-stage breast ...
Oct 24, 2011
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The U.S. gun death rate last year hit its highest mark in nearly three decades, and the rate among women has been growing faster than that of men, according to study published Tuesday.
Dec 3, 2022
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Pregnant women today are more likely to have chronic conditions that could cause life-threatening complications than at any other time in the past decade - particularly poor women and those living in rural communities, a ...
Nov 7, 2017
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