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Amnesty International releases report on US ‘Maternal Health Care Crisis’

A report released by Amnesty International details a variety of health care problems that US women and children face today.
The human rights group Amnesty International released its report titled “Deadly Delivery: The Maternal Health Care Crisis in the USA” on Friday, revealing how the U.S. health care system has increasingly failed its mothers and babies.
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Women fed up with pregnancy and mood swings long to be men

Some women, fed up with the pain of pregnancy, mood swings and their body, long to be men according to a new survey.
A survey of 2,048 women conducted by Merck Company’s Seven Seas found that 15 percent of women polled said that when their mood swings came, they longed to be a male. An additional [...]

Unplanned pregnancy growing issue for women over 35

Unplanned pregnancy is a growing problem for women over the age of 35, many who believe that they’re too old to conceive.
The U.K.’s sexual health charity Family Planning Association (FPA) has announced a new campaign called “Conceivable?” to remind women that contraception is needed until a year or two after menopause.
This week the campaign, as [...]

Scientists reject theory of ‘baby brain’ during pregnancy

Scientists in Australia have rejected the theory of “baby brain”, the idea that women have memory lapses due to a pregnancy.
The idea that a woman who becomes pregnant suffers memory lapses has been cited as fact by many authors promoting self-help books for pregnant women. Those authors may want to reconsider.
New research out of Australia [...]

Women found to have only 12 percent of ‘ovarian reserve’ by age 30

New research suggests that by the age of 30, a woman’s ovarian reserve may dwindle to only 12 percent of what they were born with.
Are you a woman waiting to conceive a child until after the age of 30? New research provides further evidence of the challenges that await you if you do.
Researchers out of [...]

Risk factors for depression in pregnant women reviewed

The risk factors for depression in pregnant women have been thoroughly reviewed to help clinicians identify and treat women early.
Researchers out of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor have reviewed over 1,300 peer-reviewed articles about depression in pregnancy with hopes of clearly identifying risk factors for antepartum depression. The researchers expect the identification of [...]

UN report adds dimension of gender to climate change discussions

A new UN report has stated that women are most likely to be affected by climate change, but it stopped short of directly encouraging population control.
A report issued Thursday by the U.N. has recommended the addition of gender elements to climate change discussions.
The report, United Nations Population Fund (UNPF) 2009, claimed that women — especially those [...]

Married female scientists with children face many challenges

Married female scientists with children are less likely to get tenure, and maternity leave is spotty at the university level according to a new study.
A new study released by the Center for American Progress (CAP) highlights the difficulties that female scientists and researchers have in the scientific community when it comes to raising a family.
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