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What's the best combination of diet and lifestyle factors to maximize your chances of avoiding a myocardial infarction? Swedish researchers have the answer.

Placebos have a valid role in medical research, but their use is restricted to specific circumstances that researchers sometimes ignore, as in a Uganda clinical trial.

Despite bad news released at the end of 2008 that vitamin E does not help prevent heart disease in men, studies say it is still dependable for women's heart health.

New evidence indicates that women can improve their health related quality of life with combined HRT started many years after the menopause.

A difficult birth experience can contribute to post-partum depression or cause post-natal post-traumatic stress disorder. These resources may help the healing process.

Screening mammography shows increased breast cancer rates, but increases may be due to cancers that would regress.

Oxidative stress is believed to play a role in a number of neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists examined if vitamin E could protect cognitive function in women.

A woman's BMI and level of physical activity influence her chances of coronary heart disease. A study published this April examines their combined effects in depth.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. This article explains what breast cancer is and how many women it affects. Here's an overview of signs, symptoms, and treatment.

Feminist art history reveals how avant-garde, whose objective was to challenge the academic canon, applied exclusively to male artists.

Mary Wollstonecraft's writings helped influence the attitudes and philosophies of nineteenth-century women's rights activitsts despite her radical and scandalous life.

Traces the early life and later influences of Maria Montessori, leading to the Montessori Method she pioneered.

An infant born at 38 to 42 gestational weeks is considered full-term. When a baby is delivered before 37 weeks, the infant is considered a premature birth, or preemie.

Four out of ten cases of breast cancer could be prevented by taking regular exercise, reducing alcohol intake and keeping to a healthy BMI, according to scientists.

This article discusses the pros and cons of same-sex schooling.

Recent studies suggest that increasing amounts of Vitamin D into daily life and diet may decrease the risk of breast cancer in pre-menopausal women.

The color red is more attractive to men than other colors, which may make women wearing red more appealing to date. Here's what the psychological research shows.

Research says women who consume coffee help outwit diabetes, heart disease and even suicide.

Drinking cups of antioxidant-rich joe is turning out to be good for your health.

McGill University's study of sexual arousal rates found that men & women are turned on to maximal arousal at more or less the same rate. How is this possible?!

These four women overcame abuse to become successful international ministers.

An article that answers the question, "what are the young women value colors?" that also includes YW value ideas and LDS young women projects for personal progress.