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• Many women unaware of obesity-cancer link
NEW YORK - Many women don't know that obesity increases their risk of several types of cancer, a new survey published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology shows. Women's lack of knowledge about excess weight and the most common gynecologic ...
• Iraqi women fear going public as candidates
BAGHDAD - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years — until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party. Even as violence has declined, lingering ...
• A-list women celebrate their own in Hollywood
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - In the year of “Sex and the City,” perhaps it’s no surprise that an event honoring women drew some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Nicole Kidman, Jane Fonda, Jennifer Lopez, Diane Keaton and Halle Berry joined dozens ...
• Girl saves friend's life with Heimlich
The women would have preferred to have their legal ceremony Dec. 30, the anniversary of the day they married without the government's blessing in Paris two years ago. Mindful of the upcoming vote, they hastily scheduled their nuptials for Oct. 18. A ...
• Study: Peers, not profs, influence student views
... Institute, isn't indoctrination by left-leaning faculty but rather the more powerful influence of fellow students. And at most colleges, left-leaning peer groups are more common than conservative ones. After college, students — particularly women ...