Tag: women

Pennsylvania Republicans Aim to Ban Transgender Athletes From Women’s Sports

Pennsylvania Republicans are moving to regulate gender fairness in competitive sports with the House Education Committee’s approval on Tuesday of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, House Bill 972. It would ensure that women and girls won’t have to compete against biological males who have become transgender and wish to participate in women’s sports. Pennsylvania…


Listen to Your Heart: Women and Heart Disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women of all ages, races, and shapes and sizes in the United States. But women sometimes experience heart disease differently than men. Healthy eating and physical activity go a long way to preventing heart disease, and keeping it from getting worse if you already have it….


Australian State Mandates Gender Quotas on Construction Sites

In an Australian-first Building Equality Policy (BEP), the Victorian government has announced that the country’s most male-dominated industry will need to employ a minimum number of women by 2024 or face penalties. Aimed at “disrupting gender stereotypes,” women now need to make up at least 38 percent of roles in government-contracted projects to help more women…


Women’s NCAA Tournament Roundup: Tennessee Edges Belmont

Fourth-seeded Tennessee survived a major scare from in-state foe Belmont, pulling out a 70–67 win on Monday to advance to the Sweet 16 of the women’s NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. Belmont, the 12th seed, had a lead inside the final minute, but Tennessee’s Sara Puckett knocked down a 3-pointer to give…


Aussie Women Shine on Day 1 of MEO Pro Portugal Surfing Event

Australia’s top female surfers excelled on day one of the MEO Pro Portugal Championship Tour (CT) surfing event at Supertubos in Peniche, which began on Thursday. All seven have made it through to the round of 16, but it was rookie Molly Picklum from the New South Wales (NSW) Central Coast, and  CT veteran Sally…


Infertility Treatments Increase Risk of Heart, Pregnancy Complications: Study

A study found that infertility treatments for women trying to have a baby may have increased the risk for heart and pregnancy complications. “Advancing maternal age–specifically being age 35 and older–increases the risk of having or developing conditions, such as chronic high blood pressure, that increase the risk of pregnancy complications,” said study author Dr….


Women’s Health and Complementary Approaches

Some health and wellness issues are unique to women, and others are more common in women than men. Women are more likely than men to experience depression, have a harder time quitting smoking, and may experience more rapid bone loss due to hormonal changes at menopause. Menopause Some medicines may help if troubling menopause symptoms—such…


Rekindle Your Sexual Spark With PRP Therapy

What is PRP Therapy? PRP Therapy begins with a small sample of your blood. After your blood is drawn, it is then spun down to separate the white and red blood cells from the platelet-rich plasma (PRP). Once the PRP is obtained, it is then redelivered to the treatment area through tiny injections. PRP stimulates…


NSW Government to Focus on Increasing Women’s Opportunities in Workforce

A new expert panel will focus on empowering women and providing them with more workforce opportunities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said in a release on Feb. 7 the Women’s Economic Opportunities Review and Expert Reference Panel will look into ways of supporting women to enter, re-enter,…


Gender-Inclusive Language ‘Marginalises’ Women’s Humanity Health Experts Say

Changing words like ‘women’ and ‘mothers’ to gender-inclusive terms like ‘vagina owners’ or ‘birthers’ in medical research has the potential to dehumanise women and diminish the importance of the mother-child relationship, leading researchers have said. In an opinion article officially published in the journal Frontiers in Global Women’s Health on Feb. 7, 10 women’s health…