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HOUSTON, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time in The Woman's Hospital of Texas history, we will deliver 10,000 babies in one year. We are honored that more Houstonians have chosen us--year after year--to help welcome their children into the world and be part of memories that will last a lifetime. Our Baby-Number-10,000 milestone is a testament to the enduring trust the physicians and employees of Woman's have earned from families for more than 35 years. (Photo:...

Is there equal pay in healthcare? Not if you are a doctor According to the latest survey of UK hourly pay by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) female doctors' pay lags behind their male colleagues by 28.6%. This "eye opener" pay gap, which trends suggest has stood at around 25% on average since 2000, remains largely inexplicable, says John Appleby, Chief Economist at the King's Fund, in an article published on bmj.com today. He explores possible reasons for this persistent...

New website gives women of all ethnicities and types the information and professional guidance they need to look and feel beautiful at any age. Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 BeautyMD.com, a website offering an integrated approach to women’s health and beauty, officially launched today. The new website offers a definitive source for beauty information, including up-to-date research, news, and expert advice from cosmetic surgeons, plus exclusive celebrity, health, and lifestyle...

Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have compared internet use and frequency in Spain with the rest of the 31 European countries. Their results suggest that Spanish women use the internet less frequently and the usage gap in Spain between men and women is higher than average. Juan Martín Fernandez, researcher at the Complutense University of Madrid and co-author of the study that was published in the Reis journal, states that "Spanish men and women score lower than...

Measurement of ambivalent sexism dates nearly 20 years Recent debate about whether acts of "benevolent sexism" harm women are addressed in a new commentary published in Psychology of Women Quarterly (published by SAGE on behalf of the Society for the Psychology of Women, Division 35 of the American Psychological Association). "The truth about sexism seems stranger than fiction," wrote authors Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske, about their investigations into the nature of sexism. Sexist...

Children are more likely to learn sexist behavior from their mother, researchers at the University of the Basque Country in Spain have discovered. In the study, the findings of which were published earlier this month in the journal Psicothema, Dr. Maite Garaigordobil and Jones Aliri analyzed 1,455 children between the ages of 11 and 17, as well as their parents (764 mothers and 648 fathers). Individually, they looked at mother-daughter, mother-son, father-daughter and father-son...

Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists. "Our results provide strong support for hormonal influences on interest in occupations characterized by working with things versus people," said Adriene M. Beltz, graduate student in psychology, working with Sheri A. Berenbaum, professor of psychology and pediatrics, Penn State. Berenbaum and her team looked at people's...

European women live longer than men, because of both biological and behavioural advantages, but women's longer lives are not necessarily healthy lives. Studies commented on by Dr Vannuzzo at the ESC Congress 2011, show that due to increase in tobacco and alcohol consumption in women, the gender gap is decreasing. In the European Union (27 countries) the total number of deaths is roughly similar in men and women (in 2009: 2 416 786 men and 2 418 048 women), and trends are also similar, but...

  New study suggests that sexist women with a preference for casual sex are more likely to respond to men's aggressive strategies Men with a preference for 'one-night stands' and negative sexist attitudes towards women are more likely to use aggressive courtship strategies. They compete with other men who are also interested in the woman, tease the woman, and isolate her away from her friends. In response, women with a preference for 'no strings attached' sex and negative attitudes...

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloom.com today announced the launch of the first social beauty store. Bloom.com is a new beauty destination powered by women helping women discover what products work best. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110811/NY51018 ) With thousands of new beauty choices, and a multitude of complex individual concerns, finding the right beauty products has long been a constant problem for busy women. Now, imagine a place where the power of crowds...