Concern Over Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images affect women.In the May issue of Psychological Bulletin, University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher Shelly Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde describe a sweeping analysis of 77 previous studies involving more than 15,000 subjects.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comPew Report Finds Higher Fertility Rates Among Hispanic Women Than Among Non-Hispanics The Pew Hispanic Center on Thursday released an analysis that found that Hispanic women in the U.S. -- whether they are U.S. born or immigrants -- have higher fertility rates than non-Hispanic women, the AP/Hartford Courant reports (Gamboa, AP/Hartford Courant, 5/8).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comThe Role Of Gender In Disease Should Be Considered In Medical Research Are the
health needs of women adequately addressed by medical research as it is currently conducted? In the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, a team of Australian researchers and two cardiologists closely examine this question."The traditional model of medical research was limited by gender and racial blindness and assumed that results of research on white male participants could be easily extrapolated to female and minority populations," write Wendy Rogers, B.M.B.S.
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