Women Information - November 23, 2008

Births to Unmarried Women Set a U.S. Record

October 29, 2005 - Topics women, babies, teenager, research and statistic
The federal government reported Friday a record number of babies were born to unmarried women in the United States last year.

The nearly 1.5 million unwed births amounted to about 36 percent of all births in the country. And those moms were more likely to be 20-somethings than teenagers, according to the new federal data

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Researchers Uncover Answers About Prostate Cancer

October 28, 2005 - Topics cancer, prostate cancer, research, men and study
Researchers have discovered a possible cause of prostate cancer, a finding they say could result in better forms of treatment or possibly a cure. Doctors had thought prostate cancer was the result of lots of random genetic mutations, but a study involving the University of Michigan Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston suggests prostate cancer begins after specific genes fuse.

This new information may allow doctors to begin to divide prostate cancer -- which is now treated as a single disease -- into different types as they have been treating breast cancer for years

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Researchers Question Link Between Abortions And Depression

October 28, 2005 - Topics research, abortion, depression, women and education
A British Medical Journal study challenges the belief abortion yields a higher risk of depression.

The authors suggest abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size

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Genes Linked to Prostate Cancer

October 28, 2005 - Topics cancer, prostate cancer, men, study and disease
Researchers have discovered a possible cause of prostate cancer, a finding they say could result in better forms of treatment or possibly a cure. Doctors had thought prostate cancer was the result of lots of random genetic mutations, but a study involving the University of Michigan Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston suggests prostate cancer begins after specific genes fuse.

This new information may allow doctors to begin to divide prostate cancer -- which is now treated as a single disease -- into different types as they have been treating breast cancer for years

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Depression May Not Be Directly Linked To Abortions

October 28, 2005 - Topics abortion, depression, women, education and research
A British Medical Journal study challenges the belief abortion yields a higher risk of depression.

The authors suggest abortion may be linked to a lower risk of depression through beneficial effects on education, income, and family size

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