Thirty women from nursing and retirement homes competed for the title of Arkansas Health Care Association District 1 queen at the Jacksonville Community Center on Thursday.

Two women have filed sexual discrimination complaints against the Center for Mental Health.

In the South, women are the main producers of food, in charge of working the land, keeping the seeds, harvesting the fruit, getting water, etc. Between 60 and 80% of food production in these countries falls on women, 50% worldwide.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Child Family Health International to convene a forum on the empowerment of women at the UN open to the public on September 15, 2010, 1:00 to 2:45 PM.

CHICAGO -- Women with mutations in the well-known BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes who have their breasts and ovaries removed are much more likely to survive than women who do not get preventive surgery, US researchers said on Tuesday.

"New Health identified a strong need for a weight loss solution that addressed the specific needs of people who fight high cholesterol.

Title: Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women's Lives Category: Health News Created: 9/1/2010 10:55:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2010 10:55:19 AM

The Women’s Health & Breast Center at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way has been designated as a Certified Quality Breast Center of Excellence.

(WOMENSENEWS)--Antoinette Kraus worries that some eligible women may not tap the new insurance pools that have started taking effect for people with pre-existing conditions in the first phase of health reform. read more

Booths hosted by women's health organizations had an extra important message this Women's Day.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- Aid groups and United Nations agencies are warning Pakistan's flooding has exposed 500,000 pregnant women to health risks. Pakistan - United Nations - Asia - Government - Embassies and Consulates

Most women having cosmetic surgery believe it is only other people - never themselves - who are motivated by vanity when they choose to go under the knife, according to resea

Silicon Valley Health Center Milpitas on North Main Street is aimed at helping residents with their primary care needs, women s health and pediatrics, but is not intended to serve as an emergency or urgent care facility.

ROSELAND – The East Hanover and Roseland Health Departments will be offering Project Healthy Bones a 24 week osteoporosis and exercise and education program for older women and men at risk for, or who have, osteoporosis.

A recent report from Harvard Medical School says middle-aged andolder women need to worry about particular health concerns -osteoporosis, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and microvasculardisease, a type of heart disease more common in women.  

Healis - Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health, an anti-tobacco advocacy group, has positively received the recent United Nations resolution calling upon member States to protect pregnant women and children from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke stating that such an exposure causes permanent genetic damage in newborns that is very similar to the damage caused by active smoking.

Title: Health Tip: Snug Shoes Can Damage Feet Category: Health News Created: 8/30/2010 10:10:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2010

Title: Health Highlights: Aug. 30, 2010 Category: Health News Created: 8/30/2010 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 8/31/2010

A 24-bed mental health unit for women opens in Flintshire.

Thirty women from nursing and retirement homes competed for the title of Arkansas Health Care Association District 1 queen at the Jacksonville Community Center on Thursday.