Sentences with phrase «among women in developing countries»

Breast cancer and fastingBreast cancer is the number one cause of death among women in developing countries and it's the second most common cause of death in developed countries.

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Demand for affordable insurance is growing in many developing countries, especially among women.

This is likely to lead to more unintended pregnancies, and because childbirth remains life - threatening in many developing countries, could increase overall deaths among women.»

The papers included in this interdisciplinary special issue address how poverty can affect human biology and cover issues including war and forced displacement, minorities and migrants, poverty in both developed and developing countries, health inequalities among girls and women in poverty and the impact of the economic downturn.

Our story on the punishment of a woman in Sudan who dared wear pants brings to mind a theme that has percolated on Dot Earth for a while: the relationship among the conditions facing women (and girls) in developing countries, progress toward prospering, stable populations and, in the end, societal and environmental stability.

Cervical cancer used to be a top killer in developed nations — and it remains a major cause of death in countries without widespread health - care access — but in the last 50 years, cervical cancer deaths fell by 70 percent in the United States, transforming cervical cancer from the leading cause of cancer death among American women to a less common, nearly preventable cancer.