In a study presented today at a meeting of women's cancer specialists, overall survival for women who received standard chemotherapy treatment plus bevacizumab was a median five months longer
than for women who received the standard chemotherapy treatment alone.
For those women who learnt to read through the campaign, the infant mortality rate was 84 per thousand, an impressive 21 points lower
than for those women who were still illiterate.
For women who are obese before pregnancy (BMI 30 or higher) and put on 5 kg or more after giving birth, the risk of developing T2D is 43 times higher
than for women who remain lean before pregnancy and gain 5 kg or less.
That amounts to a 27 and 46 times higher risk
than for women who didn't experience depression during their first pregnancy, the researchers said.
For first - time mothers it normally lasts longer
than for women who have already experienced childbirth.
Not exact matches
A 2015 study found that
women who applied
for professorships in STEM areas (excluding economics) were more likely to be hired
than similarly qualified male candidates.
A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun,
who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire
for millennial
women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur
who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more
than $ 1.5 billion.
But she's keen to emphasize that innovation is about more
than just technology, citing the example of a local female entrepreneur in the construction industry
who couldn't find workboots
for women and started a company to manufacture them.
According to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, the benefits of using an IUD are «greater
than any of the risks
for women who haven't had children.»
The rate of
women who had their first child between 40 and 44 has more
than doubled in the past 20 years, according to the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Getting dressed
for work as a
woman can be difficult; it takes longer to do
than the guy
who can throw on a suit, and most of the options available are missing the mark between flattering and «cute.»
Indeed, previous studies have shown that
women who adjust their level of assertiveness to match that of their negotiating partner during the process, rather
than acting overly aggressive or passive throughout, will achieve better results
for themselves.
Even controlling
for grade - point average, men earned more
than women who graduated with identical levels of academic achievement.
As I said when we launched this exciting project: after more
than 100 years, we can not delay, so the next bill to be redesigned must include
women,
who for too long have been absent from our currency.
Hired's research found that
women with zero - to - two years of experience
who took new jobs actually asked
for 2 percent more compensation
than men — and received 7 percent more.
While many viewers complain about NBC's tape - delay tradition, the network maintains that the practice is better
for ratings as NBC claims female viewers (
who actually make up the bulk of the Olympics» audience) watch sports differently
than men do, with
women investing more in coverage showing athletes» journeys to the games
than in the actual results.
The same is true
for women with higher incomes: 30 percent of
women with family incomes of $ 100,000 or more report they've earned less
than a man
who was doing comparable work, Pew notes, compared with roughly one - in - five
women with lower incomes.
More
than 60 percent of Connected Fitness's users are
women,
who account
for just 30 percent of Under Armour's apparel sales.
Back in 2011, Reuters reported that the 1,700 - square - foot brick house had little activity other
than «a
woman who steps outside
for smoke breaks.»
When details of her self - titled 2013 album were originally leaked earlier that year under the moniker Mrs. Carter, it was panned by some critics
for its foreshadowed embrace of the artist's still - new identity as hip - hop mogul Sean «Jay - Z» Carter's wife rather
than the trailblazing feminist icon
who coined powerful female anthems like Irreplaceable, Single Ladies and Independent
Women from her Destiny's Child days.
In the survey,
women who were paid more
than average
for their job were 18 percent more likely to think they are underpaid
than men in the same pay bracket.
The Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO appears with his tummy painted (like a yo - yo)-- along with more
than 100 pregnant
women who had their bumps transformed
for «The Belly Art Project,» a coffee table book put together
for charity by billionaire Spanx founder, Sara Blakely.
They found that elderly
women who sit
for more
than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to
women who are less sedentary.
Women who reported sitting longer
than six hours a day had a 40 % higher mortality rate
than those
who sat
for fewer
than three hours, whereas men had a 20 % higher death rate.
Another, settled in 1998, alleged that men in the asset - management division mockingly awarded the «pink pump» — a
woman's high - heeled shoe — to colleagues
who went home to a wife or girlfriend rather
than out
for beers with the guys.
«Throughout my 14 years working in television, I have never experienced a more positive and thoughtful atmosphere
than FOX News Channel, thanks to the strong leadership of [FOX News Chairman & CEO] Roger Ailes,
who has created the best working environment a
woman and mother could ask
for.
So on Thursday, when the New York Times published a story alleging that Hollywood mega-mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sexually harassing
women for decades — essentially confirming what has long been described as an «open secret» among those
who follow the entertainment industry — I knew that no one would understand the story better
than Lui.
«Secondary» amenorrhea refers to a
woman who used to have regular periods in the past, but then has stopped getting her period
for more
than three months in a row.
Who better to turn to for career advice and inspiration than a few seriously successful entrepreneurs and business savvy women who've been the
Who better to turn to
for career advice and inspiration
than a few seriously successful entrepreneurs and business savvy
women who've been the
who've been there?
The same study showed 63 percent of Canadian
women who earn less
than $ 30,000 didn't qualify
for benefits, compared to just 11 percent in Quebec.
I offer my art online and even though you gave specific steps, I'm unsure
who exactly to target
for this kind of product (beyond» people
who like bright colours» and» between age 30 - 45», maybe more
women than men)... My brain is creative but not logical!
Why is it so much easier
for our society to believe white
women who say that patriarchy exists
than it is to believe people of color
who say racism exists?
Single moms: More
than 40 percent of babies in the U.S. are born to
women who are unmarried — that's a 10 percent increase in the past decade, according to the National Center
for Health Statistics.
I have become fast friends with
women who were strangers to me less
than 6 months ago, and we have come to rely on each other
for so much.»
Another employee, Tasha Murrell of Memphis,
who worked at the site
for more
than six years, said after telling a
woman supervisor that she was pregnant, the
woman supervisor said she «didn't need a baby and should have an abortion.»
If the GOP would quit trying to take away
women's rights (as confirmed by the Supreme Court) and concentrate on FREEDOM
for all, the party would gain more votes from
women than they would lose from evangelicals
who must have other concerns that are just as important as taking away a
woman's right to chose.
Of course, many
women choose not to work full time, but even among those
who are working, available
for work or actively looking, the number of unemployed or underemployed
women is significantly greater
than among men.
Too bad if more people vote
FOR those
who support giving poor
women access to health care
than vote as you do.
- Jesus Christ was talking to those
who critized the
woman for anointing Christ with expensive oil rather
than selling it & using the profits
for the poor.
Women pastors
who are concerned more
for their people
than for any ideology are less suspect and therefore probably better able to help us around the grave theological and liturgical hazards in God - language changes.
When they deign to reply to a
woman, which is itself far more rare
than their replying to men
who issue identical challenges, it almost invariably is
for the purposes of condescension and dismissal.
Romney's comment was perhaps well meant, but taken in the context of all of his ideas about
women, that they must be taken care of because they are fragile, delicate creatures,
who can't think or care
for themselves and are better fit
for staying home and taking care of the offspring
than out in the work force, the words mirror his general condescending attitude toward
women.
This year, Hillary Clinton has better policy proposals to help improve the lives of
women, children, and families
than Donald Trump, whose pro-life convictions are lukewarm at best, and whose mass deportation plan would rip hundreds of thousands of families apart, whose contempt
for Latinos, Muslims, refugees and people with disabilities would further marginalized the «least of these» among us, and whose support
for torture and targeting civilians in war call into question whether Christians
who support him are truly pro-life or simply anti-abortion.
From my personal experience of loss as well as from my work as a counselor, my hope
for women who've suffered through miscarriage, infertility, or other forms of loss is that we will see our stories accurately rather
than through a cloud by condemnation.
According to the National Center
for Health Statistics, brides
who are at least twenty - five years old are 40 percent less likely to divorce or separate
than women who marry in their teens.
Although A Year of Biblical Womanhood released more
than a year ago, a few new reviews have surfaced in recent days from folks
who are concerned that «
women might be confused» by the fact that my yearlong exploration of biblical womanhood involved following all of the Bible's instructions
for women as literally as possible, sometimes taking them to their most literal extreme.
Sorry but I refuse
for people
who are more of a sinner
than I feel I am to judge me just because I am with a
woman.
I suggested that perhaps the lifeboats on the Titanic point to a more general sense that the stronger in a dangerous situation are morally compelled to protect the weaker in a dangerous situation, and that mothers can be awfully protective of their children after all, and that a man
who (
for whatever reason) might be weaker
than a
woman in a given situation should not feel like less of a man if she protects him.
«' A maudlin, insincere printed card or ready - made telegram means nothing except that you're too lazy to write to the
woman who has done more
for you
than anyone else in the world.»
They think
women have taken their jobs,
women now have many more options available to them
for support
than to stay with a man
who does not RESPECT them.