They followed these women for 20 years and found that in the women with low progesterone, the incidence of breast cancer was over 80 percent greater than those with normal progesterone, and the incidence of all cancers was ten times higher
than in women with normal progesterone.
FMc concentrations were significantly higher in the controls
than in the women with history of breast cancer (p = 0.01) in a model of the ranked values adjusted for age, number of children, birth of a son, history of miscarriage, oral contraceptive use, and total number of genomes tested.
Not exact matches
A Babson College study reported that
in 1999, fewer
than 5 percent of venture capital investments went to companies
with a
woman on the executive team.
But the specific habits cited
in this new book are going to resonate
with women much more
than men.
As she worked at a startup
in 2015, she raised more
than $ 9,000 through Indiegogo for an avocado - and - oil deep conditioner for black
women with frizzy or unruly curls.
While there are some organizations that are championing
women in the right way and some sectors are taking the current «moment» more seriously
than others, Leader - Chivée isn't comfortable
with society resting on its laurels.
When I ran an education company
in New York, one
with more
than 100 teachers and employees, I met a Dominican - American
woman from the Bronx named Beretzi.
In 2016, women got just 2.19 % of venture capital funding — a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 201
In 2016,
women got just 2.19 % of venture capital funding — a smaller piece of the pie
than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 201
in every year this past decade,
with the exception of 2008 and 2012.
Another culture that treats
women as less
than men (such that female infanticide still happens regularly), India, nevertheless, finds females
in 30 percent of programming jobs, compared
with 21 percent
in the U.S.
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.
Before launching Circle
in 2013, she was — among other things — the CEO and COO of the Kashf Foundation, where she expanded a small micro-lending pilot program into an entity that provided more
than 300,000
women with loans («98 % of which were repaid
in full,» she says
with a proud smile).
Non-Hispanic black (NHB)
women «continued to have higher breast cancer death rates
than [non-Hispanic white]
women,
with rates 39 % higher
in NHB
women in 2015, although the disparity has ceased to widen since 2011.»
A Wall Street outsider
in every conceivable way — a public school grad, a Texan from a visible minority, a
woman — Godiwalla contended
with more
than the usual challenges when she moved to Manhattan
in the»90s and became an analyst
in Morgan Stanley's corporate finance group.
The Times article cited a study published
in the journal Psychological Science, which found that when happily married
women held their spouses» hand while they received mild electric shocks, the parts of their brain associated
with pain were less active
than when they weren't holding their spouse's hand.
Companies
with women in senior level positions tend to do better
than those without any gender diversity, Smith pointed out, citing research by First Round Capital, a major VC firm
with more
than 300 portfolio companies.
Venture firms
with a
woman partner are more
than three times as likely to invest
in companies
with women CEOs.
(
Women from service - based companies
with greater
than $ 1 million
in gross annual sales are also eligible for membership).
Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal play a pair of teens who head on a road trip
with an older
woman, but come to learn that there's more
in store
than getting lucky as they learn about themselves and the realities of life.
Research has shown that
women - led companies perform better
than companies
with no
women in leadership positions.
The maker of the Maserati, Jeep and Alfa Romeo nameplates will instead feature men as well as
women in less flesh - exposing garb
than in previous years, two people
with knowledge of the plans said.
It's time for any organization
with more
than a perfunctory interest
in gender parity to acknowledge the biases — often unconscious — that might be keeping qualified
women from positions that ultimately go to men.
This year's awards are open to all Australian business
women that meet the entry criteria in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners with a 50 per cent share or more in a business, with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees in the private and corporate sectors, or owners with less than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crite
women that meet the entry criteria
in the following categories: * Westpac Group Business Owner Award (owners
with a 50 per cent share or more
in a business,
with responsibility for key management decision making); * Australian Government Private and Corporate Sector Award (employees
in the private and corporate sectors, or owners
with less
than a 50 per cent share of a business); * Hudson Community and Government Award (employees of government departments, statutory bodies and not - for - profit organisations); * Panasonic Young Business
Women's Award (women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crite
Women's Award (
women aged 30 years and under, with any of the above crite
women aged 30 years and under,
with any of the above criteria).
There have been a variety of studies showing that
women in leadership roles equates to better company performance, including a report from Credit Suisse that says that companies
with more
than one
woman on their boards have outperformed those
with no
women on their boards
in the stock market.
A study published
in March
in the journal Neurology suggested that
women who were physically fit
in middle age were roughly 88 % less likely to develop dementia — defined as a decline
in memory severe enough to interfere
with daily life —
than their peers who were only moderately fit.
In fact, 42 percent of women have more than $ 30,000 in college debt, compared with 27 percent of me
In fact, 42 percent of
women have more
than $ 30,000
in college debt, compared with 27 percent of me
in college debt, compared
with 27 percent of men.
John St.'s first creative work for Shoppers was a print ad
in Women of Influence earlier this month — it featured a coffee cup marked
with a
woman's lipstick and declared, «Some marks you leave are more permanent
than others.»
Heineken's «Walk -
in fridge» ad —
in which a group of
women goes nuts over their friend's walk -
in closet, only to hear their husbands and boyfriends
in the next room losing their minds over a walk -
in refrigerator stocked
with Heineken beer — garnered more
than 4 million views on YouTube, not to mention the millions of impressions the ad made on the regular tube.
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.
Take just a few minutes out of your day to watch this short trailer announcing Firsts, a multi-media project from TIME featuring candid interviews
with 45 extraordinary
women, more
than a year
in the making.
In 2011, head coaches for all women's teams in the BIG 10 conference made less than a third of what the men's coaches pulled in, $ 149,000 compared with $ 490,000, according to research from Tucke
In 2011, head coaches for all
women's teams
in the BIG 10 conference made less than a third of what the men's coaches pulled in, $ 149,000 compared with $ 490,000, according to research from Tucke
in the BIG 10 conference made less
than a third of what the men's coaches pulled
in, $ 149,000 compared with $ 490,000, according to research from Tucke
in, $ 149,000 compared
with $ 490,000, according to research from Tucker.
Canada's seventh - largest — and largest foreign - owned — bank,
with more
than $ 90 billion
in assets and $ 2 billion
in annual revenue, the company under her watch has become an exemplar of gender diversity,
with equal numbers of men and
women on the board and
in senior management.
With more
than 40 years of experience helping restore men and
women behind bars, Prison Fellowship advocates for federal and state criminal justice reforms that transform those responsible for crime, validate victims, and encourage communities to play a role
in creating a safe, redemptive, and just society.
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.
In the past, fewer than 5 percent of the women - owned firms in the United States were certified to do business with their state government and only 1.5 percent of the billions of dollars in federal contracts went to women - owned firm
In the past, fewer
than 5 percent of the
women - owned firms
in the United States were certified to do business with their state government and only 1.5 percent of the billions of dollars in federal contracts went to women - owned firm
in the United States were certified to do business
with their state government and only 1.5 percent of the billions of dollars
in federal contracts went to women - owned firm
in federal contracts went to
women - owned firms.
Last June, the internet giant debuted its Made
with Code campaign
in an effort to get young
women excited about computer science — a field that less
than one percent of high school girls think of as part of their future.
Another reason is that
women tend to be more conservative
in running their businesses, so you see generally stronger balance sheets
with more personal equity and less debt
than in businesses owned by men.
That's according to the
Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Com
Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Compan
in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies,
with more
than 4.6 million employees, by Lean
In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Compan
In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional
women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Com
women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
«Considering that «histrionic personality disorder» is still
in the DSM - 5, and that
women in general are more likely to be diagnosed
with anxiety, depression, and some other mental illnesses by clinicians, I'd say he's stoking the flames of a much larger problem about how our society seems to view
women — as having excessive emotional needs that need to nearly constantly be managed or controlled rather
than taken seriously.
A recent study from Babson College found that venture capital firms
with female partners are more
than three times as likely to invest
in companies
with female CEOs
than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage of
women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 % of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.
Chris Gerbig, owner of Pink Lily, an online
women's fashion brand, has built an online business that now brings
in more
than $ 1 million
in revenue per month,
with more
than 600 orders per day.
But these findings often meet
with a response that is breathtaking
in its creativity, as skeptics look for ways to show that
women are somehow mysteriously less qualified, less committed, or harder to manage
than men.
The
woman, who works at a company
in eastern Tokyo, said she plans to invest more
in stocks
than in debt,
with a focus on foreign equities including those from emerging markets.
The next evening, more
than 500 people, mostly
women and children, began arriving at medical centers
in Douma showing symptoms consistent
with exposure to a chemical agent, according to Syrian American Medical Society, a relief organization.
With an itchy vagina, your first thought would probably be a yeast infection, and that is a good place to start — after all, an estimated 75 percent of
women will get at least one yeast infection
in her life, making it far more common
than a semen allergy.
«Jack Johnson's reputation was ruined by a racially motivated conviction more
than a century ago after he was charged
with transporting a white
woman across state lines,» McCain said
in 2017 as he unsuccessfully urged President Barack Obama to issue a pardon on his way out of office.
Although LearnVest's core users are
women in their 30s
with an average household income of $ 80,000 to $ 100,000, more
than 20 % of its paying customers are men.
In fact, in the U.K., it's mandatory for businesses with more than 250 employees to publish a report this year, and the legal requirement has got more companies speaking out about how more senior positions need to be filled by wome
In fact,
in the U.K., it's mandatory for businesses with more than 250 employees to publish a report this year, and the legal requirement has got more companies speaking out about how more senior positions need to be filled by wome
in the U.K., it's mandatory for businesses
with more
than 250 employees to publish a report this year, and the legal requirement has got more companies speaking out about how more senior positions need to be filled by
women.
Gender equality
in the workplace is especially topical topic right now after more
than two dozen
women recently spoke
with the New York Times about sexual harrassment
in Silicon Valley.
«While
women still make up less
than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident
with the proportion of new nominees that are
women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said
in a statement.
You are better
than anyone else
in that room and that's the attitude I want to see more
women go into tech
with, and go into whatever it is they're trying to achieve
with.»