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Nigeria: Niger Husbands to Write Undertaking Clearing Wives of Pregnancy

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:07:00 +0000

Daily Trust (Abuja)-The Niger State Hajj has said that henceforth, husbands must write an undertaking stating that their wives are not pregnant before they can be allowed to embark on pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.

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Combined effects of antioxidant vitamin and NOS3 genetic polymorphisms on breast cancer risk in women

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:45:00 +0000

Lee SA et al. The results suggest that intake of antioxidant vitamins might modify the association between genetic polymorphisms of NOS3 and breast cancer risk.

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Combined effects of antioxidant vitamin and NOS3 genetic polymorphisms on breast cancer risk in women

Mulayam’s job promise to raped women draws flak

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:40:00 +0000

New Delhi, Jan 30 – Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s promise of giving jobs to rape victims was slammed Monday by Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath and the National Commission for Women (NCW).

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Zambia: Teenage Pregnancy – a Call for Counselling

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:30:00 +0000

Times of Zambia (Ndola)-THE high incidences of school girls in Zambia falling pregnant at an early age is beginning to take its toll on society, thereby exerting pressure on various stakeholders who have to call for an urgent solution to the problem.

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Zambia: Teenage Pregnancy – a Call for Counselling

UBS Says Sell HRT as TNK-BP Cuts Investment in Amazon Oil Accord

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:27:00 +0000

Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest oil company by market value, had its recommendation cut by UBS AG after Russia’s TNK-BP reduced its commitment to invest in a joint venture in the Amazon. HRT was

Saudi to allow women into sports stadiums from 2014

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:01:00 +0000

Jeddah – Currently sporting events exclude women in Saudi Arabia from joining fans in male only venues. Saudi officials have announced that the new sports stadium due to be completed in Jeddah, in 2014, will admit women.

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Rwanda: HIV Positive Women Denied Inheritance Rights – Report

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:57:00 +0000

New Times (Kigali)-Women living with HIV/Aids in Gasabo and Nyanza districts are being denied their rights to inherit family property by their spouses and other relatives, a research conducted by the Women’s Network for Rural Development, commonly known

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Tiger Woods book, car accident, affairs with women nets Elin Nordegren $100 million divorce settlement

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:47:00 +0000

“The Big Miss” chronicles Haney’s 6-year run with the world’s former No. 1 golfer. Go here for an ESPN interview with Tiger about the book.

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Pregnancy-Related Effects on Tenofovir Pharmacokinetics: a Population Study with 186 Women

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:14:00 +0000

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

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Pregnancy-Related Effects on Tenofovir Pharmacokinetics: a Population Study with 186 Women

Interaction of apolipoprotein E genotype with smoking and physical inactivity on coronary heart disease risk in men and women

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:12:00 +0000

Gustavsson J et al. The apolipoprotein E genotype (APOE) 2 allele counteracted CHD risk from smoking in both genders, while the 4 allele was seen to potentiate this risk mainly in women. Similar 2 protection and 4 potentiation was suggested for coronary