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The rate of severe obesity is about 40 per cent in the US, with women at particularly high risk of severe obesity, the study found. Obesity is high and holding…

A former CIA officer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging, sexually assaulting and filming more than two dozen women in multiple countries over more than a…

In a new survey 64 percent of Black women said they were celibate. And a significant chunk, 63percent, of those women said they have chosen celibacy relatively recently, in just the last six…

For young, secular, politically progressive men and women, having children has become something of an afterthought. Liberal conventional wisdom encourages people to spend their 20s on journeys of personal and…

Standoffs between pro-Palestinian student protesters and universities are growing increasingly tense on both coasts of the US. In New York, Columbia University’s administration has given hundreds of demonstrators a deadline…

UNITEDSTATES/After the rise and fall of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, it appears most Americans are not attached to the idea of having a woman president—at least during their lifetime.…

UNITEDNATIONS/Last week, world leaders gathered at the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York to do what they have done since the UN was established in 1945: Come together to address…

STUDY/Drug overdoses from opioids and stimulants are a major cause of mortality in the United States. It is unclear if there are stable sex differences in overdose mortality for these…

STUDY/A study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys has found that in young women, certain genetic mutations are associated with treatment-resistant breast cancer. These mutations are not linked to…

UNITEDSTATES/ There are no restrictions on Dr. Caitlin Bernard’s medical license after a lengthy hearing that mirrored national divides over abortion. A doctor who drew national attention in the United…