News tagged with european women
3Qs: Breaking into the boardroom
Last week, a debate began over the European Union considering legislation that would create quotas for the number of women in in top business positions. Northeastern University news office asked Laura Frader, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Spain's digital gender gap is larger than European average
Researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) have compared internet use and frequency in Spain with the rest of the 31 European countries. Their results suggest that Spanish women use the internet ...
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Dec 07, 2011 |
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Urgent steps needed to tackle inadequate support for women with secondary breast cancer
The support provided for women with secondary breast cancer is inadequate and urgent steps are needed to provide better services for patients with this progressive incurable disease, which kills half a million women worldwide ...
Sep 15, 2010 |
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In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
(AP) -- In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy ...
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Europe to stop counting swine flu cases
The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Europe stands at over 46,000 and the European Union will no longer publish weekly figures on the numbers infected, a health chief said Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Babies born to native high-altitude mothers have decreased risk of low birth weight
Pregnant women who are indigenous to the Andes Mountains deliver more blood and oxygen to their fetuses at high altitude than do women of European descent. The study helps explain why babies of Andean descent ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 18, 2009 |
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Treatment for extreme nausea, vomiting during pregnancy
Nausea and vomiting are telltale indicators of pregnancy, affecting more than 80 percent of future mothers. For a few moms-to-be, symptoms can become so severe that hospitalization is required.
May 06, 2009 |
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