While the proportion of women entering plastic surgery residency programs has increased in recent years, numbers of black and Hispanic trainees are declining or unchanged, reports a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Even though there were increases in all… Read More »
The success rate of IVF is less than 30 per cent per cycleJochen Tack / Alamy Stock Photo By Clare Wilson A woman’s own uterus could be used as an incubator for her IVF embryos before they are removed and chosen for pregnancy. There are early signs that the method could give higher pregnancy rates… Read More »
More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »
In the wild, suitors vie for affections with grand displays of dance or feathery flourish. Humans, on the other hand, make first impressions with opening lines. A group of European researchers gathered 30 heterosexual singles between the ages of 20 and 40 for two speed-dating events to study the competitive behaviors involved in sexual attraction.… Read More »