简介:Foralongtimeinthepast,theDerungswereknownforhavingtheirwomen'sfacestattooed.IhadgottoknowbeforeleavingfortheNujiangCanyonthatthissomewhatstrangetraditionhadlongbeenabandoned.OnceintheDerungarea,however,Idecidedtofindoutwhencethis“tradition”,sotospeak,hadoriginatedandiftherewerstill“livingspecimens”ofit.
简介:TibetanWomenandCosmeticsTARABCERINGYUZHOINItistruetosaythatwomenhelpbeautifytheworld.Althoughtheythemselvesareprettyenough,th...
简介:FROMWOMEN'SMOUNTAINPRODUCTIONBRIGADESTOWOMEN'STREEFARMS¥ByXieJingxiangYouxicountyissituatedinamountainous,poorlyforestedregio...
简介:Sillsarecormnon;communityscreeningstudiesintheUKhaveshownprevalencesofabout10%forChlamydiaand12%forgenitalherpes.Inwomen,themorepotentiallyseriousinfectionssuchasgonorrhoeaandChlamydiaareoftenasymptorrkatic,whereasthepresenceofsymptormsuchasvaginaldisclmrgegenerallyindicatesalesspathogenic(bu!stillpotentiallydebilitating)infectionsuchasCandida.SHsareoftenmultiple,andthefindingofoneinfectionshouldpromptconsiderationoftestingforothers.
简介:Coronaryarterydisease(CAD)istheleadingcauseofdeathworldwide,butbecauseofseveralfactors,oneofwhichisantiplatelettherapy,themortalityrateshavesteadilydeclined.However,womencontinuetoexperiencehigherCADmortalityratesthanmen.Thismaybeexplainedbydifferencesincomorbidities,increasedtimetopresentation,higherbleedingrates,anddifferencesinmanagement.Therearenumerouslandmarktrialsinthefieldofantiplatelettherapy;however,womenareconsistentlyunderrepresentedinthesetrials.Theresultsofthesetrialsrevealthatwomenexperiencethesamebenefitasmenfromantiplatelettherapybutexperiencehigherbleedingrates;thereforebleeding-reductionstrategiesareimperativeinthispatientpopulation.ThisreviewprovidesanoverviewoftheavailableevidenceonCADinwomenanditsimplicationsforantiplateletmedications.
简介:TheChinesegovernmentissuedtheProgramofWomen’sDevelopment(2001-2010)andtheProgramofChildren’sDevelopment(2001-2010)inMay2001.Thewomen’sdevelopmentprogrammakesequalitybetweenmenandwomenabasicstatepolicyforpromotingsocialdevelopmentandidentifiessixpriorityareas,namely,womenandeconomy,women’sparticipationinpolicydecisionmaking
简介:OBJECTIVE:Tocharacterisedistinctiveclinicalfeaturesofgiantprolactinomasinwomen.DESIGN:Amulticentre,retrospectivecaseseriesandliteraturereview.METHODS:Wecollecteddatafrom15femalepatientswithapituitaryturnoutlargerthan4cmandprolactinlevelsabove1000μg/landidentified19similarcasesfromtheliterature;agender-basedcomparisonofthefrequencyandagedistributionwasobtainedfromaliteraturereview.RESULTS:TheinitialPubMedsearchusingthetermgiantprolactinomas'identified125patients(13women)respondingtotheinclusioncriteria.Thefemale:maleratiowas1:9.Anothersixfemalepatientswerefoundbyextendingtheliteraturesearch,whileourownseriesadded15patients.Themedianageatdiagnosiswas44yearsin
简介:NobodywouldexpectaruralwomanwithlimitedschoolingtobecomeaHillaryClintoninamatterofaweek.Butafterattendinga7-daytrainingprogram,the40womenfromvillagesofMancheng,aruralcountyinHebeiProvince150kilometerssouthwestofBeijing,foundthemselvesreadytomakeanimpactintheirrespectivecommunities’politics."I’mrunningagainstmyownfatherforthepositionofvillagehead,"saidthe19-year-oldLiYinghui,atamockcampaignattheendofthetraininginearlyApril."Ihavemoreeducationthanhedoes,andIunderstandthedifficultiesconfrontingusruralwomenbetter."
简介:CHINESEWOMENANDSOCIALFORESTRYThisbookistheaccomplishmentoftheresearchworkofProjectChineseWomenandSocialForestry.Everydaylife,...
简介:CommonAspirationsofWorldWomenHuangBaoshanOver30,000participants,fromdifferentracestheworldover,gatheredinBeijingtodiscusswome...