News for Today

Contributed by Suyog Shelar
Universities UK advice 'violates women's freedom' 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25331877
“Atrocity is not something that can be ignored”: Stopping gender-based violence in war  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/11/women-rights-defenders-work-globally/

Contributed by Airhunmwunde, Matthew

Growing umbilical cord blood stem cells in lab before transplant boosts leukemia, lymphoma survival http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269943.php

Breast cancer: older survivors benefit from exercise programs http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269973.php

Recent reproductive coercion associated with unintended pregnancy, says Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC expert http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270004.php

Some older patients with breast cancer may avoid radiotherapy http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270016.php

Breast cancer screening: benefit more consistent across studies than previously understood http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270015.php