News for Today

Contributed by Matthew Airhunmwunde

1. Vitamin D 'reduces pain and depression' in type 2 diabetic women http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/269688.php

2. New studies bring hope to older women wanting improvements in their libido. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269762.php

3. Estrogen not just produced by the ovaries. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269759.php

4. African-American college students' hesitation to breast-feed future children likely due to social stigmas against breast-feeding.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269758.php

5. Maternal depression may influence fetal brain development. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269735.php

6. TV programs for 8- to 12-year-olds may skew their concepts about gender roles. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269728.php

7. Counting tumor-attacking immune cells to predict ovarian cancer survival. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/269718.php

8. Some health providers behind death of women http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/health/artikel.php?ID=294306

Contributed by Suyog Shelar

Syrian Mothers Anguished by Children's War Trauma  http://womensenews.org/story/war/131201/syrian-mothers-anguished-childrens-war-trauma#.UqO7LiePFG0 

 In Taking Jobs, Women Take On a Saudi Taboo  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/05/taking-jobs-women-take-saudi-taboo/  [Guyana] Our cultural norms reinforce Gender-Based Violence  http://womennewsnetwork.net/2013/12/04/guyana-our-cultural-norms-reinforce-gender-based-violence/