Word: womanized
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...Quebec woman is claiming that her insurance company revoked her health benefits after discovering photos on the social-networking site that purportedly showed her having fun. Nathalie Blanchard, who had been on paid sick leave after getting a diagnosis of depression, says insurer Manulife stopped sending monthly checks this fall, saying her Facebook photos illustrated that she was well and ready to return to work. Manulife has not commented on the case...
Reebok is the latest shoemaker claiming to be able to tone a woman's body by making her feel unsteady on her feet. The idea is that built-in instability--in the case of EasyTone, two bulbous pods on the sole act a bit like balance balls--forces muscles to work harder. Gluteus maximus muscles get 28% more of a workout with EasyTone than with a regular sneaker, according to a study Reebok commissioned...
...impossible to say how frequently such "overdiagnosis" occurs, according to the task force, but the data did conclusively show that in order to save the life of one woman in her 40s from breast cancer, 1,904 women would have to be screened every year for up to 20 years. Because it judged that the risks of harm from annual screening outweighed the benefits, the panel issued its controversial recommendation that most women ages 40 to 49 need not get routine mammograms. "We felt that women would be better served if they understood the trade-off between the benefits, harms...
...status quo won't be easy to change, largely because evidence-based medicine often runs counter to our personal understanding of risk. It's intuitively difficult for a woman in her 40s to stop getting annual mammograms when she is fully aware that they could save her life. Feeding this instinct is the relentless effort on the part of doctors and disease advocacy groups to promote preventive-health behaviors. Many feel the push may have done the public a disservice by instilling the belief that screenings are purely beneficial. "We have not rounded out that discussion with the American public...
...really a question of staying power. "There are more women learning about politics and networking and so [Fukuda] is not alone," Miura says. "We have to start from somewhere." During the election campaign, Fukuda says she was asked by several voters, "What can a young woman like you do?" Her response: "I understand the young part of what they were saying, but the woman part? That is irrelevant...