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  • June 2007

    • Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 28, 07 5:03 AM CDT

      Liz Claiborne Dead at 78

      (Newser) - Designer Liz Claiborne, whose styles aimed at career women revolutionized everyday fashion sense in America and brought feminine new looks to the workplace, is dead at 78. She was the first woman founder of a Fortune 500 company. Claiborne died Tuesday in New York, after a lengthy battle with bone cancer. More »

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      obituary  • women  • fashion  • fashion designer  • clothes  • design  • Fortune 500  • Liz Claiborne  • bone cancer

    • ESTROGEN THERAPY GETS A REPRIEVE

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 21, 07 6:09 PM CDT

      ESTROGEN THERAPY GETS A REPRIEVE

      (Newser) - Estrogen replacement therapy was wrongly villified five years ago, when researchers told millions of post-menopausal women to stop taking it because it increases the risk of heart attacks and strokes, a reanalysis of the same data shows. It was a false alarm, the Los Angeles Times reports. In fact, the new analysis says, it reduces heart risks. More »

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      health  • women  • women's health  • heart  • estrogen  • menopause  • estrogen replacement therapy

    • Israel: Land of Milk and Honeys

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 21, 07 8:01 AM CDT

      Israel: Land of Milk and Honeys

      (Newser) - As if it didn't have anything else to do, the Israeli parliament is embroiled in a flap over an American skin mag. Maxim is about to publish an article on "the Women of the Israel Defense Force," featuring the Hebrew hotties in stages of undress some back home are calling unkosher. More »

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      Israel  • women  • Knesset  • Maxim

    • Breast Cancer Can Come From Dad, Too

      Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 07 4:53 AM CDT

      Breast Cancer Can Come From Dad, Too

      (Newser) - Half of congenital breast cancer victims inherit the disease from their fathers, not their mothers, according to a new study. And unless dad has female relatives with the affliction, the responsible gene may go undiscovered. The study in JAMA warns doctors, increasingly screening family trees for cancer, not to overlook the paternal genetic danger of the devastating disease. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • breast cancer  • genetics  • women's health  • JAMA

    • Women Alerted to Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

      New York Times  |  Jun 13, 07 11:09 AM CDT

      Women Alerted to Symptoms of Ovarian Cancer

      (Newser) - In an effort to dispel the belief that ovarian cancer has few early symptoms, experts are urging women to acquaint themselves with an array of common conditions associated with one of the deadliest types of cancer. The new guidelines acknowledge for the first time that late diagnosis is not a given, opening up the possibility of earlier testing and treatment. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • medicine  • women's health  • ovarian cancer

    • Face It: Court Approves Full Veil at Cairo U

      BBC  |  Jun 12, 07 12:00 PM CDT

      Face It: Court Approves Full Veil at Cairo U

      (Newser) - Women at the American University in Cairo cannot be barred from wearing the traditional Islamic veil covering the entire face, or niqab, a court has ruled after a lengthy battle, reports the BBC. While some hailed the ruling as a blow for religious freedom, others blasted it as a dangerous drift toward Islamic extremism.  More »

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      women  • Islam  • Muslim  • Cairo  • dress code  • Islamic veil

    • Happy Hour Irks Korean Women

      New York Times  |  Jun 10, 07 11:07 AM CDT

      Happy Hour Irks Korean Women

      (Newser) - South Korean women are trying to put a lid on company-enforced binge drinking. As more women climb the corporate ladder, they're fighting back against the male-centric business culture that demands binging to get ahead, the New York Times reports. In a country where an estimated 90% of company events are alcohol-based and job interviews include questions on drinking, that's shaking things up. More »

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      business  • women  • South Korea  • alcohol  • binge drinking  • corporate culture

  • May 2007

    • Ginsburg Speaks Up

      New York Times  |  May 31, 07 9:18 AM CDT

      Ginsburg Speaks Up

      (Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg has delivered two withering oral dissents in the past six weeks, a radical departure from her previous conciliatory role. Linda Greenhouse speculates in today's Times that the unprecedented behavior may signal a new outspokenness for the Supreme Court's only female justice. "After 15 years on the court, she's finally voicing some complaints," says a former Ginsburg clerk. More »

    • Risqué Billboard Draws Eyes, Ire

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 30, 07 8:56 PM CDT

      Risqu&eacute; Billboard Draws Eyes, Ire

      (Newser) - A billboard featuring a scantily clad woman and indicating "problem" areas on her body is the talk of the Chicago area. The 10-by-36 ad for a salon and spa went up two weeks ago, and some local residents have their panties in a twist—understandable, because the model doesn't appear to be wearing any. More »

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      advertising  • women  • nudity

    • High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      Washington Post  |  May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT

      High Court Curbs Pay Bias Suits

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be filed within the 180-day window proscribed by the Civil Rights Act. More »

    • Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

      Time  |  May 29, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Brazil to Subsidize Birth Control

      (Newser) - Just weeks after Pope Benedict XVI decried contraception as a threat to the future of Latin America on his visit to Brazil, Brazil's president announced that the government would subsidize birth control pills at private pharmacies so poor women can have "the same right that the wealthy have to plan the number of children they want." More »

    • Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 28, 07 7:11 AM CDT

      Scientists ID New Breast Cancer Genes

      (Newser) - Four newly discovered genes can increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer by as much as 60%, say scientists who hail the isolation of the genes as the biggest advance in the field since 1994. The breakthrough raises hopes for more advanced treatment and even prevention of breast cancer and for better understanding of other cancers in the future. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • medicine  • breast cancer  • cancer research  • research  • women's health  • genes  • treatment

    • Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

      Wall Street Journal  |  May 24, 07 3:31 PM CDT

      Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

      (Newser) - A group of religious conservatives has marshalled unreleased FDA data as a weapon in the battle against  Gardasil, the new cervical cancer vaccine. The data indicates health problems in women taking the vaccine, but  drugmaker Merck and the FDA both insist that the negative effects are probably unrelated to the vaccine. Critics oppose legislation to require administering the vaccine in schools. More »

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      health  • cancer  • women  • FDA  • women's health