Representational Image (Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons) In a sickening attempt, at least 20 heavily pregnant women in Nadia district, West Bengal were made to sit and pose with a plate full of meal, but were forbidden to eat. The move reportedly took place at a government event to promote “nutritional awareness” among the expecting mothers.… Read More »
Women snorts illegal nasal spray to keep her ‘glow’ year long. Jamie McBride, 28, has been using sunbeds for up to 15 minutes time since she was a teenager. Now she has taken to a new form to keep her tan going all year long. For the past two years, McBride has been snorting nasal… Read More »
Inspired by reports of a second patient apparently freed of infection with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, scientists are pursuing dozens of ways to cure the disease. But now, researchers must reckon with a longstanding obstacle: the lack of women in clinical trials of potential H.I.V. treatments, cures and vaccines. Women make up just… Read More »
PHILADELPHIA — She called it her “deepest, darkest secret,” one she had never even shared with her husband. When Saffiatu Sillah was growing up in the West African nation of Sierra Leone, her clitoris was cut off in a ritual circumcision. She was left with scar tissue that caused pain during sex and agony during… Read More »