Lebanese artist, film producer Akram Zaatari to present next Wavelength talk
23 Jan 2021 - 9:49
The Peninsula
Aspiring visual artists and film makers across Qatar and elsewhere can mark their calendars for an exciting learning experience. Renowned Lebanese artist and film producer Akram Zaatari whom UK’s The Guardian newspaper referred to as “one of the foremost artists still living in the Arab region” will be the next presenter in the Wavelength lectures series, on Tuesday at 8pm Doha time. During the lecture a collaboration between Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar), a Qatar Foundation partner university, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, and Virginia Commonwealth University Institute for Contemporary Art Zaatari will discuss his major works of the last 15 years, addressing some of the crucial questions informing his approach to video, photography and the politics of documentary representation.
CDC Committed to Omit Medical Barriers to Contraception Use by Angela Mohan on January 13, 2021 at 12:14 PM
The CDC has updated the recommendations for contraceptive usage based on new evidence. It has collaborated with national partners to implement the guidelines and has conducted surveys of health care providers to assess changes in attitudes and practices around contraception safety and provision.
The CDC is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of its U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use (MEC), with an exclusive article published in the peer-reviewed
Journal of Women s Health. While the recommendations include necessary restrictions based on evidence, most contraceptive methods can be safely used by most people, even those with medical conditions, state Kathryn Curtis, PhD, and coauthors from the CDC.
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New Rochelle, NY, January 6, 2021 Women physicians feel pressured to spend more time in work-related citizenship tasks, based largely on their age and race. Nearly half of women perceived that they spent more time on citizenship tasks than their male colleagues, according to a study in
Journal of Women s Health. Click here to read the article now. When compared to their younger counterpart, women physicians older than 49 years stated to feel obligated to volunteer for these tasks because of their age, state Priscila Armijo, MD, University of Nebraska Medical Center, and coauthors. We also found that a higher proportion of women of color physicians perceived race as a factor in feeling obligated to volunteer for work
Study examines sex differences in the cause of death after stroke
Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 year after a first stroke. The sex difference was due to advanced age and more severe strokes in women, according to a new study in the
Journal of Women s Health.
Among women and men with a first-ever stroke, women were approximately 7 years older. In addition, 9.3% fewer women could walk independently on admission to the hospital, suggestive of a more severe stroke.
Among those deceased by any cause, men had more deaths due to cancer (12% vs women 6%) and ischemic heart disease (8% vs women 6%) while women had more deaths attributed to stroke (50% vs men 41%) or other cardiovascular disease (16% vs men 13%).
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IMAGE: Journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well as diseases that present differently in women view more
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers
New Rochelle, NY, December 22, 2020 Women were 39% more likely to die by 1 year after a first stroke. The sex difference was due to advanced age and more severe strokes in women, according to a new study in the
Journal of Women s Health. Click here to read the article now.
Among women and men with a first-ever stroke, women were approximately 7 years older. In addition, 9.3% fewer women could walk independently on admission to the hospital, suggestive of a more severe stroke.