Why chronic pain lasts longer in women: Immune cells offer clues

Chronic pain lasts longer for women than men, and new research suggests differences in hormone-regulated immune cells, called ...
The Mountaineer

'Everything was removed': Gambians share pain with FGM ban in balance

Fatou Sanyang still experiences extreme pain she says feels like "hot water is being poured on me" decades after undergoing ...
Le Lézard

AHN Study: Injected Lidocaine Improves Post-Sling Pain and Patient Satisfaction Without Increasing Urinary Retention Rates Among Surgical Population

For women who undergo a surgical procedure to improve urinary incontinence symptoms, lidocaine injections improve postoperative pain, and do not impact the patient's ability to empty their bladder in ...
Morningstar

Wellspect HealthCare Launches Surity™ Female External Catheter Improving Care for Women Living with Severe Urinary Incontinence

MÖLNDAL, Sweden, Jan. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellspect HealthCare, a global provider of continence care solutions, today announced the U.S. launch of the innovative Surity™ Female External Catheter, ...
Human Rights Watch

Bangladeshi Women, Girls, Minorities Face Rising Violence

On February 12, Bangladesh is scheduled to hold its first general elections since the country’s August 2024 Monsoon revolution. But ahead of the elections, attacks on women, girls, and religious ...
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Police officers form 'human chain' to save woman trapped upside down in the sea

Officers were unable to physically reach the woman due to the risk of them being swept out to sea. However, with the assistance of the woman's son-in-law, the officers managed to tie a throw rope ...
WAPT

Missing woman's son and daughter-in-law charged after human remains found in backyard of home

Two people are charged in connection to a missing woman's case in Jackson.John Ryan, 50, and Samantha Ryan, 48, have been arrested and charged with desecration of a human corpse. John Ryan is the son ...
WFLA News Channel 8

Human trafficking suspect used drugs, woman’s child to control her, Florida AG says

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — A man has been arrested on human trafficking charges after authorities said he took a woman across Florida and Mississippi, coercing her to engage in sexual acts for money ...
WAPT

Investigators find human remains in the backyard of a missing 81-year-old Jackson woman

HOW NEIGHBORS OF RYAN ARE REACTING. BROOKLYN? INVESTIGATORS HAVE BEEN IN THIS AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT. THEY ARE CONDUCTING A DEATH INVESTIGATION ON THESE REMAINS THAT WE'D DISCOVERED AND A MISSING ...
People

Human Remains Identified as Woman Who Disappeared 19 Years Ago After Catching Bus from Work

Police in England have confirmed that remains found in October were identified as Malgorzata Wnuczek, who disappeared 19 years ago Wnuczek texted her family, then disappeared days later after boarding ...
Forbes

Online Attacks Against Women Human Rights Workers Double In Five Years

Seven in 10 women human rights defenders, activists and journalists have experienced online violence in the course of their work, according to a new UN report. Produced through the UN Women’s ACT to ...
Cochrane

Which treatments cure or improve urinary incontinence (bladder leakage) in older women?

• Regular exercises to strengthen the muscles that support the bladder, uterus, and bowel — known as 'pelvic floor muscle training' or PFMT — with or without complementary therapies (including ...