Science news articles about 'girls'

... that they have figured out why some children with genes that should make them boys are instead born as girls ...

... of children responded particularly well to montelukast: girls and children with high levels of cotinine in their urine ... of motelukast may be warranted, particularly in school-age girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke.” Dr ...

... to encourage your daughters to be physically active: Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages ... Hospital. “This is just one more reason to encourage young girls and women to exercise regularly.” One-fourth of all breast ...

... to encourage your daughters to be physically active: Girls and young women who exercise regularly between the ages ...

... Child Development. In surveys, the researchers asked the girls about their experiences with sexual harassment and about discouraging comments ... about themselves and society affected how they perceived sexism. Girls who felt atypical for their gender or were unhappy with stereotypical ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday....

... as postmenopausal women. “We are concerned that non athletic girls have some of the same components of the female athlete triad ... varsity athletes and eighty non-athletes at an all-girls school in Milwaukee. Ninety-three percent ...

... , already in the baby, that is for some reason easier to turn on in girls than in boys," says senior investigator Fernando Polack ... to a first infection after birth and found that breast-fed girls were the least likely to be hospitalized with an acute respiratory ...

... 's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so ...

... in Spain. "This is important because when puberty is faster in girls, the appearance of menses occurs earlier, and this sequence ... started puberty and menstruation later than the untreated girls, the authors found. After 4 years of treatment, they also gained ...

... number of girls to boys in India has hit a record low, British charity ActionAid said Saturday ...

At least 17 girls at the public high school in Gloucester, Mass., are expecting babies, and a report says nearly half became pregnant after making a pact to do so and raise the children together.

An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion.

A U.S. man who was born a woman but underwent a gender change has given birth to a girl.

... shows that while school failure is more atypical for girls it appears to have more severe consequences when it does occur," said McCarty. "One reason may be that school failure stigmatizes girls more strongly or is harder for them to overcome. We do ...