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U.S.: FEDS MAY FUND PROGRAMS FOR TEEN DATING VIOLENCE.
July 27, 2005... By Tiare Rath NEW YORK, July 8, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS) -- Eighteen and charming, Brad seduced Marcella quickly with his seemingly mature and gentlemanly behavior. No boy had ever introduced himself to her with a handshake and Marcella, who was just 13, saw it as a sign of great gallantry. ...

U.S.-HEALTH: AFTER HEALTH SCARE, MENOPAUSE TREATMENT MATURES.
July 27, 2005... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, July 10, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS)--The news rattled Marilyn Kentz even more than the hot flashes and mood swings she suffered. "In July 2002, when the Women's Health Initiative found the drugs I was taking for menopause could increase the risk of heart attack, I...

BELGIUM: TURKEY'S EU BID RAISES PROFILE OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS.
July 27, 2005... By Meghan Sapp BRUSSELS, July 11, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS) Women's rights in Turkey should be monitored annually as part of the country's application to join the European Union, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor last week in Strasbourg, France. "Women's rights are...

U.S.-NASA: SHUTTLE COMMANDER TAKES GIANT STEP FOR GENDER.
July 27, 2005... By Molly M. Ginty NEW YORK, July 12, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS) - Eileen Collins, the first female commander of a space shuttle, prepares for the Discovery launch, other women--engineers, scientists and geologists--say they are also gaining gender-parity in space exploration. "When I first...

U.S.-HEALTH:'BAD CALCIUM' BELONGS ON HEALTH MENACE LIST.
July 27, 2005... By Katja Hansen NEW YORK, July 13, 2005 (WOMENSENEWS) By now we've all heard of breast cancer, but who knows what causes it and a host of other ailments? For a clue, just think of Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell. When she discovered she had breast cancer, it wasn't because a scan...