The Latest A new study adds to a mounting body of evidence showing that rising alcohol consumption among women is leading to higher rates of death and disease. The report, published Friday in the journal JAMA Health Forum, examined insurance claims data from 2017 to 2021 on more than 14 million Americans ages 15 and…
When Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit her 60s, she was struck by a realization: She wanted to hear from the old ladies. The star of “Seinfeld” and “Veep,” who has nearly a dozen Emmys, was in the “second act” of her life. But she was contemplating her third. She said she craved the sort of wisdom that…
Since the late 19th century, more than a third of the work force in the Swiss watch industry has been women, according to statistics from the Swiss government. Yet you wouldn’t know it from exploring the Musée International d’Horlogerie, a brutalist architecture monument with wavelike walls in the watchmaking city of La Chaux-de-Fonds. Four women…
Anna Parker found the image online: a teal onesie with a handwritten note pinned to the front. “Someday,” it read. It was a word Ms. Parker kept repeating to herself. She and her husband have been trying for four years to have a second baby and are now going through in vitro fertilization. She posted…
On a Monday in early February, Michael Salem was contemplating some silicone breast enhancers at a booth inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Midtown Manhattan. A section of the venue had recently been taken over by Curve New York, a lingerie trade show. The fake breasts were from Nood, a so-called solutionwear brand…
This winter, for the first time ever, there were two vaccines available to ward off respiratory syncytial virus, which is particularly dangerous to older adults and infants. Only one of them — Abrysvo, made by Pfizer — was approved for pregnant women, and neither was for young children. The distinction apparently slipped by some clinicians…
Over the last few weeks, Batsheva Hay has stopped women outside a dance studio, on the subway and inside a grocery store. She has slid into strangers’ DMs. You’re beautiful, she has told them in her warmest, most this-is-not-a-scam voice. Would you consider modeling? Ms. Hay is a New York fashion designer, and this is…
Saudi Arabia has already invested heavily in several sports. Now, the nation plans to make headway into women’s tennis and host the 2024 WTA Finals — if a deal can be reached. Being a Tennis Gladiator like Roger Federer | Bear Grylls’ Ultimate Sports Fantasy “As everyone knows, we are working through a process to…
Women are much more likely than men to have their immune system turn against them, resulting in an array of so-called autoimmune diseases, like lupus and multiple sclerosis. A study published on Thursday offers an explanation rooted in the X chromosome. The research, published in the journal Cell, suggests that a special set of molecules…
Last Thanksgiving, Cynthia Mosson had been on her feet all day in her kitchen in Frankfort, Ind., preparing dinner for nine. She was nearly finished — the ham in the oven, the dressing made — when she suddenly felt the need to sit down. “I started hurting in my left shoulder,” said Ms. Mosson, 61….
