Shakespeare Hits Sing Sing • Menopausal Women Exhibit Difficulties Learning?

• In contrast to earlier studies, new research has found that strict maternal control over a child’s eating habits does not lead to an increased risk of obesity. Previous studies have focused mainly on girls, but the new research takes both male and female children into account. • Cambodian sex-worker-turned-advocate Somaly Mam says the bad economy has had a negative impact on the women’s shelter she helped to start. “Since we opened the shelter, I always face this problem. Like the last five months, no rice, we cannot feed the children,” says Mam. • Research indicates that women in abusive relationships are more than three times as likely to test HIV positive than those who have not experienced intimate partner violence. • The latest trend in fitness? Nostalgia: 80s-style aerobics classes are back. • Good news for all the ladies who shun softball: the International Baseball Federation is campaigning for the inclusion of women’s baseball in the 2016 Olympics. • A recent study from Canada found that babies of East and South Asian descent are more likely to be underweight at birth than Caucasian children. • Hmm. This game of Whack-A-Kitty: Cute or on the cusp of animal abuse? • New research has linked bacterial vaginosis, which can make women more susceptible to STDS, to vitamin D deficiency. Since black women are more likely to have a shortage of vitamin D, they are also at an increased risk for infection. • Disadvantaged women in India are benefiting from new community radio projects, which allow marginalized women, who often have little formal education, to broadcast their opinions on local and national issues. • Women entering menopause may have more trouble learning than at any other stage in life, a new study says. Experts believe that the temporarily-impaired memory skills exhibited by women during this time may be due to hormonal fluctuations. •