Women’s E-News, Spain Sizes Up Fashion World’s Measuring Stick  A $2.5 million study conducted by the Spanish government will rethink women’s clothing sizes and update measuring standards for women’s bodies. Maybe the U.S. can learn something from this!

CNNMoney.com, Cosmetic Surgery Market Stands Firm  If a woman will save money by skipping her morning latte and riding the bus to work, will she really put all those extra pennies towards breast implants? We say: start a savings account and let the interest grow, not your surgical bills.

Medical News Today, Mentor Corporation Launches Comprehensive Online Research on Breast Augmentation  No one honestly thinks that one of the “leading suppliers” of breast implants would offer unbiased information on cosmetic surgery… right?

NY Times, Sorry, Boys, This is Our Domain  The future of blogging: girls dominate their gender counterparts online, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project, but still are the minority in the computer science world and IT education. The article brings up an interesting point about the “feminization” of the Internet and female self-expression (”From a young age they learn that they are objects… so they learn how to describe themselves”), but it also shows us why we need to boost girls’ self-esteem at an early age and encourage them that they can take their skills beyond Myspace and into the business world.

PRWatch.Org, Beyond Advertising: The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Hidden Marketing Tactics  Interesting blog post about how drugs and medical devices (inluding implants, of course!) are advertised to patients, and how companies maintain relationships with doctors. This is the kind of need-to-know stuff that keeps women safe and informed about what they put in their bodies.

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