America's first anti-aging company, B & P Company Inc., makers of the legendary Frownies facial pads, has retained TransMedia Group to publicize "Immune Perfect" as the first skin care product to provide a delivery system that has eluded the industry and its leading product developers for decades in their quest to help consumers reach that fountain of youth.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation recently introduced the HUGGIES(R) Baby Network ( http://huggiesbabynetwork.com/ ), a new online network that delivers one-of-a-kind tools, information and a support community to moms and moms-to-be in a fun, informative way.

A new kit can tell parents a baby's gender as early as five weeks after conception. With the Baby Gender Mentor(TM) Home DNA Gender Testing Kit, available from PregnancyStore.com, women no longer have to wait until their 18th week of pregnancy for an ultrasound test to possibly determine their babies' gender

Miscarriage is a painful and, unfortunately, common event, occurring in a reported 20 percent of all pregnancies. Multiple miscarriages, defined as three or more successive losses, are both traumatic and a symptom of greater health risk, according to the experts at Repromedix, a specialty infertility testing lab in Massachusetts. Approximately 7 of every 1,000 women who become pregnant will experience multiple miscarriages, known medically as Recurrent Pregnancy Loss (RPL).

It's been well-documented for quite some time that breastfeeding is beneficial to babies and mothers, offering many protective health benefits. These range from providing the essential nutrients and antibodies babies need to develop physically and neurologically, to lowering a mother's risk of certain cancers. So why do so many women stop breastfeeding before the recommended 12 months? According to a new national survey, the top reasons why new mothers stopped breastfeeding were they felt like they were not producing enough milk (47%), followed by difficulties getting the baby to latch on (33%) and work-related issues (29%).

Because girls in middle school often shift attention from achievement and personal goals to social acceptance and body consciousness, entrepreneur and author Ellen Langas Campbell encourages them to pursue the careers of their dreams rather than succumb to social pressures.

With women initiating approximately 70- 75% of all divorces, "Women's Infidelity" author Michelle Langley believes the answer is a resounding "no." Langley contends women frequently pursue separations and divorces under the guise of "searching for self"; however, she states the real reason is often another man. Langley says it's not uncommon for women to be happily married prior to having affairs. She also states that many men are being divorced by their wives without ever knowing about their wives' extramarital relationships.

Meeting with Congressional Representatives at breakfast this morning, and then later in the day with individual Congressional offices, Mary Kay Independent National Sales Directors, assembled in Washington, lobbied for reauthorization and strengthening of the Violence Against Women Act. The current law expires on September 30.

The YWCA of Greater Cleveland and Corporate College are accepting applications for the first structured leadership program designed especially for women. Leadership Boot Camp is a nine-month program designed to prepare women for executive-level leadership through position appropriate developmental education.

First Latex Women's Condom Slated to Receive World Health Organization Endorsement. MedTech Products Ltd. today announced that its revolutionary V/A Worn-of-Women(R) (V/A) condom, the first-ever latex condom for women, will be available in Europe on the first day of summer. Beginning June 21, women can place their advance orders for 12-packs of V/A, online at http://www.vawow.com . The V/A condoms are expected to be in stores throughout Europe by late July.

Elizabeth Milner, President of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, welcomed delegates from across Pennsylvania to the League's 46th Biennial Convention held at the University of Scranton, June 3-5, 2005. This year the League of Women Voters celebrates its 85th anniversary.

America's first anti-aging company, B & P Company Inc., makers of the legendary Frownies facial pads, believes it has produced a delivery system that has alluded the skin care industry and its leading product developers for decades in their quest to help consumers reach that fountain of youth.

Synova Healthcare Group, Inc. (SNVH) announced today that it has received an initial opening order for Menocheck(R) from the Rite Aid Corporation. Rite Aid is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains and currently operates approximately 3,400 stores in 28 states and the District of Columbia. Consumers shopping for Menocheck(R) at Rite Aid stores will find the product arriving on store shelves throughout the month of June.

Finally, taking off the years doesn't have to involve injections, surgery or hours in the spa. Researchers have found out how to help women "spray away" the years with a revolutionary fountain-of-youth mist. This new product, Timeless View, features a combination of scents that alter a man's perception of a woman's age. A preliminary clinical study found that men perceived women who wore this formula to be an average of six years younger than their actual age. Timeless View is available exclusively at http://www.scienceofsmell.com/ for $29.95.

With fairy-tale weddings still en vogue, brides and grooms often feel compelled to follow up their extravagant reception with an equally opulent honeymoon. But to ensure the honeymoon is one to remember without busting their budget, more couples are turning to Web sites like HoneymoonOutlet.com to help them save time and money.

Wells Fargo & Company and the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO(R)) presented the fourth-annual NAWBO/Wells Fargo Trailblazer Award at NAWBO's 2005 Women's Business conference in Orlando, Florida on Saturday, June 11th. This year, in response to the continued growth in the number of women-owned businesses, Wells Fargo expanded the award program from one winner to three winners. Recipients were chosen for their "trailblazing" spirit as demonstrated by their companies' business performance, innovation, growth, and personal service to the community.

Reminder: Register now before 06/14/2005 in order to beat the late registration price increase. All registrants after 06/13/2005 are $60.00 for this powerful "Accelerated Networking" Luncheon event.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will launch its signature 5K Strides for Change, walk at Nationwide Plaza on Saturday, June 11, 2005, at 8:30 a.m. to rally financial and community support for the prevention of drunk driving and underage drinking and to benefit victims of this violent crime.

The American Fertility Association (AFA) will present the 2005 Illuminations Award to model and actress Cindy Margolis and her husband, restaurateur Guy Starkman, at the AFA's second annual West Coast fundraising gala, Illuminations, on Saturday, June 11 at the Beverly Hills home of fertility specialist, Dr. Mark Surrey.

Led by designer and Board Member Marc Ecko, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) has partnered with leaders in fashion and entertainment to host an online charity auction featuring one-of-a-kind iPod cases created by some of today's most notable designers. The auction is currently live on eBay Live Auctions and will conclude at 8:00pm on Wednesday, June 22 at a party hosted by Ecko and Carolina Herrera, the initiative's co-chair. Proceeds from the sale will benefit Fashion Targets Breast Cancer(R) (FTBC), a philanthropic initiative of the CFDA Foundation, which, since its inception in 1994 has raised more than $40 million for distribution to breast cancer organizations in 13 countries.

The survey results reflect responses from women ages 18 to 34. The lazy days of summer? They don't exist anymore according to a new national survey(1) that shows almost half of women say summer is becoming the busiest time of year because of the increased number of social and family activities that need to be juggled and scheduled.

At the "Era of Hope" Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program meeting, researchers funded through this program will present innovative studies that offer a glimpse into the array of research currently being done on the prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Studies presented at the meeting explore topics such as the development of a hand-held device to allow for at-home screening for breast cancer; the role of exercise in restoring the immune system after chemotherapy; and correlating genetic changes in normal-looking tissues near breast tumors with risk of recurrence.

Images of men allegedly guilty of having an extramarital affair will soon be joining convicted "johns" on the World Wide Web. Enter CheaterNews.com, an online service where the heartbroken and the bitter can all anonymously post profiles of their cheating hearts -- though revealing home addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses is prohibited.

Ready For Golf, Inc. (RFG) announced today the signing of Sally Little, world famous member of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, founding member of the Women's Senior Golf Tour and international champion of 25 events, as their lead golf course designer. "As a young woman I was taught the mechanics and strategy of playing golf, but more importantly, the history, our role as players and golf's great traditions. I will always play the game of golf and my partnership with Ready For Golf will allow me to honor those traditions. We will bring golf back to the cities and create courses much like the course I started on."

Local women will have a chance to learn how to shape up their personal finances at a special educational seminar on wealth-building for women presented by MassMutual as part of its sponsorship of the 16th annual Danskin Triathlon Series this weekend.

On June 9th, the nation's Capitol will host a pivotal Congressional briefing on three highly prevalent, life-altering chronic pelvic pain conditions -- vulvodynia, endometriosis and uterine fibroids. Last week, the US Congress received thousands of e-mails from women across the country, many of whom met with representatives to plead for research funding for a mysterious medical condition affecting 6 million American women

Contest Winner to Score Own Motorcycle and Rider's Edge Course to Learn to Ride. In partnership with Jane magazine, Harley-Davidson is cruising the back roads of America to salute women who take life by the handlebars.

Move aside, Oprah and Drs. Ruth, Phil and Kinsey. There's a vivacious, sexy and hugely entertaining new icon of self-discovery set to take television's center stage, one who has shown women (and their mates) that the key to a fully-satisfying life -- in everywhere from the bedroom to the boardroom -- lies in her discovering and practicing as often as possible "the power of pleasure."

The votes are in, and three lucky women are having the biggest days of their lives transformed into the fairytales of their dreams. Bride-to-be Melissa Bussey, high-school reunion hopeful Traci Bryan, and prom-goer Steph French are the winners of the national "Get Gorgeous with Q-tips" contest. They each will receive $20,000 from Q-tips cotton swabs, the ultimate beauty tool, and a beauty basket to make their "big days" bigger, better and more beautiful than they could ever have imagined. They also will get invaluable beauty advice from celebrity make-artist Mally Roncal to help bring their looks to life.

Goal Is to Be First Known Person With MS to Reach the Tops and Raise Awareness for MS. One down, six to go! That's what Wendy Booker said when she loaded her gear for Boston after becoming the first known woman living with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to summit Mt. McKinley, the highest point in North America. This summer, she will journey to Africa to conquer another of the world's seven summits, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Knowledge inForm, Inc. announced today the publication of The Woman Entrepreneur's Guide to Financing a Business. A part of Knowledge inForm's General Business Know!Books series, The Woman Entrepreneur's Guide to Financing a Business answers key questions women have about building their businesses and explains four methods of financing a business: Self-Financing, Debt Financing, Equity Financing, and Grants and Awards.

Over four percent of pregnant women ages 15 to 44 used illicit drugs during the past month, according to new data released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The data show that pregnant women ages 15 to 25 were more likely to use illicit drugs than pregnant women ages 26 to 44.

Ruth and Charlie Cain, both professionals in the field of communications, produced seven children, six of which are also working in the field of communications. It must be in the genes! Women in Communications of Detroit is proud to present Ruth and her two daughters, Nancy and Carol for an evening of great stories and memories of their experiences in the field of communications

Heidi Murkoff, New York Times best selling author of the What To Expect When You're Expecting and the What to Expect series of pregnancy and parenting books has joined with online subscription-based publisher, Waterfront Media Inc., to launch the official What to Expect When You're Expecting Web site (http://www.whattoexpect.com/) as part of Waterfront's array of products from leading authors.

In the era of The Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons and Morgan's Hotels, the new Sanctuary Hotel in South Beach is a creative superluxe hotel minus the corporate flag. Sanctuary Hotel is also South Beach's first "female-friendly" hotel, with an ongoing 25-percent discount for single women guests, and special amenities for them like, cabana boys at the rooftop pool to apply suntan lotion; beach jogging and yoga companions; a chic in-house salon and spa for beauty and pampering; and personal shoppers, http://www.sanctuarysobe.com/.

A new national survey reveals women pay much more attention to what's inside their food and clothing than what's inside their birth control pills. The survey was conducted in February 2005 by International Communications Research (ICR) of 400 women between the ages of 18 - 35 who are currently using, or have ever used, birth control pills. As many as 74 percent of women know what's inside their food and 60 percent know what's inside their clothing, but only 15 percent of women know what's inside their birth control pills(1a,b,c).

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that it has concluded its review of a recently issued report on a study it received from the independent National Academy of Sciences and will begin the necessary steps to implement the Women-Owned Small Business Contracting Program in a manner consistent with the recommendations contained within the study.

Please join the Women's Bioethics Project and SAGE Crossroads for a lively discussion as a panel of experts from law, medicine, and humanities examine ethical considerations of women and aging. These experts will look at the assumptions, experiences, practices, and public policies that affect women's well-being, self-respect, and dignity as we age.

Washington State's representatives to the 2005 Miss America Pageant and the first-ever Miss America's Outstanding Teen Pageant will be selected next month in Tacoma and Bellevue. On hand for the 2005 Miss Washington Pageant at Tacoma's Champions Centre on Saturday, June 25, will be Miss America 2005, Deidre Downs of Alabama. Twenty local preliminary winners from around the state will compete for the Miss Washington title now held by Allison Porter, 25, of University Place, a 2002 graduate of Harvard University and entering the University of Washington School of Medicine this fall to pursue a medical degree.

June is THE wedding month of the year and brides have enough to worry about when planning their wedding without worrying about booking hotel rooms for their wedding party, family members and guests. The experts at Hotels.com recommend their online group reservation feature to take the guesswork out of booking parties of any size in a single transaction. Brides can book up to 8 rooms online or call hotels.com Group Reservation Specialists for 9+ rooms.

Recognizing the importance of the spa sector to its objectives in the United States, Current Technology joined forces with Trent & Company, Inc., a New York City public relations firm specializing in this rapidly growing industry. Amongst other clients, Trent represents the Spa & Resort/Medical Spa Expo and Conference. Following Trent's advice, the company introduced CosmeticTrichoGenesis at the spa show. Trent's introductions resulted in the company being interviewed by media including television, radio, newspapers and magazines. In addition, the company introduced CosmeticTrichoGenesis to prospective distributors and end users

Women in the third trimester of pregnancy may experience an increase in the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and associated blood pressure levels, according to a study in the June 1 issue of the journal SLEEP. The study shows that the severity of OSA is much higher in women during late pregnancy than it is after they have given birth. This includes an increased number of pauses in breathing, reduced oxygen saturation levels, and approximately two times as many arousals from sleep. While results also show that overall blood pressure levels during sleep are only moderately elevated in late pregnancy, these levels fluctuate severely due to the cycles of pauses in breathing.

Reminder: Register now before 05/30/2005 in order to beat the late registration price increase. All registrants after 05/29/2005 are $60.00 for this powerful "Accelerated Networking" Luncheon event. Exclusive eWomenNetwork "Accelerated Networking" Luncheon event! Thursday, June 2 at Royal Melbourne Country Club in Chicago (North Shore Area), IL. Guest Speaker: Norma Kaplan is a software trainer and personal computer coach. In her business, First Choice Your Choice, Norma brings her commitment to excellence to her work, combining her experience with computers, training and corporate administration to create programs that fit her clients' business needs, increase their efficiency and bolster their bottom lines.

CE Lifestyles, a New Monthly Magazine That Shows Women How Consumer Electronics Products and Services Can Help Enhance Their Active Lifestyles, Is Reaching a Market Other Publishers Have Ignored. There must be a lot of "women with connections" reading magazines. CE Lifestyles, the first consumer electronics magazine written especially for women, has announced it is now on track to reach 300,000 in circulation months ahead of original projections. When the magazine launched last December, executives at Sandhills Publishing expected the new monthly publication would find a ready audience of women who were looking for smart, practical information about the latest digital products and technologies. But even they have been pleasantly surprised.

Local women will have a chance to learn how to shape up their personal finances at a special educational seminar on wealth-building for women presented by MassMutual as part of its sponsorship of the 16th annual Danskin Triathlon Series this weekend.

Kelley Moreno, mother of twins, came up with a simple idea that is getting nationwide attention. Kelley Moreno had a problem getting her son, a junior golfer, to wear sunscreen. She visualized a new way to apply sunscreen via a convenient pre moistened wipe that would be fast, easy and clean while providing even and complete coverage with minimal waste and mess. A new sunscreen generation was born SPWIPES Sun Protection Wipes.

On Tuesday, May 24, Oprah Winfrey made dreams come true when she surprised Wintley Phipps, president and CEO of the U.S. Dream Academy, Inc., with a $1 million check after speaking at the organization's 4th annual "Power of A Dream" fundraising gala in Washington, DC. By the end of the evening, more than $1.8 million had been raised to support academic, enrichment and mentoring programs for at-risk children.

Elizabeth Rosario of Puerto Rico will travel to Detroit to meet two transplant recipients who have helped ease some of the pain of losing her son. Jose Angel Ortiz Rosario, 29, was critically injured when his motorcycle was struck by a car at a Detroit stop sign last November. A few days later he died but his heart, kidneys, pancreas and liver continue to give life to others.

Jeffrey S. Epstein, MD, FACS, board- certified facial plastic surgeon and one of the foremost experts in the field of hair restoration, announces the opening of The Women's Center for Hair Loss in New York City ( http://www.womenscenterforhairloss.com/ ). Epstein, a recognized leader and standout in the hair restoration field, founded the Foundation for Hair Restoration in 1994, which currently has offices in Miami, Boca Raton and Tampa, Florida. The New York City office marks the fourth addition to his growing practice.

According to the American Council on Exercise, the percentage of children and adolescents who are defined as overweight or obese has tripled since the early 1970s. This alarming rise in the overweight and obesity epidemic is due in part to the more modern society that we live in, but mostly because we have not been confronting this problem where it starts, in our early years. Today, 15 percent of Americans ages six to 19 are clinically obese and another 15 percent are considered at risk of becoming obese.