You probably know that plastics can release toxic chemicals. But you may not know quite what to do about it because plastics are everywhere. The problem: A chemical commonly used in plastics, bisphenol-A (BPA), has powerful, hormonelike effects. It is an endocrine...
Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) appear to be more vulnerable to a chemical found in many consumer products than other women,...
Ovarian cancer is known as a deadly malignancy that typically causes no symptoms or ones that are so subtle they are easily...
Affluent young white women who presumably have more opportunities for tanning-are nearly six times as likely to develop the lethal skin cancer...
When you first hear about persistent genital arousal disorder (PGAD), you may be tempted to make a joke. (That sounds like a...
Despite the dictionary's definition of atrophy as "wasting away," vaginal atrophy (VA) does not mean that anything is...
Ever since an FDA advisory panel rejected the approval of a so-called "female Viagra" (the drug was deemed no more...
Many women who survive breast or gynecologic cancers say they want help for sexual issues, but few of them actually ask for...
There's a worrisome uptick in the incidence of certain head and neck cancers among middle-aged and even younger Americans, and...
Each year in the US, 55 million women receive a Pap test to check for abnormal cells that might be an early...
US Food and Drug Administration approval of Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine) has been widened to include prevention of anal cancer and associated...
In the latest analysis from the Women's Health Initiative (WHD) study, researchers report that risks to postmenopausal women who were...