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The finding that birth control pills may actually improve a woman's health is raising several questions--not to mention a few eyebrows. How could the hormones in oral contraceptives be protective when hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has proved to be dangerous?...
A diet rich in calcium and vitamin D appears to reduce the risk of developing premenstrual syndrome (PMS) by as much as...
A generation ago, a woman who had a Caesarean birth was restricted to that procedure for any future children. Anything else was...
Two new techniques, one using maternal blood and the other amniotic fluid, should give health care providers new insight into the health...
Surgery to transplant a woman's entire ovary to her upper arm can preserve fertility in patients undergoing radiation treatments that...
For years, researchers have looked for a K way to detect ovarian cancer early. A 2002 report raised hopes that a blood...
Abnormalities in the Pap smears of adolescent and college age women often clear up on their own, according to a study. The...
Nearly one in five women in the United States does not get a Pap smear, a painless and potentially lifesaving screening for...
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer of women, responsible for 27% of all cancer deaths—more than breast, uterine and ovarian...
Adding a new spin to the battle of the sexes, researchers say severely obese women outperform their male counterparts when it comes...
An aspirin a day helps keep heart attack and stroke at bay in women diagnosed with cardiovascular disease. But a new study...
Women often aren't being given lifesaving diagnoses and treatments for heart disease, al though it is their leading cause of...