Gender: Female

Dermatologists Can Help Women Win the Fight Against Common Forms of Hair Loss

For many women, unexplained hair loss can take a significant psychological toll on their overall quality of life. From altering their hairstyle to hide…    

Women Need Clot-Busting Therapy After Stroke

New research shows women who don’t receive a clot-busting drug after a stroke fare worse than men who are not treated. The study…    

Stress hormone, depression trigger obesity in girls

Depression raises stress hormone levels in teenaged boys and girls but may lead to obesity only in girls, says a new study .

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Diabetes helps explain obesity-birth defect link

While some research has suggested that obese women have an increased risk of having a baby with a birth defect, a new study shows…    

Men’s Testosterone Responses to Olfactory Ovulation Cues

Women around the world spend billions of dollars each year on exotic smelling perfumes and lotions in the hopes of attracting a mate. However,…    

Acupuncture eases tamoxifen-related hot flashes

A new study provides more evidence that acupuncture can help ease hot flashes in women with breast cancer who are being treated with the…    

It’s Never Too Late to Quit Smoking and Save Your Vision, Finds Study of AMD in Elderly Women

Need a little extra incentive to kick the habit?

Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, a UCLA study finds that…    

Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for ‘at risk’ teenage girls

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment…    

For some women, trans fats could be deadly

For women with heart disease, eating too many artery-clogging trans fats may increase their risk of dying suddenly from cardiac arrest, a new…    

Women who smoke risk having seizures: study

Women who smoke may have a higher risk of developing seizures than non-smokers do, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that among…    

Estrogen and Stroke Risk

Eighteen years ago this month the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it would sponsor a landmark study to examine women and cardiovascular…    

Female veterans have fewer pain complaints than men

Female veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are less likely to complain of painful physical conditions than their male counterparts are.

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Increased Stroke Risk from Birth Control Pills

She was only 30 years old, but she was experiencing the classic symptoms of a stroke. Her speech suddenly became slurred, and her left…    

Is Your Hair Taking a Break? Dermatologists Can Help Women Get to the Root of Hair Loss

For many women, their hair is one of their most defining characteristics. From short and sassy bobs to long, cascading curls, the right hairstyle…    

Divorce Undermines Health in Ways Remarriage Doesn’t Heal

Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins…    

Young Black Women Prone to Gain More Unhealthy Abdominal Fat than Hispanics

Black women ages 20 to 29 are more prone to pack on unhealthy abdominal and visceral fat than Hispanic women the same age, and…    

Fertility drug combo promising in older women

The combination of two drugs—Femara (letrozole) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)—could be of benefit in infertile women of advanced reproductive age undergoing intrauterine insemination, results…    

Telemedicine Stroke Program Saves Woman

While suffering a major stroke at her home near Mena, Iva Sikes assumed the worst, not knowing that a University of Arkansas for…    

Early prognosis after ‘mini-stroke’ better in women

In the first year after a mini-stroke, also known as “transient ischemic attack” or TIA, elderly women have lower rates of stroke, cardiovascular…    

Obesity May Reduce Brain Gray Matter in Postmenopausal Women

Results from a small study of postmenopausal women suggest that obesity might relate to a reduced volume of gray matter in the brain. However,…    

Snoring pregnant women at higher risk for gestational diabetes

If you are pregnant and your mate complains your frequent snoring is rattling the bedroom windows, you may have bigger problems than an annoyed,…    

Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with poor sleep in women

According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated…    

Simple Steps to Healthy Summer Feet

The first thing most women do before exchanging their winter boots for summer sandals is make an appointment with their pedicurist. It is the…    

Physical Abuse Raises Women’s Health Costs Over 40 Percent

Women experiencing physical abuse from intimate partners spent 42 percent more on health care per year than non-abused women, according to a long-term study…    

Women often delay seeking care for stroke symptoms

Women take longer than men to get to the hospital when they experience stroke symptoms and they have worse neurological deficits, investigators reported here…