There is a linear association between pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and the risk of cesarean section in women who have full-term deliveries, French researchers report in the current issue…

Enlarged ovaries are common in healthy regularly menstruating adolescent girls and it appears to reflect a typically normal variation, clinicians from Illinois report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and…

The results in 2002 of a large U.S. study on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in many respects left women confused and alarmed about the treatment for the menopause.

At…

Overweight and obese Spanish women appear five times as likely as lean women to have polycystic ovary syndrome, a condition that decreases fertility and contributes to other illnesses, according…

Gynecologists can perform pelvic exams adequately without making women put their feet up in stirrups, a study suggests.

In the US, the norm is for women having a gynecological…

Taking potassium citrate, a base, to neutralize the high acidity of typical Western diets can help increase bone mass in postmenopausal women with thinning bones, according to researchers in Switzerland and San…

An immune stimulating agent, inosiplex, seems to be an effective treatment for genital warts of the cervix that don’t get better with conventional therapies, a small study suggests.

Conventional treatment…

A new systematic review compared regional and general anesthesia in women undergoing Caesarean section and their respective effects on mom and baby.

The review found little…

A woman in Idaho who said she developed a blood clot disorder after using the birth control patch Ortho Evra - made by Ortho-McNeil, a subsidiary of Johnson &…

Not enough women are being included in European clinical drug trials, despite the acknowledged gender differences in the effectiveness of treatments, say public…

Some women who experience moderate-to-severe premenstrual syndrome may benefit from treatment with low doses of anti-depressant medication, according to a new study led by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher.

In…

About 1 in 100 babies delivered by cesarean section are injured in the process, a new study shows. The risk of injury is influenced by the reasons for doing the…

Taking a potassium citrate supplement to counteract the high acidity of the modern diet can lead to increased bone density in older women, suggests a study in the November Journal of…

Obese women may have an increased risk of oral contraceptive failure.

According to researchers from the United States, “Studies have suggested that obesity is associated with an…

Improved health care access for noncitizens may help reduce breast and cervical cancer screening disparities in women.

According to researchers writing in the journal…

Adult weight gain is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer risk postmenopausal women.

According to researchers at the American Cancer Society,…

Acupuncture may offer women an alternative for easing hot flashes during menopause, preliminary research suggests.

In a study of 29 women with frequent, daily hot flashes, researchers found that those who…

Many emergency caesareans could be prevented by the attendance of a more skilled obstetrician, say senior doctors in this week’s British Medical Journal.

They call for better training in instrumental vaginal…

Women with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk for urinary incontinence.

According to scientists writing in the journal Diabetes Care, “Diabetes is associated…

Chilean Health Minister Maria Soledad Barria earlier this month announced that the government will distribute Barr Laboratories’ emergency contraceptive Plan B -…

According to researchers women who have their babies very close together, along with women who never have children, are at risk of an earlier death and…

A history of anorexia nervosa does not appear to be significantly associated with pregnancy complications or negative birth outcomes, according to a study by Swedish researchers.

There is some…

The medical malpractice climate in Florida is discouraging medical students from pursuing careers in obstetrics and gynecology -  a trend that could further reduce patients’ access to…

The Women’s Cancer Research Institute (WCRI) at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is joining with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation (GCF) to educate women about familial breast-ovarian…

For women with abnormally heavy menstrual bleeding, treatment with an intrauterine device that releases the hormone levonorgestrel appears to be less costly and equally, if not slightly more effective,…