A week after the founder of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) attacked the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) conclusions on hormone therapy for menopausal women, that society and 14…

Women who go through menopause before age 46 are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke as women who hit menopause later, according to a new…

Women who have had a C-section can often opt for a natural childbirth the next time. But a small study suggests that women are making that decision without all…

Women preparing for fertility treatment typically get a series of daily, sometimes uncomfortable hormone shots to kick their ovaries into over-drive - but a new review of previous…

Postmenopausal women shouldn’t take low doses of vitamin D and calcium to prevent broken bones, a government-backed expert panel said on Tuesday.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF),…

On one side of the border, a woman can see a doctor for free and is guaranteed paid maternity leave. On the other, most women do not qualify for…

Postmenopausal women shouldn’t take low doses of vitamin D and calcium to prevent broken bones since they have little positive effect and come with a slightly increased risk…

A new study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that early menopause predicts a milder form of rheumatoid arthritis…

Johnson & Johnson said it would stop selling vaginal mesh implants after a raft of lawsuits about the devices causing complications such as infections and bleeding.

The…

In a groundbreaking study, Yale School of Medicine researchers and colleagues at the University of Oxford have identified the chromosomal make-up of a human egg. This discovery…

A handful of massage sessions with scented oils may help ease menopause symptoms for some women, suggests a small study that found massage with unscented oil also helped, but considerably…

An analysis by a federal task force finds that hormone replacement therapy’s risks may outweigh the benefits for women who are past menopause and healthy but hoping to ward…

Women in their seventies who exercise and eat healthy amounts of fruits and vegetables have a longer life expectancy, according…

Cesarean section deliveries - already linked to an increased risk of childhood asthma - may double the risk of preschool child obesity, U.S. researchers say.

Dr. Susanna Huh of Children’s…

Contraceptive use in Spain during the first sexual encounter is similar to other European countries. However, there are some geographical differences between Spanish regions: women in…

A new study has found that shorter-acting methods of birth control, such as the Pill and the contraceptive patch, are much less effective at preventing unintended pregnancies than long-acting birth…

Contraceptive use in Spain during the first sexual encounter is similar to other European countries. However, there are some geographical differences between Spanish regions: women in…

A large real-life test of birth control methods found more U.S. women got pregnant while using short-acting methods such as pills, patches and vaginal rings - and the failure rate was…

Gay couples and women over 40 will be entitled to free IVF treatment on the NHS for the first time under Government guidelines published…