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The increasing number of preterm births in the U.S. during the early 1990s and 2000s appear linked to the increasing number of medically induced labors, according to…

A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy, but it doesn’t work for men. The finding may help explain why women are often happier…

Many people can drop pounds quickly in the early phases of a diet, but studies have found that it is difficult to keep the weight off in the long…

Some research has hinted that breastfeeding or milk drinking might affect when kids hit puberty, but a new study casts doubt on that.

Studies have suggested that girls who…

The menopause evolved, in part, to prevent competition between a mother and her new daughter-in-law, according to research published today (23 August 2012) in the journal Ecology Letters.

The study…

Scientists believe they have discovered a clue to why women tend to live longer than men - by studying fruit flies.

Writing in Current Biology, they focus…

Giving antibiotics before cesarean section surgery rather than just after the newborn’s umbilical cord is clamped cuts the infection rate at the surgical site in half, according to…

A growing number of U.S. women appear to be opting for intrauterine devices (IUDs) as their birth control method, with the number more than doubling in just two…

Minority women in the United States are more likely to die during or soon after childbirth than white women, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and…

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found an association between childhood physical and sexual abuse and age at menarche. The findings are published…

Genital warts have been on the decline among women in Sweden after the country began offering subsidized HPV vaccinations to teenage girls in 2007, new research shows.

Rates of…

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…