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Probiotic supplements may boost the effectiveness of an antibiotic used to treat bacterial vaginosis, a new research review finds.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the…

Two pain-relieving techniques done during cesarean section may reduce women’s need for narcotic painkillers afterward, a research review finds.

After having a C-section, women are typically given a combination of…

Many people use “alternative” or complementary products because they see them as a more gentle form of medicine. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care…

A slow embryo heart rate could mean that mothers who have undergone in vitro fertilization are at increased risk for miscarriage, according to a report in the journal Fertility and…

Chinese herbal medicine could offer an alternative to standard hormonal treatments for the painful pelvic disorder endometriosis, preliminary research suggests.

In a review of two small clinical trials, researchers found…

Minimally invasive surgery to correct an abnormality in the uterus called a uterine septum improves pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility, doctors report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

A…

A study of African American women shows that use of birth control pills and other forms of hormonal contraception, and possibly the presence of the sickle cell trait, increase…

Healthy women who put on weight between the premenopausal and postmenopausal years risk losing nerve cells in the brain, research suggests.

Gaining weight is a “highly modifiable” risk factor…

Birth defects not involving chromosomes are more common among the offspring of teenage mothers than among older mothers, UK investigators have found.

Teenage mothers are known to have…

Eighty percent of women who have a hysterectomy have a traditional one, in which a surgeon must make an extensive incision that runs from the navel to the…

After Planned Parenthood changed how it performed abortions in early 2006, the rate of serious infections fell markedly, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine for…

Pregnant women with endometriosis are at increased risk for delivering prematurely as well as suffering a number of other adverse pregnancy outcomes, results of a study indicate.

Endometriosis is a…

Acupuncture can help ease symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a difficult-to-treat hormonal condition affecting about one in 10 women of childbearing age, a small new study shows.

Women…

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists may be able to diagnose deep endometriosis and accurately locate lesions prior to surgery, according to a new study published in the online edition of…

Giving a local anaesthetic during a Caesarean section helps manage pain after the operation and can reduce consumption of painkillers, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers recommend local…

First-time mom Brandi Phare thought she was all alone when she began suffering postpartum ailments. She experienced pain as a result of multiple tears on her body from…

There are a group of clinical conditions that commonly affect women. They include migraine, depression, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, fibromyalgia, PMS, and chronic fatigue syndrome.

There is also a common thread through these…

Survivors of childhood cancer run particular risks when pregnant and should be closely monitored, the 25th annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and…

Women with cystic fibrosis can have fertility treatment to help them have babies without any long-term adverse effects on either themselves or their children, according to…

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Analysis of the longest running ICSI programme in the United States has found reassuring evidence that babies born from frozen embryos fertilised…

Exercise and electro-acupuncture treatments can reduce sympathetic nerve activity in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), according to a new study. The finding is important…

African-American women are just as likely to get pregnant and bear a healthy child through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) as are white women, new research in the journal Fertility and…

Infertile women have been told they can only have IVF treatment if they are aged between 39 and a half and…

For women who suffer from menstrual migraines, menstrual cramps (dysmenorrhea) and other menstrual symptoms, combination therapy with sumatriptan plus naproxen may provide rapid and sustained pain relief, the results of two…

Foot reflexology does not appear to have a significant impact on ovulation among women having difficulty becoming pregnant, researchers report.

In a small study of 48 women with fertility problems,…