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Women have made a good deal of welcome progress in the last several decades, but at least one advance is unwanted: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is on the rise in…

Countless movies and TV shows make light of women’s so-called “moodiness”, often jokingly attributing it to their menstrual cycle or, conversely, to menopause. In fact, mood disorders are a…

Babies delivered by elective caesarean section around term carry up to a fourfold increased risk of breathing problems compared with babies delivered vaginally or by emergency caesarean section, concludes…

More than a third of women surveyed about their beliefs surrounding miscarriage and birth defects said they thought that a pregnant woman’s foul mood could negatively affect her baby.

Although mood disorders and depression may occur at any age during a woman’s life, women seem to more vulnerable during times of hormonal fluctuations such as…

The joke, “Whatever women do they must do twice as well as men to be thought half as good,” may not be totally off the mark in the workplace.

In a recent study,…

A clinical model that includes 11 factors has been developed to help predict the 5-year risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women, according to a…

A fertility organisation in Britain is saying that severely obese women should be barred from having National Health Service fertility treatment until they have lost weight.

According to…

For many young girls, a stable family life is one key factor to avoiding a number of serious health problems. New research by researchers at The University…

Early puberty in girls has been found to negatively affect these teenagers’ health in areas such as mood disorders, substance abuse, adolescent pregnancy, and cancers of the reproductive…

Estimates are that up to 70 million people worldwide may be suffering from severe urinary incontinence. A major cause of urinary incontinence is a deficiency of the urethral sphincter muscle,…

For women who have a high risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, their risk of developing bacterial vaginosis and the associated changes in vaginal microflora is reduced if they…

Amniocentesis in the third trimester, which reduces risks of procedure-related miscarriage but still allows termination of affected fetuses, may be applicable in some pregnancies. The implications of deferring amniocentesis…

Weight loss during menopause appears to be associated with increased rates of bone loss at the hip, the findings of a long-term study suggest.

Even women who are on…

Pre-eclampsia and the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in later life: systematic review and meta-analysis BMJ Online First
Pre-pregnancy cardiovascular risk factors as predictors…

Compared with vaginal deliveries, cesarean deliveries have twice the risk of complications and deaths of both infants and mothers when the fetus is in the normal, head-down position, according to…

Women trying to get pregnant may boost their chances by adopting a “fertility diet” and lifestyle pattern, Boston-based researchers have found. In fact, they believe that the majority of…

Women who have undergone hysterectomy, or removal of the womb, are at higher risk of urinary incontinence that needs to be corrected by surgery later on, a 30-year Swedish study has found.

The use of an enema during labor does not reduce the rate of wound infections in the mother or infections in the infant, and also does not appear to result…

Women with macromastia, a condition of having abnormally large breasts, often experience symptoms of neck pain, numbness, tingling, and pain and weakness in one or both hands. Though the…

Women who overcome breast cancer have every reason to celebrate. But a heart filled with joy may also be a heart damaged by life-saving cancer therapies, a growing body of…

More than the two thirds of the women in a national survey say that they are interested in suppressing their menstrual periods but many of them…

The first significant genetic finding in premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) has now been reported. PMDD is a very severe form of the more commonly known premenstrual syndrome, or…

Women with severe premenstrual syndrome (PMS) perceive their sleep quality to be poorer in association with their symptoms in the late luteal (premenstrual) phase, despite there…

For older adults, increased urinary frequency is fairly common. “As people age, in general, the bladder does lose some of its capacity,” says Jonathan M. Vapnek, MD, associate…