Cleansing the umbilical cord stump or skin with chlorhexidine at birth can significantly reduce newborn infection and mortality rates in developing countries, a systematic review showed. Medscape Medical News …read more
Testing breast cancer cells for how closely they resemble stem cells could identify women with the most aggressive disease, a new study suggests. …read more
Obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) in women often presents with different types of symptoms than in men and can be challenging to diagnose due to a variety of factors. …read more
Two of the fastest-growing plastic surgery procedures are gluteoplasty or “butt augmentation,” to improve the appearance of the buttocks; and labiaplasty to address cosmetic and functional concerns… …read more
More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International… …read more
Around 12 million women take birth control pills in the US and respond to each pill formulation very differently – here is a list of the 10 most common side effects of ‘the pill’. …read more
In a study of women with breast cancer, the hormone suppresser goserelin was impressively protective of the ovaries during chemo. Medscape Medical News …read more
Dr Susan Love describes crowdsourcing, a unique method for gathering patient reports on the effects of breast cancer treatment, which she suspects will turn research ‘upside down.’ Medscape Oncology …read more
In a study of 159 women who had been exposed to at least one assault-related potentially traumatic event, 30% developed major depressive disorder, which may be attributed to self-blame common to… …read more
Nearly all women and people over 65 in the U.S. with atrial fibrillation are advised to take blood thinners under new guidelines based on an analysis from the Duke Clinical Research Institute. …read more