STOCKHOLM – Women had a more than six-fold increased risk of developing diabetes more than a decade after they gave birth if they were overweight or obese at the start of their pregnancy, according… …read more
More than 40 women asked the FDA to remove the device from the market during a hearing, but several professional and healthcare organizations urged to the FDA to continue to make it available. Medscape Medical News …read more
Worldwide an estimated 125 million girls and women are cut despite the fact that female genital cutting leads to serious health problems throughout life. …read more
Administering the antidepressant sertraline at symptom onset may help relieve premenstrual dysphoric disorder in some women. Medscape Medical News …read more
The color teal in September represents Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. This may be the most difficult women’s cancer to detect and treat, yet many women are unaware of the risks. …read more
A survey by the CDC shows that 10% of pregnant women in the US are drinking alcohol and 3.1% are binge drinking. Alcohol during pregnancy can cause serious disorders in offspring. …read more
The age at first birth in Malawi has remained constant from 1992 to 2010, despite expanded access to education for girls. …read more
Citing an analysis of more than 26,000 Maryland Medicaid claims, Johns Hopkins researchers report evidence that poor women with recent complications during their pregnancies are using the emergency… …read more
New research suggests that healthy lifestyle modifications can improve fertility in overweight women with polycystic ovary syndrome more than the birth control pill. …read more
Updated estimates put HIV prevalence among US adults at 0.39%, down only slightly from prior estimates, with only a little more than half of those infected on antiretroviral therapy. Medscape Medical News …read more