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
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
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
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
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
Recent mothers who experience higher levels of social stressors are the least likely to have rules that totally ban smoking in the home, which could expose their infants to secondhand smoke and… …read more
Further study needed on stress-induced heart disease, microvascular anginaWomen veterans who had specialized heart tests were younger and more likely to be obese, depressed and suffer from… …read more
Actavis plc, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, and Medicines360, a nonprofit women’s health pharmaceutical company, have announced the approval of LILETTA (levonorgestrel-releasing… …read more
According to new research by leading research charity, Ovarian Cancer Action, a quarter of women say they would choose NOT to be tested for the BRCA gene mutation (which can lead to both breast and… …read more