Women's Health

Women who smoke during pregnancy may be putting their children at risk for developing diabetes in adulthood.

Without allocating more funds toward human papillomavirus vaccinations, there may be better public health results if funds were devoted to vaccinating boys as well as girls.

The new Gardasil vaccine protects against 9 different strains of the virus.

Almost all women and seniors with atrial fibrillation should be receiving blood thinners, advises a new analysis of updated clinical practice guidelines.

A new FDA approval has given women seeking long-term birth control an additional option.

Breast-fed babies are typically exposed to less arsenic than babies who are fed formula.

Given the growing number of women taking a custom-compounded hormone therapy, a new study highlighted a greater need for patient education on the formulations.

A postmenopausal woman's score on a fracture risk scale can tip off her clinicians to gum disease.

For some women, frequent menopausal vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats could last for more than 7 years.

Three women connected to pharmacy burglaries in North Dakota last year have been sentenced to prison.

Women tend to experience more stress after acute myocardial infarction, which can translate to a worse recovery, according to a new study.

Roughly half of all women experience at least 1 urinary tract infection in their lifetime. The problem becomes recurrent for many, so effective non-antibiotic preventive therapies are needed.

Exposure to even low levels of mercury may be associated with autoimmune disorder development among women of childbearing age.

Although there have been concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine promotes unsafe sex among adolescents, a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that there is no such association after all.

Stress may partly explain why young and middle-aged women have a worse recovery after heart attack.

The American Heart Association's Go Red For Women® is asking all Americans to Go Red to raise awareness of heart disease and stroke in women during the 12th annual National Wear Red Day® on Friday, February 6, 2015. The face of heart disease and stroke has changed, and 1 in 3 women will die.

The FDA today granted accelerated approval to a drug that treats breast cancer in postmenopausal women by attacking molecules that promote cancer cell growth.

Despite efforts to fortify table salt with iodine, a new study posits that pregnant women are still seeing significant iodine deficiencies that can negatively impact their unborn children's brains.

Mylan Inc. today announced that it has, through its Indian subsidiary Mylan Laboratories Limited, signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain female health care businesses from Famy Care Limited, a specialty women's health care company with global leadership in generic oral contraceptive products (OCPs) for $750 million in cash plus additional contingent payments of up to $50 million.

Reducing elevated blood pressure during pregnancy is safe for the expectant mother and her child.

A primary goal of managing atrial fibrillation is relief of symptoms that include dizziness, fatigue, palpitations, shortness of breath, and chest pain. Yet, it is symptomless in up to one-third of patients.

Women diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome are more likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic conditions than those without the hormone disorder.

Only about half of girls immunized against human papillomavirus received the vaccine at the age recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Data published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases on Jan. 8 shows that some contraceptives for women may increase the risk of contracting HIV. This information comes from researchers from the University of California Berkeley, who analyzed 12 studies.

While some researchers have associated human papillomavirus vaccination with an increased risk for multiple sclerosis, a new study found no such link between the vaccine and the development of demyelinating disease.

Civilian women with posttraumatic stress disorder have a considerably increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared with counterparts unexposed to trauma.

If Patrick Bateman from American Psycho had an Instagram account, his feed would probably be full of selfies.

Women exposed to a common pesticide have a better chance of becoming and staying pregnant if they get enough vitamin B.

Moderate to severe hot flashes and night sweats during menopause are associated with lower bone mineral density and higher hip fracture rates, new research suggests.

Women who take bisphosphonates, which are commonly used to treat osteoporosis and other bone conditions, have about half the risk of developing endometrial cancer as women who do not use the drugs. This study supports other research showing that bisphosphonates may have an anticancer effect.