Breastfeeding fraught with early challenges for many first-time mothers
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • • Public Health • Sep 23 13

Most new mothers in the United States begin breastfeeding when their children are born, but new research shows that those who report early concerns…    

 

Stronger Sexual Impulses, Not Weaker Self-Control, May Explain Why Men Cheat More Than Women, Study Reveals
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • • Sexual Health • Sep 21 13

A recently published study strongly suggests men succumb to sexual temptations more than women - for example, cheating on a partner - because they…    

 

Women have higher rate of spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus
• Gender: Female • • Infections • Sep 12 13

A study of patients infected with acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection found that women had higher rates of spontaneous viral clearance - undetectable…    

 

Data suggests Abbott’s test may help more accurately diagnose heart attacks in women
• Gender: Female • • Heart • Sep 05 13

Abbott announced today promising preliminary results from a study presented at the ESC Congress 2013, suggesting that its high sensitive troponin test may help…    

 

Metabolically healthy women have same CVD risk regardless of BMI
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Obesity • Sep 02 13

Monday 2 September 2013: Metabolically healthy women have the same cardiovascular disease risk regardless of their BMI, according to research presented at the ESC…    

 

New research shows benefit of interval training for women
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Aug 27 13

Interval training is a well-known way to get the maximum benefits of exercise in the shortest amount of time. New research shows that when…    

 

Many medicines safe during breastfeeding: committee
• Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Aug 27 13

Many medications can be used safely by women who are breastfeeding and the benefits of breastfeeding outweigh most harms related to babies’ exposure, a…    

 

Thinking about family matters linked to stress for working moms, not dads
• Gender: Female • • Neurology • Aug 11 13

Although working mothers and fathers are almost as likely to think about family matters throughout the day, only for mothers is this type…    

 

Antioxidants unlikely to boost female fertility
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Aug 06 13

For women who struggle to conceive, there is little evidence that antioxidant supplements increase their chances, according to a new review.

Some women take…    

 

BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Jul 30 13

As many as 20 percent of infertile couples in the United States have unexplained reasons for their infertility. Now, new research led by Catherine…    

 

Women Lack Guidance for Sex After MI
• Gender: Female • • Heart • • Sexual Health • Jul 25 13

Women resume sex with partners after a heart attack, but do so with worries of another one and without counseling from a healthcare professional,…    

 

New study reveals important role of insulin in making breast milk
• Diabetes • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • Jul 05 13

Why do so many mothers have difficulty making enough milk to breastfeed? A new study by scientists at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and…    

 

Treatment helps sex stage a comeback after menopause
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • • Sexual Health • Jun 04 13

A satisfying sex life is an important contributor to older adults’ quality of life, but the sexual pain that can come after menopause can…    

 

C-sections tied to child obesity
• Gender: Female • • Obesity • • Pregnancy • May 26 13

More babies born via cesarean section grow up to be heavy kids and teens than those delivered vaginally, according to a new study of…    

 

Women’s reproductive ability may be related to immune system status
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • • Immunology • May 17 13

New research indicates that women’s reproductive function may be tied to their immune status. Previous studies have found this association in human males, but…    

 

Vitamin C may head off lung problems in babies born to pregnant smokers
• Children's Health • • Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 04 13

Pregnant women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy because it can harm the baby’s lungs and lead to wheezing and asthma, among other…    

 

Critics and Supporters React To Decision to Expand OTC Access to Plan B
• Drug News • • Gender: Female • • Pregnancy • May 03 13

The decision comes after Judge Edward Korman of the District Court of Eastern New York overturned Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’…    

 

What do Ob/Gyns in training learn about menopause? Not nearly enough, new study suggests
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • May 01 13

A small survey of U.S. obstetrics and gynecology residents finds that fewer than one in five receives formal training in menopause medicine, and that…    

 

Nearly 30 percent of women fail to pick up new prescriptions for osteoporosis, study finds
• Gender: Female • • Public Health • Apr 18 13

Nearly 30 percent of women failed to pick up their bisphosphonate prescriptions, a medication that is most commonly used to treat osteoporosis and similar…    

 

Pool exercise may build strength, reduce falls
• Gender: Female • • Menopause • • Public Health • Apr 15 13

Women who did a high-intensity aquatic workout for six months increased their strength and suffered fewer falls, in a new study that suggests bone-…    

 

Genetic Alteration Predicts Pain Recovery After Sexual Assault
• Gender: Female • • Pain • Apr 11 13

One in five U.S. women are sexually assaulted in their lifetimes and more than half experience severe pain during the week following an attack.…    

 

Surgical menopause may prime brain for stroke, Alzheimer’s
• Brain • • Gender: Female • • Neurology • Mar 28 13

Women who abruptly and prematurely lose estrogen from surgical menopause have a two-fold increase in cognitive decline and dementia.

“This is what the clinical…    

 

Men and women get sick in different ways
• Gender: Female • • Gender: Male • Mar 23 13

At the dawn of third millennium medical researchers still know very little about gender-specific differences in illness, particularly when it comes to disease symptoms,…    

 

Less housework may result in weight gain
• Gender: Female • • Weight Loss • Mar 03 13

U.S. researchers say they compared the hours women spent doing housework in the 1960s and 2010 and found women spent fewer hours today.

Researchers…    

 

Mom’s drinking tied to infant deaths: study
• Fertility and pregnancy • • Gender: Female • Feb 27 13

About one in six sudden infant deaths may be linked to their mothers’ heavy alcohol use during or soon after pregnancy, according to a…    

 

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