For women taking warfarin to prevent blood clots, a single dose of fluconazole to treat a vaginal yeast infection can lead to an increased risk of bleeding, findings from a…

Mayo Clinic researchers working with other North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) investigators have found that a single dose of depomedroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) more effectively reduces hot flashes than does…

Pairing up two commonly used herbal medicines is “very effective” for easing physical and psychological symptoms of menopause, German researchers report.

St. John’s wort is widely used to treat mild to moderate…

Women who exhibit signs of stress are three times more likely to miscarry during the first three weeks of the pregnancy, a recent study of a small population of women…

Intravenous morphine used alone or with topical tetracaine effectively reduced levels of pain in preterm newborn infants undergoing central line insertion procedures, according to a study…

Contrary to federal recommendations, many women who are eligible for rubella vaccination are not being immunized after giving birth, a new study…

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that analyzing proteins in urine is a simple and objective method to diagnose and classify preeclampsia (PE), a complication of pregnancy causing high blood…

Mayo Clinic researchers have found an association between abnormally high levels of a protein named HtrA1 and preeclampsia, a sudden and dangerous rise in blood pressure that…

Women who feel that they become more forgetful as menopause approaches shouldn’t just ignore it, there may be something to their own widespread reports that they’re more likely to forget things as menopause…

The controversy over Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) rages on. Over 40 million American women are within menopause age, and in five years the numbers will increase to over…

Crippling menstrual cramps, gastrointestinal problems, and pain during sex are among the most common and distressing symptoms of endometriosis, a gynecological disorder that affects as many as 1 in 10 women.…

Pregnant women who develop preeclampsia and who have a low birth weight infant appear to have an increased risk of later kidney problems, according to an online report in the Journal…

Fathers who are anxious during a caesarean operation may increase the pain experienced by the mother after the delivery of their baby, according to new research published in the…

Women who have a pregnancy complicated by pre-eclampsia or who deliver a low-birth-weight infant may be at elevated risk of kidney disease, suggests a study in the…

For women over 40 undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF), transferring five embryos leads to the best outcomes, investigators report.

The Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART) currently recommends that…

Research published in the recent issue of Ethology has discovered that men are able to potentially use smell as a mechanism to establish when their current or prospective sexual partners…

A drug prescribed to pregnant women to reduce the risk of early labor could be doing patients more harm than good, a British charity said on Friday.

Tommy’s, a charity…

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a common hormonal disorder that can cause irregular menstrual periods among other things, have finger length patterns similar to that of men, according…

Every week at the Hospital das Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil’s largest public hospital, women are rushed to the emergency room with severe vaginal bleeding.

Most are in their…

About 10 million female fetuses may have been aborted in India over the past two decades, according to research published on Monday.

A team of scientists who analyzed female fertility…

A new study suggests that certain characteristics of a woman’s menstrual cycle may confer increased fertility, while others may lead to a greater risk of miscarriage.

To investigate whether the length…

In a clinical trial of over 48,000 post-menopausal women, a low-fat diet that includes increased consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is not associated with weight gain…

It seems that one of the dilemmas facing women undergoing in vitro fertilization need not be a bar to a successful outcome.

Usually, IVF produces more embryos than are…

Craniofacial researchers have developed an animal model that explains how skull malformations occur and how they might be prevented.

Birth defects of the face and skull are relatively common in…