Women taking multivitamins don’t live longer than those who get their nutrients from food alone, a new U.S. study shows.

In fact, they appear to have slightly higher death rates,…

The human body has a love-hate relationship with iron. Just the right amount is needed for proper cell function, yet too much is associated with brain…

New research analyses maternal breastfeeding in Spain throughout the second half of the twentieth century. Experts believe that its development is associated with socio-demographic factors…

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Women taking postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may have an increased risk of severe asthma attacks requiring hospitalisation, scientists warn.

A new…

African-American women develop functional health challenges earlier than their fellow seniors, researchers say

While examining self-reported data about the lives of 8,700 older people, a Case Western Reserve University…

A new study published in the international journal Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica (AOGS) reveals that fear of childbirth is a predisposing factor for emergency and elective cesarean sections, even…

Published today in the journal Age and Ageing, an investigation conducted by Newcastle University has discovered that the lifetime prevalence of arthritis is 65.4% in…

Solid evidence is often missing from the practice guidelines used by obstetrician-gynecologists across the U.S., a new study shows.

Less than a third of the recommendations from the American…

London: While it is said an apple a day can keep the doctor away, a new study has suggested a couple of glasses of wine a day for middle-aged women to…

Women who use common painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen early in pregnancy may have an increased risk of miscarriage, a study published Tuesday suggests.

Researchers found that of nearly 52,000 Quebec…

Johns Hopkins researchers say data show aging alone, not hormonal impact of menopause, explains increasing number of deaths as women age

Contradicting the long-held medical belief that…

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that postmenopausal women who smoke have higher androgen and estrogen levels…

Among women aged 60 and above, it was found that heavier women have fewer hot flashes than their leaner counterparts. Study published in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology…

In a new study of women with polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS, there was no difference in ovulation or hormone levels in those who got real versus sham acupuncture…

Pregnancy increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) due to blockage of blood flow, and having a C-section can significantly increase that risk.

The risk of thromboembolism, a potentially…

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that among women aged 60 and above, heavier women have…

Soy has recently been reviewed and supported for introduction into general medical practice as a treatment for distressing vasomotor symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes, but its use in…

When postmenopausal women discontinue hormone therapy, their bone mineral density drops and their risk of a hip fracture climbs, new research suggests.

Among nearly 81,000 postmenopausal women followed…

In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, researchers have found that babies born to mothers who smoke while pregnant face…

A recent study demonstrated increased rates of celiac disease in women who present with unexplained infertility. Published in the May-June 2011 issue of The Journal of Reproductive Medicine,…

Researchers have uncovered exactly how a human egg captures an incoming sperm to begin the fertilisation process, in a new study published this week in the journal Science.

The research identifies…

Exposing eggs to high levels of saturated fatty acids – as commonly found in the ovaries of obese women and those with Type II diabetes – compromises the development…

Hysterectomy elevates the risk of stroke and coronary heart disease in young women when combined with the removal of both ovaries in the same operation. This fact provides the background for the epidemiological report…

A wide range of clinical and non-clinical factors can affect whether women go on to have a vaginal delivery after having a caesarean, according to…

An herbal remedy widely used in Japan to ease menopause symptoms failed to show the same benefits in a clinical trial of U.S. women, researchers report.

The study…