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Only a small subset of women who survive childhood cancer will become sterile as a result of their cancer treatment. In these cases, sterility develops as a result of “acute…

Researchers say that women who have IVF treatment are more likely to suffer a potentially life-threatening condition than those who conceive naturally.

They say the risk of…

Older women who’ve used contraceptive pills in the past appear to have less severe heart disease than their peers who did not use these pills, according to a…

Michigan Technological University researcher Seth Donahue has synthesized a hormone that may be giving bears immunity from osteoporosis.

Bears typically emerge from hibernation with bones as strong as…

Women who are hypnotized before undergoing the transfer of an embryo created by in vitro fertilization (IVF) may be more likely to become pregnant, Israeli researchers report.

Dr. Eliahu Levitas…

Doctors report that a single sperm donor has transmitted a rare and serious genetic disease to five children conceived through in vitro fertilization.

These cases show that even with careful…

Women who undergo a total hysterectomy, in which both the uterus and the cervix are removed, are no more likely to experience sexual difficulties or urinary or bowel problems…

More than 60 percent of women 50 and older who have participated in a medical research study would definitely or probably participate again if given the opportunity,…

In a survey of 622 menopausal female executives, the great majority indicated that symptoms related to menopause were causing problems in their daily lives.

The top three menopausal symptoms were hot flashes,…

Holding down a job and being a mum in a steady relationship helps keep women healthy and in good shape over the long term, suggests research in the…

It took over seven hours but a team of 30 doctors, which included 18 surgeons from different specialties at the Mayo Clinic, to complete the surgery.

The team untangled…

Women with diabetes are less than half as likely as non-diabetic women to receive counseling on birth control from their doctors, a new study shows - despite the risk to…

Women may be more vulnerable to injuring the knee’s anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) during the first half of their menstrual cycle, new study findings suggest.

It’s known that…

Britain’s fertility watchdog decided on Wednesday to extend genetic screening of human embryos used in IVF treatments to check for faulty genes that increase the risk of breast,…

In the United States, bacterial vaginosis disproportionately affects African American women, according to research reported Wednesday in Jacksonville, Florida at the 2006 National STD Prevention Conference sponsored by the Centers…

A study by a Columbia University Medical Center researcher shows that 99 percent of participants experienced either a return to menstruation or became pregnant within 90 days after stopping…

Irvine Scientific, a leading medical device/biotechnology company located in Santa Ana, CA announced that the first vitrification product for blastocysts (day 5 human embryos from an in vitro fertilization procedure) is…

South Korea’s fertility rate fell to a record low last year as women have been having fewer children due to economic constraints and waiting until later in life…

High blood levels of the vitamin folate appear to increase the risk of a twin birth after women are impregnated through in vitro fertilization (IVF) or other assisted reproduction…

A 63-year-old British hospital consultant is set to become one of the world’s oldest mothers after undergoing fertility treatment, the Italian doctor who treated her said on Thursday.

Patricia…

Nonhormonal therapies may offer some relief from hot flashes, but less so than estrogen, and the side effects and cost of these agents may limit their use, conclude researchers in…

Britons were urged on Friday to think twice about going abroad for in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other types of fertility treatment.

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), which monitors…

CT and ultrasound are both valuable first-line cross-sectional imaging tools to detect the cause of acute pelvic pain in non-pregnant women and the need for surgery…

MR cystography provides excellent anatomic detail of the urinary system and is a potential screening examination for vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), according to a new study by researchers from Changi…

Research shows that about 43% of all women between the ages of 18 and 59 suffer from female sexual dysfunction. As many as two-thirds of those may have low…