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Gabapentin, a drug initially used to treat seizures, improves sleep quality in menopausal women with hot flashes, University of Rochester Medical Center researchers report online and in the…

Even after the “abortion pill” RU-486 made it possible for all doctors to provide early abortions, access to abortions did not improve as dramatically as women had hoped.

When RU-486,…

Women of child-bearing age who use oral contraceptives face a lower risk of a leaky bladder than women of similar ages who do not take the pill,…

Chewing on some sugarless gum may be a low-tech way to help new moms get their bowels moving again after a cesarean section.

In a study of women who had…

Canada should extend universal health coverage to fund in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection, writes Dr. Renda Bouzayen, Division Head, Reproductive Endocrine and Infertility, Dalhousie University…

Women who are desperately trying to get pregnant might want to avoid complementary and alternative medicine.

The common belief is that it won’t hurt to try alternative fertility…

Exposure to anesthesia during cesarean section delivery (C-section) doesn’t increase a child’s risk of learning disabilities down the road, according to a new report in the journal Anesthesia.

Concerns have been…

Cancer patients who want to start a family in the future now have a new option. Montefiore’s Institute for Reproductive Medicine & Health is the only…

Women who quickly put on pounds after starting birth-control injections seem to be at risk of significant long-term weight gain, a new study suggests.

The findings, say researchers, should help…

Women with mild or severe high blood pressure during pregnancy - a condition known as pre-eclampsia - should have labor induced after 37 weeks’ gestation, according to a new study.

Probiotic supplements may boost the effectiveness of an antibiotic used to treat bacterial vaginosis, a new research review finds.

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) occurs when the normal balance of bacteria in the…

Two pain-relieving techniques done during cesarean section may reduce women’s need for narcotic painkillers afterward, a research review finds.

After having a C-section, women are typically given a combination of…

Many people use “alternative” or complementary products because they see them as a more gentle form of medicine. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care…

A slow embryo heart rate could mean that mothers who have undergone in vitro fertilization are at increased risk for miscarriage, according to a report in the journal Fertility and…

Chinese herbal medicine could offer an alternative to standard hormonal treatments for the painful pelvic disorder endometriosis, preliminary research suggests.

In a review of two small clinical trials, researchers found…

Minimally invasive surgery to correct an abnormality in the uterus called a uterine septum improves pregnancy rates in women with unexplained infertility, doctors report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.

A…

A study of African American women shows that use of birth control pills and other forms of hormonal contraception, and possibly the presence of the sickle cell trait, increase…

Healthy women who put on weight between the premenopausal and postmenopausal years risk losing nerve cells in the brain, research suggests.

Gaining weight is a “highly modifiable” risk factor…

Birth defects not involving chromosomes are more common among the offspring of teenage mothers than among older mothers, UK investigators have found.

Teenage mothers are known to have…

Eighty percent of women who have a hysterectomy have a traditional one, in which a surgeon must make an extensive incision that runs from the navel to the…

After Planned Parenthood changed how it performed abortions in early 2006, the rate of serious infections fell markedly, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine for…

Pregnant women with endometriosis are at increased risk for delivering prematurely as well as suffering a number of other adverse pregnancy outcomes, results of a study indicate.

Endometriosis is a…

Acupuncture can help ease symptoms in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a difficult-to-treat hormonal condition affecting about one in 10 women of childbearing age, a small new study shows.

Women…

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radiologists may be able to diagnose deep endometriosis and accurately locate lesions prior to surgery, according to a new study published in the online edition of…

Giving a local anaesthetic during a Caesarean section helps manage pain after the operation and can reduce consumption of painkillers, according to Cochrane Researchers. The researchers recommend local…