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A woman’s race and ethnicity appear to be important predictors of the age at which she will enter menopause, study findings hint.

Compared with non-Latina White women, natural menopause appears…

A botanical ointment containing sinecatechins, a green tea extract, is an effective and well tolerated treatment for external genital and anal warts, results of a controlled study confirm.

“Green tea…

The passing of time makes ovaries lose their ability to produce estrogens and progesterone, the hormones which regulate the menstrual cycle. In this stage, when menstruation cesses, there appear…

Cesarean sections account for nearly all of the increase in U.S. singleton preterm births, according to an analysis of nine years of national birth data.

Between 1996 and 2004…

During menopause, lack of oestrogens increases the risk of suffering cardiovascular diseases. For her doctoral thesis, University of the Basque Country researcher, Ainhoa Ruiz del Agua, studied the effects…

More than 40 million women are presently menopausal; an additional 20-plus million are entering perimenopause, the several years leading up to menopause. Many of these women have a family history of cancer or have…

Women entering menopause should not worry about hormone replacement therapy - despite a highly publicized study that put off many woman from the drugs, an international panel of experts said…

Scientists believe they may have identified a biological explanation for the link between cesarean-section delivery and risk of allergy and asthma in childhood. They will present their findings…

An international group of menopause experts has concluded that HRT in the early postmenopausal period is safe, and healthy women going through the first few…

Association of Pre-Term Birth with Long-Term Survival, Reproduction, and Next Generation Pre-Term Birth

Pre-term birth (birth <37 weeks) is a major cause of infant…

Girls and women have made dramatic strides toward gender equality in the United States. Role models and opportunities for girls in science, technology, and sports exist today that were not available 50…

Andrea Jaffray has much to celebrate this Mother’s Day.

May 11 is Jaffray’s birthday. It’s also the birthday of her husband, Alex, and…

Women are often the primary caretakers of their family’s health, but when it comes to their own needs, they often relegate themselves to the bottom…

Incontinence and other disorders of the pelvic organs can take a toll on a woman’s sex life, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that among 300 women age 40…

Breast pain

Breast pain is common and usually caused by hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle. Taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy can also cause breast pain.

Some women experience breast pain…

Pelvic organ prolapse – a tear or weakness in a woman’s pelvic floor muscles that allows her internal organs to fall outside the body – runs in families,…

The opinions of family and friends appear to be the most significant factor in whether low-income mothers breast feed their children.

That’s the central finding from a study by researchers…

Chronic pain is often seen in patients who receive a “Pfannenstiel” incision as part of a c-section or other operation, Dutch researchers report in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. In moderate-to-severe…

Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a report in the April…

Age at menopause may now be predicted more realistically according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).…

Pregnant women who have a cesarean delivery appear to be more likely to suffer a stroke during the following year than women who give birth normally, researchers in Taiwan have…

For women undergoing treatment for breast cancer, relaxation training may bring at least some relief from hot flashes, a new study suggests.

Some drugs used to treat breast cancer can cause…

Women Who Suffer From Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Urinary Incontinence More Likely to Experience Sexual Dysfunction

Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in the form of stress urinary…

Babies born to overweight or obese women have more fat and less muscle than infants born to normal-weight moms, according to one of the first studies to compare…

Researchers seeking new and more abundant sources of stem cells for use in regenerative medicine have identified a potentially unlimited, noncontroversial, easily collectable, and inexpensive source – menstrual…