Women's Health News & Features
- Vaginal Problems That Affect Your Sex Life
How to identify and treat common (and not-so-common) vaginal conditions
- 5 Home Remedy No-No's
From ear candling to colon cleansing, here are 5 home remedies that may do more harm than good.
- 9 Surprising Facts About Your Stomach
Experts debunk some common myths about the stomach, including misconceptions about where digestion actually takes place and whether eating at a certain time of day can boost weight gain.
- Chronic Fatigue: Tired of Feeling Tired?
Sure, we all know what it feels like to be tired. But chronic fatigue refers to a lingering tiredness that is constant and limiting.
- Fatigued or Full Throttle: Is Your Thyroid to Blame?
Feeling all revved up, even at bedtime? Or maybe your throttle’s on idle with symptoms of depression, fatigue, and weight gain. In both cases, the root cause may be your thyroid.
- 15 Healthy Lifestyle Tips After Your Hysterectomy
Find 15 tips and simple ways to nurture your health after a hysterectomy – and keep weight and stress under control.
- A Fresh Look at Hysterectomy
For quicker hysterectomy recovery, many women are choosing laparoscopy. Just make sure your surgeon is skilled. Here’s what women should know about hysterectomy.
- Mary J.'s Real-Life Growing Pains
R&B/hip-hop queen Mary J. Blige reveals her 6 secrets for transforming mind, body, and soul.
- Top Women's Health Stories of 2007: Readers' Choice
A look at the top women's health stories of 2007.
- Ashley Judd: Global AIDS Activist
Acclaimed actor Ashley Judd reveals the surprising reason she fights for AIDS/HIV care worldwide -- and what you can do to help.
- Tips to Avoid Foot Pain From High Heels
Experts discuss foot care techniques to cope with the painful consequences of wearing high heels.
- 5 Diagnoses That Call for a Second Opinion
It's never a bad idea to seek a second opinion, but if you receive one of these five diagnoses, getting a second opinion is practically a must.
- The Six Super Foods Every Woman Needs
Stymied by what foods you really need to keep you healthy and strong? WebMD comes to the rescue with a panel of nutrition experts who advise you on what foods matter most.
- Recharging Your Love Life
When you and your partner seem to be out of sync with your sex drive, there’s no reason to despair. WebMD asked the experts, and they responded with three easy steps to turn your love life around.
- The Secret Causes of Insomnia: What Every Woman Should Know About Sleep Problems
If you're a single working woman, you probably spend the least amount of time in bed -- sometimes fewer than six hours a night. Stay-at-moms aren’t much better off. Here are some key causes of sleep problems in women.
- Think Pink: Get Your Mammogram
There are more screening options than ever before , so make that mammogram appointment -- today.
- Out of Control: When A Fun Pursuit Turns Into Compulsive Behavior
If what you used to do just to have fun is now interfering with your life, it may have turned into compulsive or addictive behavior. Here’s what the experts say about recognizing compulsive behavior and what you can do about it.
- Healthy for Life: Fitness Needs for Every Decade of a Woman’s Life
It’s never too late for women to start a fitness program. Here’s how to start exercising and keep it going no matter what part of your lifetime you’re at.
- 6 Quick Ways to Boost Energy
Learn how to get more energy to get through your workday by changing your diet, your habits or making lifestyle changes.
- 7 Diet Tips That Really Work
These seven weight loss tips can help make dieting easier and more successful.
- Tonye Patano Weighs Her Options
The Weeds actor talks to WebMD about surviving a stroke, her weight loss struggles, and her new health goals.
- Serena Williams Gets Back in the Game
Tennis ace Serena Williams returns to the winner's circle after battling knee and ankle injuries, grief, and a dramatic slip in her pro ranking.
- Women Over 50: Your Personal Checklist
Women over 50, it's time to take charge of your personal life. These quick tips help you get in touch with mind and body.
- Women Over 50: Your Professional Checklist
Women over 50, it's time to take charge of your professional life. These quick tips can help you keep your finances and career in optimal shape.
- 3 Common Conditions Women Don't Talk About: Incontinence, Lack of Desire and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Shame or embarrassment my keep women from seeking help for these three common, but treatable, problems.
- Silent No More
Literally millions upon millions of women live with the perceived shame of frequent urination, excessive sweating, gas, and other embarrassing conditions. They just don't want to talk about.
- 4 Medications That Can Cause or Worsen Incontinence
Many medications can worsen or cause incontinence. Find out which medications are the worst offenders.
- Sex, Exercise, and Stress Incontinence
Workouts and romance may both trigger accidental incontinence but stress incontinence treatments can bring relief.
- Mary J. Blige Resolves to Be Healthy
R&B and hip-hop soul sensation Mary J. Blige reveals the inspiring fitness, food, and anger-management lessons that are driving her on a powerful journey of personal and professional transformation.
- Exercise: SOS for Menstrual Cramps
The best relief for period pain? Get off the couch and on the move.
- Health Is No Joke for Roseanne Barr
Funny Lady Roseanne Barr on motherhood, aging, baby boomers, plastic surgery, and her many vices
- 7 Pains You Shouldn't Ignore
WebMD consulted doctors in cardiology, internal medicine, geriatrics, and psychiatry so you'll understand which pains you must not ignore -- and why.
- 8 Winter Steps for Healthy Living
Don't hibernate this winter -- improve your health! Here are eight ideas so simple you'll hardly know they're healthy.
- 8 Fall Steps for Healthy Living
Improve your health this fall. Here are 8 easy ideas so simple you'll hardly know they're healthy.
- How to Avoid Summer's Health Woes
Experts explain strategies for preventing 6 common maladies from ruining your summer fun.
- 10 Painless Ways to Lose Weight
Easy weight loss tips you can slip into your everyday life
- 5 Lifesaving Health Care Screening Tests for Women
WebMD ranks the top five lifesaving health care screening tests every woman needs.
- Lifesaving Tests for Women
Find out what kinds of screening tests women should get to check for heart disease, breast cancer, osteoporosis, and other conditions.
- Diet Secrets From Around the World
What other cultures can teach us about keeping down the pounds
- Women's Top 5 Health Concerns
From heart disease to breast cancer to depression, WebMD gives you the inside info on why women are at high risk for these problems but may not know it.
- Health Care Comes to Reality TV
Experts debate the ethics of a reality TV show that treats patients who are running out of medical options.
- How to Reach Your Goals
Experts describe strategies for setting goals -- and making sure you achieve them.
- Lessons From the Earth's Elders
The oldest people on earth share their wisdom on living a long and healthy life.
- The Smart Way to Snack
Custom-fit your snacks to your needs and schedule.
- Top 10 Ways to Boost Your Energy
Experts offer some fatigue-zapping tips that really work.
- The Balancing Act: Work Life After Baby
Experts say working moms and dads must make trade-offs.
- His and Hers Stress Advice
Men and women react to stress very differently, so when it comes time to decompress, each gender turns to their own bag of tricks.
- Both Sexes Make Mistakes in Caring for Health
WebMD takes aim at common health blunders men and women make.
- Why Men and Women Handle Stress Differently
When it comes to handling stress, men are from Venus and women are from Mars. Why do their coping skills differ?
- Women's Health: Then and Now
The book Our Bodies, Ourselves first made its mark during the women's movement in the 1970s, but how far has women's health come since then?