Women's Health News

Fewer babies are being born in the United States, and women are generally older when they have their first child, according to a new government report.

Sexual harassment and assault have real and measurable physical impacts on victims, as well as mental health effects, according to research published in the latest JAMA Internal Medicine.

The new trial included 140 younger, premenopausal women in Europe who had all experienced high numbers of recurrent UTIs. Their total daily fluid intake at the start of the study totaled less than six 8-ounce glasses per day.

Researchers in Switzerland determined that women who are the "fittest" for reproduction have a distinctive scent that makes them particularly appealing to men.

Forty-four percent of the 1,754 UTIs studied were contracted outside a hospital, the highest rate ever reported in the United States, according to the study published recently in the journal Annals of Emergency Medicine.

A long-term study of about 22,000 postmenopausal women in the United States found that those whose mothers had lived to age 90 were 25 percent more likely to reach that milestone without suffering serious health issues. The chances are even higher if both parents reached 90.

Brain scans revealed that regions of damaged white matter in the brain were five times more extensive in the women than in the men.

The procedures, which use lasers and other energy-based devices to remove or reshape vaginal tissue, claim to treat conditions and symptoms related to menopause, urinary incontinence or sexual function.

Is the increasing number of thyroid gland removals an overreaction to a cancer that most likely won’t kill the people who have it, doctors ask in a new report.

Female alcohol use disorder in the United States more than doubled from 2002 to 2013, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Focus on Partnership Drives Most Egg Freezing By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, July 6, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- Women who choose to have their eggs frozen aren't necessarily putting off having children because they're laser-focused on their careers, new research suggests.It's more likely that a lack of a stable, fulfilling relationship is what's behind those decisions, the Yale study authors found.The study of 150 women undergoing egg freezing in the United States or Israel found that 85 percent of the women didn't have a partner. Of those who did have a partner, they reported that their partner

In 2018, the American Cancer Society expects more than 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer and more than 4,000 deaths from it.

Many women say they struggle to get a correct diagnosis from health care professionals, sometimes with serious consequences.

The study, of nearly 400,000 women in Denmark, challenges arguments that terminating a pregnancy takes a toll on a woman's emotional well-being.

Although the study couldn't prove cause and effect, obesity was tied to a rise in the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by 20 percent and kidney cancer by 95 percent.

Women are less likely to be happy with their  bodies if they spend more than an hour a day on social media.

Toxic shock syndrome is caused by an immune system reaction to bacterial toxins such as S. aureus or the streptococcus bacteria.  Symptoms include fever, rash, low blood pressure and fatigue, and the condition can quickly progress to coma and even death through multiple organ failure.

But in the new study published in the same journal, the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Task Force says the 2012 findings were based on sloppy and erroneous data collection.

That's the suggestion of a new British study that hints at a connection between the gynecologic condition and mental health issues, but does not prove cause and effect.

A bill legalizing medically-assisted suicide in Hawaii was signed into law Thursday by Gov. David Ige.

Researchers at Imperial College London analyzed data from hundreds of thousands of women in the United Kingdom. They said their findings add to evidence linking onset of puberty with adult women's weight.

The report from The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found that while legal abortions in the United States are considered safe, many states have rules that limit a woman's access to a safe and effective abortion.

The finding comes from the analysis of data on nearly 12,900 births to U.S. soldiers from 2011 to 2014.

Pre-eclampsia, which is the development of high blood pressure and elevated protein in the urine during pregnancy, occurs in 3 to 5 percent of pregnancies in developed nations

U.S. researchers said that exposure to smoggy air could raise teen girls' risk for irregular periods.