Women's Health News

The preventive use of antibiotics when babies were delivered by forceps or vacuum extraction could prevent about 5,000 infections in new mothers every year in the United States alone, the researchers estimated.

Through genetics, scientists are starting to understand polycystic ovary syndrome and may have specific therapies in the not-so-distant future.

The companies will have 10 days to submit plans to withdraw these products from the market, the FDA said. Most pelvic mesh products have already been taken off the market, according to the Associated Press.

After the eighth week, women who had worked two or more night shifts in the previous week had a 32 percent higher risk of miscarriage than those who had not worked any nights, the study found.

On Tuesday, the FDA warned two breast implant makers that they'd failed to conduct adequate long-term studies of their implants' effects on women's health.

Some 500,000 women living the United States are victims of female genital mutilation. While many are from foreign countries where the practice is more common, the practice is not limited to anyone one culture or religion.

Since 2017, a school nurse in a Dallas suburb has been counting women murdered by men.

By 2014, women younger than 55 accounted for 31 percent of hospitalizations for heart attack -- up from 21 percent in the late 1990s.

Research suggests that use of the drug greatly raises a pregnant woman's odd for miscarriage, as well as the odds that her baby will have a heart defect.

Women who drank two or more diet drinks per day saw their overall stroke risk rise by 23 percent, compared with those who had diet drinks less than once a week.

The company said it is working with state agencies to transfer patients in the facility to other locations. There are 37 patients in the facility, according to NBC affiliate KPNX of Phoenix.

Researchers now believe that most women with non-cancerous ovarian cysts can simply be monitored over time, instead of having invasive surgery to remove the growths.

Women who eat more than one serving a week of fried chicken or fried fish have an increased risk of heart disease and death, researchers who analyzed information from the long-running Women’s Health Initiative report.

The findings indicate that both body size and physical activity are related to lifespan, but the associations seem to differ between men and women.

About one-fifth -- 21 percent -- said they had to go without pads or tampons on a monthly basis, and nearly half said they often had to make tough choices between buying food or period-related products.

The 29-year-old female patient had been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years after a near-drowning. The baby was born on Dec. 29.

Surgically removing the thyroid is usually a safe procedure. However, some of the side effects of the operation can be so severe that patients need to be hospitalized.

The recall in the United States and Canada involves certain lots of the product made between Oct. 7, 2016, and Oct. 16, 2018, and distributed between Oct. 17, 2016, and Oct. 23, 2018.

Abortion opponents have say Planned Parenthood -- the nation's largest abortion provider -- should not receive any government money.

Women with at least one of three specific risk factors probably would benefit from mammograms starting at 30, new research suggests.

In a new study, adults with antibiotic-resistant UTIs were more likely to have a relapse within a week and were more likely to be prescribed an incorrect antibiotic than a comparison group of patients with non-resistant UTIs.

Researchers have found that three heart disease risk factors -- smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure -- increased the odds of heart attack for both genders, but the rise went higher for women than men.

The practice of cutting young girls’ genitals dropped sharply in Africa between 1990 and 2017, according to a new study. In western Asia, however, the practice has continued to grow.

The most common reason for egg freezing was not having a partner or having a partner who wouldn't commit to fatherhood, a small new study has found.

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.