Conflict, climate disasters and regressive reproductive rights deny pregnant women access to a doctor or midwife, Save the Children reports
The Health Secretary, Victoria Atkins (pictured), will announce the proposed changes to the NHS Constitution this week.
Can the Pill - and the synthetic hormones it contains - really influence a woman's sexual preferences? There is little research in this area, but the internet is awash with anecdotal evidence.
At the end of her third date with a man called Jack , Kitty Ruskin tried to say goodbye and found herself seized by the throat. They were standing outside a station, and Jack held her in a shockingly violent way.
Back in 2016 The Louisiana Legislature passed the Raise the Age act, to send 17-year-old criminal defendants from the adult justice system into the juvenile justice system; but now it's being reversed.
To counteract growing rates of breast cancer in younger women and to reduce racial disparities in deaths, an influential panel has changed its advice and is urging most women to begin getting regular mammograms starting at age 40.
Report commissioned by HarperCollins shows that uptake in YA fiction in older readers is due to behavioural changes described as ‘emerging adulthood’ or delaying ‘adult’ lifeYoung adult fiction such as The Hunger Games, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and the Heartstopper graphic novels might be aimed at teenagers – but new research has shown that more than a quarter of readers of YA in the UK are over the age of 28.Research commissioned by publisher HarperCollins, in collaboration with Nielsen...
Gov. Maura Healey announced nearly $3 million in grant funding for 15 projects aiming to bolster women’s health research, including on diseases that disproportionately impact women.
A Hawaiian monk seal known as Kaiwi gave birth to a pup overnight at Kaimana Beach, setting officials in motion.
Antibiotic medicines became a popular treatment for bacterial infections in the early 20th century and emerged as a transformational tool in human health. Through the middle of the century, novel antibiotics were regularly developed in the medication's golden age.
New guidance issued by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force recommends that beginning at age 40, all women undergo a routine breast cancer screening every other year. NBC’s Dr. Natalie Azar breaks down the new guidelines on TODAY.
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