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July 1, 2016

Research suggests pregnant women may be more susceptible to mosquito bites

As the summer of Zika descends, pregnant women say they feel like they have a target on their back — and experts confirm that they may not be wrong.

July 1, 2016

No birth defects seen in babies exposed to Zika late in pregnancy: study

A study of Zika infections in Colombia has found no obvious birth defects among women infected during the third trimester of pregnancy, raising hopes that Zika may not cause serious harm to the fetus when mothers are infected later in pregnancy.

July 1, 2016

More US babies with Zika-related birth defects reported by health agency

Three more babies have been born in the United States with birth defects likely linked to Zika virus infections, while another lost pregnancy was linked to the virus, according to figures updated by health officials on Thursday.

June 30, 2016

Routine pelvic exams may not be necessary

If you hate the annual pelvic exam, potentially good news: A government task force says there's no evidence that it's necessary to do the exams as a matter of routine for healthy, asymptomatic, non-pregnant women.

June 30, 2016

Want more sex? Do this chore, study says

As two attorneys living on the Upper West Side, Alexandra Kling and her husband, Jake, barely see each other during the work week.

June 30, 2016

Simple questions predict decline after breast cancer treatment

Within one year of starting treatment, many older women with early stage breast cancer lose the ability to complete some tasks of daily living, and a 13-item survey can help predict who they will be, researchers say.

June 30, 2016

It sucks: Startups look to redesign the breast pump

NEW YORK (AP) -- Ask many mothers and they'll tell you, pumping sucks in more than one sense of the word.

June 30, 2016

Scientists put $177B price tag on cost of poor child growth

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Children born in developing countries this year will lose more than $177 billion in potential life-time earnings because of stunting and other delays in physical development, scientists said on Wednesday.

June 30, 2016

American women groom their pubic hair, for diverse reasons

Over 80 percent of U.S. women groom their pubic hair, for a wide variety of reasons.

June 30, 2016

Olympics will come and go but Zika is here to stay, scientists say

Battered by a presidential impeachment and the worst recession since the Great Depression, Brazil is getting a rare bit of relief as Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the Olympics: declining numbers of Zika infections.