June 23, 2016 Women less likely to get life-saving cardiac arrest treatments Women in cardiac arrest in the U.S. are less likely than men to receive life-saving treatments, and less likely to survive, a study found.
June 23, 2016 Excess blood triglycerides tied to fracture risk in middle aged women Women around the age of menopause with elevated blood fats known as triglycerides may also have elevated risk of breaking a bone, a U.S. study suggests.
June 23, 2016 Male doctors, female nurses: Subconscious stereotypes hard to budge The conscious mind is quick to adapt to information that flies in the face of stereotype, but the subconscious may ignore even the most glaring of facts, new research finds
June 23, 2016 In Zika-struck Puerto Rico, trouble delivering donated contraceptives Only a small fraction of contraceptives donated in Puerto Rico to prevent Zika-related birth defects are expected to get to the women who need them this month, public health officials told Reuters.
June 22, 2016 Does heart disease mean a less active sex life? Middle-aged adults with recently diagnosed heart disease may be less sexually active than their healthier peers, a recent U.K. study suggests.
June 22, 2016 Looking for birth control? The app will see you now If the birth control pill helped usher in the sexual revolution, there have been several shakeups since in the options and, now, in the manner in which women obtain birth control.
June 22, 2016 NYC lawmakers pass a novel requirement for free tampons NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is on track to become the nation's first city to require free tampons and sanitary pads in public schools, homeless shelters and jails after lawmakers approved the idea Tuesday amid a national discussion of the costs of having a period.
June 22, 2016 Soy supplements, herbal remedies may reduce hot flashes Soy isoflavones in foods or supplements, and some herbal remedies may help reduce menopause symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness, according to a review of 62 studies.
June 22, 2016 From cleaning corpses to sex with strangers, widow rituals fuel disease in Africa DOUALA/DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Clarisse's husband died of malaria last year in the Cameroonian city of Douala, she was kicked out of their home by his family and forced to marry his brother.
June 21, 2016 Google says its engineers working with UNICEF to map Zika Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday that its engineers were working with U.N. child agency UNICEF to analyze data in an effort to map and anticipate the spread of the Zika virus, linked to birth defects among children in Brazil.