Women's Health Articles

Croatia has the most impressive breastfeeding rates in its region — why, and what could it do to perform even better?

Breastfeeding has important health benefits for mothers and babies alike, yet few Bosnian mothers nurse their babies exclusively for six months as the World Health Organization recommends. What could be done to get more mothers nursing for longer?

Montenegrin mothers often manage to keep breastfeeding despite bad healthcare provider advice, a SteadyHealth survey finds, but do the patriarchal attitudes they then encounter in their surroundings get them down?

Would you like to prevent pregnancy effectively and permanently without hormonal birth control? Essure tubal ligation sounds awesome, but is it?

Menstrual pain and cramps are very common and they are the top reason why women take time off work and school! In some cases, menstrual cramps and pain signify a more serious medical problem.

Lichen Planus and Lichen Schlerosus: two similar-sounding medical conditions that are actually quite different. Here, we look at these two intimate conditions, and find out what makes them similar, what sets them apart, and what can be done.

Up to 25% of all women experience debilitating headaches. Here, we find out why women are more likely to experience headaches than men.

Everywhere you go you see women in trendy athletic clothes. Are they all coming from the gym? Maybe! Or maybe they love to sport athleisure style clothing. It's a sporty-chic style that works for all women, and here's why.

"It's tremendously painful," said one woman of breast reconstruction surgery after mastectomy for breast cancer, "and it's not like you are going to get your breasts back." More and more women are opting to "go flat" after breast removal for cancer.

Menorrhagia is the medical term for unusually heavy periods, which may also last for longer than usual. During these periods, a woman will lose more than 8o ml of menstrual fluids or her menstrual flow continues longer than seven days.