Women's Health Articles

Despite the availability of safe clinical abortions, some women find themselves contemplating DIY abortions at home, using herbs. Here, we examine this dangerous practice and why you should stay well away from it.

Going by the cover of most magazines which feature young girls, one would assume that women prime in their late teenage and early twenties. However, a new study has found that women are the most confident of their body image in their thirties.

If you suffer from primary ovarian insufficiency and don't menstruate or ovulate any more, it is impossible to get pregnant — or is it? A new study reveals that follicles can be grown, and a woman already gave birth as a result of the new technique!

On September 24, 2013, the US Preventive Services Task Force announced new guidelines for the use of two drugs for preventing breast cancer in women. For women at low or average risk of the disease, however, side effects outweigh cancer prevention.

August 26 marks Women's Equality Day. We got the right to vote nearly a century ago, but there is still more to be done — a look at women's health issues makes this very clear.

Despite public health recommendations and efforts, and goals set by health organizations to increase and promote initiation and duration rates of breastfeeding, in the United States especially, there still exist major disparities.

On July 11, 2011 Victoria Beckham gave birth to her fourth child. Even in late June, photos of Beckham suggested her weight gain during pregnancy was less than a beer belly.

"If momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy", and if momma has access to healthcare, education, and economic opportunities children thrive. Save The Children's Mothers' Index shows you the best and worst places in the world to be a mother.

The FDA recently voted 17 to 15 to approve the morning-after pill for purchase by girls aged 15 and 16 without a prescription. A federal judge wants to remove the prescription requirement for girls even younger. Do these moves promote abortion?

Estrogen is believed to protect young women from heart attacks and strokes because after menopause, the incidence of these conditions becomes same in both the genders. Now, researchers have found that estrogen loss may also lead to Alzheimer’s disease.