Women Health News  

Nearly half of the British women might be lacking an important source of vitamin A due to previously undetected genetic defect.

The vitamin helps the immune system ward off commo... Read more

Healthy women who take statins have decreased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke, according to a study in America.

The finding could pressurise family doctors to pr... Read more

Women bear the disproportionate burden of climate change, but have so far been largely overlooked in discussions on coping with the problem, says The State of World Population 2009, r... Read more

The US government Wednesday distanced itself from a report that has sparked off an outcry here after it recommended that women under 50 should not be routinely screened for breast cancer. Read more

Australians feel that depression is quite normal during pregnancy, researchers said.

Experts at the country's depression initiative beyondblue quizzed 733 men and women and foun... Read more

A new study carried out by Polytechnic University of Madrid has concluded that exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmful effect on the weight or size of the foetus.

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Debunking common misconceptions on exercise during pregnancy, a new study carried out by Polytechnic University of Madrid has revealed that exercising up to the end of pregnancy has no harmf... Read more

A new American study has found that fertility preservation may not delay treatment for breast cancer patients below the age of 40.

The research comes as a fresh lease of life ... Read more

A new study published in the Journal of Reproductive Immunology has shown the benefits of a single long-term partner in producing healthier babies.

Consistent exposure to the father’... Read more

The maternal mortality rate has decreased by 50 percent in a decade in some ex-Soviet bloc and Balkan countries, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said in a report unveiled Thursday... Read more