Serving in the U.S. military has long been a battleground for women. It was one marked with ignorance as well as unequal and unfair treatment, but the bravery of women has persevered.

When the Women's Armed Services Integration Act was signed into law in...

My Mom is a petite woman -- yet very big.

She is soft spoken -- yet very outspoken.

She is delicate -- yet strong.

She is understated -- yet elegant.

She is wise -- yet...

You've seen the pictures before: A woman sitting cross-legged, her hands gently resting on her knees. She looks so peaceful. Ooooom.

That looks as attainable as a state of Nirvana and about as believable of one as Narnia, right? Think again. A...

Think your hot flashes are bad? Take a look at Mother Nature's thermostat!

Worldwide, the last decade was the warmest in history, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Things are expected to heat up even more in the years to come.

What do men think of perimenopause and menopause?

Does your husband understand menopause? I mean, really understand menopause? Chances are that he just thinks it's that time of YOUR life when you get to say goodbye periods and PMS. Hello, sex all...

You're hot, you're cold, you're mad, you're sad. So you ask, how could menopause not stress you out?

"Menopause, itself, is a stressful life event because of the various types of change that occur," says Dr. Jeff Brown, a professor of...

The kids are gone! It's time to get naked!

I know, it's been awhile, right? You spent the last couple of decades staying respectably covered in front of your kids, having ridiculously silent sex, and making sure you had a bra on before...

It's springtime! Are you still waiting for that winter weight to melt? For many of us, winter means seeing a shifting scale.

Most people gain about one pound over the winter months, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine....

Forget youth. I want to get old.

It's a gift that I added to my life's wish list at the age of 13, after my father had his first heart attack. He was in his mid-forties.

Watching my father's declining health -- interspersed with...

New Girl has got me thinking: Where have all the good eggs gone?

During a recent episode, Sadie, the show's "friendly neighborhood gynecologist," broke the news that a woman can lose up to 90 percent of her eggs by age 30. Jess (and...

Menopause offers us a whole new reason to want to drink. Forget work, spouses, kids, and money. Those may have been your old reasons for cracking open a bottle of Pinot Noir. Now there's a new one: the extremely frustrating, often debilitating, more-than-maddening symptoms of...

Elephants like to sit on men's chest. Women's, not so much. During heart attacks, women often suffer from symptoms that are far different than the stereotypical chest pains that men experience. And recognizing those signs -- and getting to an emergency room ASAP -- could...

How are these for some startling stats: One-third of all American women will eventually have their uterus removed and half a million women in the U.S. have a hysterectomy each year, according to Lauren Streicher, M.D., assistant clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern...

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. This is the one day of the year when there's no excuse for no hanky-panky. Despite being in the throes of menopause, there are ways to feel like a sexy twenty-something again, and to give your partner a great, sexy, Valentine's Day experience....

Back in 2009, when Bradley Cooper came down the escalator in The Hangover, my heart skipped a beat -- or maybe two. That suit! That attitude! Those blue eyes! That hair! Oh, that hair...

Since then, I've been following him like a girl in braces follows the latest teen heartthrob....

We've all heard that there is a peak age for ovulation; a time when your body is ripe with baby-making magic, and there are eggs as far as the sperm can swim! Well, too bad that age is about 18, and by the time we're actually ready to...

Wish you could look at your reflection in the mirror and see a new, younger you? You do it every day! What the human body is capable of reproducing, repairing and regenerating each year is nothing short of miraculous. You are literally a revised version of what you were last...

By now, you've probably crawled into the attic or dug through the hall closet to retrieve your family's Christmas decorations to prepare for trimming your home and tree. Maybe you've picked up a few decorating tips and have decided to try out a new look this year. I...

Since the holiday season means getting together and partying with friends and family who may be going through "the change" (*cringe*) themselves, I thought it would be fun to reinvent the Twelve Days of Christmas. Who needs a partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves, or five golden...

The holidays are often a bittersweet time of year. Amid all of the parties, family gatherings and general joyousness, there can be some strong feelings of loneliness, financial stress and annoyance. (Triple the annoyance when you're the only one sweating while standing in freezing cold weather, filling up on price-inflated...