A new study suggests that the vaccine against human papillomavirus can significantly cut the likelihood of virus-related disease even among women who ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Lynne Peeples | Posted 03.27.2012
Laura Vandenberg worries whenever she hears a pregnant friend talk about painting a nursery. She gets even more concerned when she learns of a childbe...
The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 03.23.2012
If there's one place you should feel comfortable talking about sex, it's probably your OB-GYN's office. After all, your doctor theoretically chats wit...
Cristen Conger | Posted 05.22.2012
Although the medical community is directing more attention and research funding to understanding and spotting the chronic condition, a knowledge gap still clearly exists.
HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.07.2012
Rush Limbaugh made some comments this past week that raised more than a few eyebrows. In addition to being anti-woman, what he said is fundamentally anti-science.
MyHealthNewsDaily | Lauren Cox | Posted 01.19.2012
Many women swear they have one, but a new review of 60 years of sex research shows science still can't definitively find the G-spot. Researchers h...
Posted 03.19.2012
This post is by Johnson & Johnson as part of their sponsorship of HuffPost Global Motherhood. Caring for the health of a mother is the most direct ...
Cristen Conger | Posted 02.19.2012
The hymen might be the most overrated flap of flesh in the human body, the anatomical equivalent of a sexually charged appendix.
Posted 01.01.2012
You let your dental hygienist poke, prod, anesthetize and drill at all the sensitive places in your mouth. You let your gynecologist examine and metic...
Adam Wolfberg, M.D. | Posted 09.14.2011
I think these are not the important lessons. I think the FDA's approval process has little to do with it and I think the real losers are going to be (again) women with prolapse.
Danielle Cavallucci | Posted 05.25.2011
Yet another reason to support Planned Parenthood and all organizations invested in providing family planning resources to the world at large: We need to stop having so many babies.
Tom Silva | Posted 11.17.2011
One unexpected side effect of economic hard times is a sharp decline in birth rates. In Illinois, for example, the birth rate has fallen to its lowes...
The Washington Post | Keith B. Richburg | Posted 05.25.2011
A growing number of Chinese women -- mostly in their 20s and about to get married -- are opting for a surgical procedure called "hymen restoration," w...
Maria Rodale | Posted 11.17.2011
My doctor seems genuinely interested in me and my health, and listens to my often bizarre and controversial thoughts and questions. Really listens. Without judgment.
Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 11.17.2011
Some 150 gynecologists, urogynecologists and plastic surgeons met last month to create those supposedly longed for "designer" vaginas and thereby "enhance sexual gratification."
Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 11.17.2011
Women see doctors in New York City who are not board-certified in gynecology or endocrinology for anti-aging compounded creams and potions, again "created just for them".
Rachel Farris | Posted 11.17.2011
Those little white hormones packed in foil aren't the controlled substance here: women are. And if anyone tells you differently, ask them why you can buy condoms and cigarettes in a 7-Eleven.
Meghan Rhoad | Posted 05.25.2011
The Global Gag Rule withheld critical funds from organizations abroad which provided legal, voluntary abortions, counseled women about abortion, and engaged in advocacy for abortion rights.
Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011
Rebirthing Detroit as a clean, lean, green machine with union labor making carbon free cars and the New Solartopian mass transit network we really need... Yes We Can!
Ricki Lake, Jennifer Block, and Abby Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011
The physicians of America have issued their decree -- they don't want you having your babies at home with midwives -- we can't imagine why not. They have no evidence to back up their claims.
The New York Times | Posted 04.04.2012