Stop Worrying, It May Cost You Your Mammogram!
Now we may have to say to patients, stop checking your breasts or you may begin to suffer from the current epidemic syndrome: "Breast Cancer Worry."
Now we may have to say to patients, stop checking your breasts or you may begin to suffer from the current epidemic syndrome: "Breast Cancer Worry."
Linda Tarr-Whelan | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
Having just researched for my new book what different decisions emerge when 30 percent women are at the table, I cant help but wonder what would happen if Congress were made up of 30 percent women.
Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
Synthetic progestins are not the same as progesterone, and reporting on them as if they confer the same risks and benefits is absurd.
Marisa Acocella Marchetto | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living
If you don't test yourself until you're 50 - then you risk receiving a later diagnosis, which could lead to death. To be blunt: it could kill you.
Dr. Elaine Schattner | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
In my view, the press is getting and giving the wrong message on mammography. There are significant flaws in recent analyses that have escaped most headlines.
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
In this, our final segment on Osteoporosis, let's take a closer look at some of the myths and legends of the effects of eating meat, minerals and proteins and quaffing a pint or two.
Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics
We must not allow abortion opponents to use our health care reform process to drastically restrict a woman's access to a legal medical procedure, and that's exactly what the Stupak amendment does.
nytimes.com | DENISE GRADY | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living
New guidelines for cervical cancer screening say women should delay their first Pap test until age 21, and be screened less often than recommended in ...
Susan Kim | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living
Why is menstruation still such a taboo subject? It's high time for a little more transparency. Let's perform a communal end-run around the usual secrecy and embarrassment
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living
All of this reverses years of well-intended advice and public health information, proving once again that health information and advice is a matter of competing social and political forces.
AP | RONI CARYN RABIN | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
NEW YORK (AP)- Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. ...
medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living
An international study of more than 17,000 people with schizophrenia has found striking similarities in symptoms, medication, employment and sexual pr...
Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a comprehensive health care plan for the United States -- a plan that will cover 96% of Americans. That is a victory for women.
divinecaroline.com | Melissa McCreery | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living
Women who feel strong and competent in other areas of their lives, feel so uncomfortable with anger and frustration that they turn to food to avoid it...
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living
We'll look at one of the most controversial and misunderstood treatments for osteoporosis -- hormone replacement therapy. We'll also answer whether being obese can actually reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment
Joe Simpson isn't the only family member who can praise Jessica's body. Her sister Ashlee speaks out against critics in the December issue of Women's ...
Anna Burger | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
For years, Republicans have attacked women's health care policy every chance they have gotten. Of course, you start to expect this kind of behavior from a party whose caucus is 90% male.
Francine Hardaway | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
The health care reform bill passed by the House last week is a major blow to pro-life causes everywhere.
Diana Whitten and Anita Schillhorn van Veen | Posted 11.16.2009 | World
Women on Waves employs often radical methods to increase global awareness and access to safe abortion, with a focus on medical abortion using the drug misoprostol.
BBC NEWS | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living
Women are undergoing surgery to create perfect genitalia amid a "shocking" lack of information on the potential risks of the procedure, a report says....
Rep. Diana DeGette | Posted 11.10.2009 | Denver
Our message is clear: we will not support any final bill that restricts women's access to reproductive health services beyond current law.
Joseph Sciabbarrasi, M.D. | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living
This is the first of three articles on what helps keep bones healthy and strong -- and what does not. We will be covering both prevention of and treatment for osteoporosis for women as well as men.
AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...
POLITICO | Glenn Thrush | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Tex.), the head of the Republicans campaign committee, caused a stir at last night's Rules Committee meeting when he suggested t...
Sphere | Buck Wolf | Posted 11.08.2009 | Living
Allison Henry isn't the first to suffer from a horrifying medical condition that few women talk about. But her case was particularly bad, and she's ju...
Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living