Women's Health News

Film and television stars hit Republicans on Wednesday for their opposition to abortion rights and free access to birth control.

Central Health officials sought this week to quell concerns about the public agency's deepening relationship with the Catholic Church-affiliated Seton Healthcare Family as the two put the final touches on agreements to deliver health care services to needy residents of Travis County.

'Early marriages, poverty giving rise to fistula cases in Pakistan' Staff Report KARACHI: Approximately 4,000 to 5,000 new fistulas cases are reported every year in Pakistan due to socio-cultural issues like early marriages, poverty and lack of education, said a senior medical expert on Wednesday.

According to The Hill , there is new legislation coming down the pipe that aims to protect women from being lied to about their health care.

Jordanian visitors tell Orthodox clinic brass that they are planning to open a similar clinic for women in the Hashemite kingdom soon.

Jordanian visitors tell Orthodox clinic brass that they are planning to open a similar clinic for women in the Hashemite kingdom soon.

The Jefferson Regional Medical Center board voted Monday to add obstetrics to its service line, breaking with the hospital's 40-year history and bucking a decades-long trend of maternity unit closures in the region.

By Vision Reporter Five Ugandan youth are among 100 youth leaders from all over the world selected to attend Women Deliver 2013, a global conference that will bring together over 5,000 leaders, experts and advocated from 160 countries in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia next week.

Women are less likely than men to receive care in a trauma center after severe injury, according to a new study of almost 100,000 Canadian patients.

The shadow of an abortion opponent holding a cross near a Planned Parenthood in Dubuque, Iowa, was photographed in January 2009.

Main Category: Fertility Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology ; Immune System / Vaccines Article Date: 21 May 2013 - 0:00 PDT New research indicates that women's reproductive function may be tied to their immune status.

Regardless of pain, social class or age, a woman is more likely to be prescribed pain-relieving drugs.

The reprehensible crimes committed by Dr. Kermit Gosnell and his clinic staff in West Philadelphia bring to mind reproductive health conditions prior to the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision protecting a woman's right to a safe and legal abortion.

Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, itself a recent takeover target, said on Monday it would buy specialty pharmaceutical company Warner Chilcott Plc for $5 billion in stock to expand its branded drug portfolio, lower taxes and increase profits.

An aide to Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic candidate for governor in Virginia, sent an email to supporters Monday with an over-the-top warning of what would happen if Republican Ken Cuccinelli wins this year's gubernatorial contest.

Planned Parenthood held its 50th Anniversary Dinner on May 9 at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel.

There has been increased attention in recent weeks on breast cancer and women's health issues in general.

Angelina Jolie, center, Jane Pitt, left, and William Pitt arrive before the 84th Academy Awards on Feb.

The Missouri legislative session ended last week and one of the many successes the state GOP is celebrating is the passage of a bill to add restrictions to the "abortion pill." It's one of several Republican initiatives that Planned Parenthood is now slamming in the aftermath of the session.

To remind Singaporeans about the free Pap smear screenings this month, the Singapore Cancer Society came out with a "Lift your skirt.