Women's Health News

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.

A pregnancy center that counsels women not to have abortions has moved next door to a women's health facility in Charleston that provides abortions.

A longtime nurse practitioner at the Tinian Health Center has been named a recipient of the prestigious National State Excellence Award.

Depression doubles the risk of having a stroke in middle-aged women, according to a new study in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association .

Seventy two hours after Elissa Bantug's mastectomy, she felt broken. She was only 25 years old, but she had lost both breasts and her strawberry blond hair to cancer.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Barbara Buono stepped up her appeal to female voters on Friday, as she and other Democrats sought to raise enthusiasm within the party for a candidate who remains far behind Gov.

New York, May 18 : Excessive weight gain during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of lacerations during vaginal childbirth, according to a study conducted by researchers at Montefiore Medical Center.

National Women's Health Week is just one of many ways to focus our attention on taking better care of ourselves and supporting other women to do the same.