Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered the workings behind some ofthe bacteria that kill hundreds of thousands every year, possibly paving the way for new antibiotics that could treat i...[read article]

Menopausal women prefer non-medical treatment for their symptoms and want more support from their GP and partner, finds a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. ...[read article]

Heme oxygenase-1 is essential for the growth of blood vessels in the placenta and in establishing blood flow in the umbilical cord. Too little HO-1 can lead to a restriction in the growth of the fetus and even i...[read article]

Researchers have found a link between vitamin D deficiency and speech problems in children. Women who suffer from Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy are twice at risk of giving birthto children who may face d...[read article]

Only 38 percent of the 16 million American women aged 15 to 25 who are sexually active screened for chlamydia in the prior year, putting them at risk for chronic pain, life-threateningpregnancies and infertility...[read article]

For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these cells can produce what appear to be normal e...[read article]

Couples who are married or living together will probably have more trouble parenting as a team if they have been violent toward one another during pregnancy, according to a team of psychologists. ...[read article]

Survivors of cancer in childhood have a higher risk of infertility in later life. This is the conclusion reached by Magdalena Balcerek and her co-authors in a study published in Deutsches Arzteblatt Internationa...[read article]

The majority of institutionalized elderly female patients are vitamin D deficient and there is an inverse association of vitamin D deficiency and mortality, according to a recent study by Clinical Endocrinology ...[read article]

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found that women with breast pain who receive imaging (mammograms, MRIs or ultrasounds) as part of breast pain ev...[read article]