Researchers say that Chinese herbs have been found to be effective in relieving side effectsof the endometriosis treatment. Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder affecting as many as one in six women of repr...[read article]

Although uterine leiomyomas are benign tumors, its symptoms, including anemia, excessive vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, pressure-related bowel and bladder dysfunction, recurrent miscarriage and preterm labor, ca...[read article]

Women are nearly three times more likely to experience urinary incontinence for more than 10years following a vaginal delivery rather than a caesarean section, finds new research at the Sahlgrenska Academy at th...[read article]

In women, sexually transmitted bacterial infection ups HIV risk, shows study.The study by researchers at RTI International found that women with the emerging sexually transmitted disease Mycoplasma genitalium ar...[read article]

Women ages 21 to 65 should have a Pap smear every three years, according to new guidelines from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).The guideline is being published early online in Annals o...[read article]

If you're expecting, this might make you feel a little better about reaching for that pint of ice cream: New research published online in the FASEB Journal suggests that twins, and babies of mothers who diet aro...[read article]

Endometriosis affects as many as 6% of the general population. While some women with endometriosis remain asymptomatic, many women experience dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, non-cyclical pelvic pain, and subfertility...[read article]

A national study shows that women are less likely than men to get at least 30 minutes of exercise per day, resulting in greater odds of developing metabolic syndrome - a risky and increasingly prevalent conditio...[read article]

About 71,500 women in the United States are diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center have developed ...[read article]

Although HPV causes 18,000 cancers in women each year, it also causes 8,000 cancers in men, the CDC calculates. To get the figures, CDC researchers analyzed data collected from 2004 to 2008 in two large cancer r...[read article]