Women's Health

Jul 1, 2009

Pregnancy and childbirth is an amazing experience for a mother. But the physical changes to the body can leave a woman unhappy with her appearance.

Jul 1, 2009 | 1 comment

Still obsessing about how your dimpled thighs, jelly belly or flappy arms look in a swimsuit? That’s so last summer. This year, there’s a new body part to fret over: the cankle.

Jun 29, 2009

C-section rates are skyrocketing - and so are the costs for delivering a baby.Now one South Florida hospital is hoping a spa atmosphere might coax women into taking a more natural approach.

Jun 26, 2009

You thought regular PMS was bad? Some women have something worse: PMDD.

Jun 25, 2009

The latest trend in self-defense class: host a party in your home.

Jun 24, 2009 | 5 comments

A woman breast-feeding her infant while drunk pleads guilty to felony child neglect charges.

Jun 23, 2009 | 3 comments

If times were tough—I mean, really tough—would you sell your body for money? In her Salon column “Pinched,” Tracy Clark-Flory reports that more women are entering the sex industry due the recession.

Jun 22, 2009

Could you go a year without sex? By choice? Taking a 12-month vow of chastity, writer Hephzibah Anderson did just that and wrote all about it for the U.K.’s The Guardian.

Jun 19, 2009 | 2 comments

A campaign called "Don't Think Know" has been launched that provides young women with an at-home kit to test for sexually transmitted diseases.

Jun 18, 2009 | 1 comment

Three little letters can bring some women nearly to tears: P-M-S, or premenstrual syndrome. And now experts say some women may suffer from its more severe form and not even know it.

Jun 18, 2009

During pregnancy, a woman's body goes through huge changes. After the baby is born, it's difficult for women to reverse some of those changes even with healthy diet and exercise.

Jun 19, 2009

Chocolate bars or potato chips, anyone? You may crave them, but choosing healthier foods can help you survive that time-of-the-month without feeling as bloated, cranky and crampy.

Jun 17, 2009

With only two screening facilities and a pair of outdated unused mobile mammography vans with rusting bodies, women’s luck runs slim when it comes to screening appointments or treatments.

Jun 17, 2009 | 2 comments

Lifestyle expert Laura Baron offers some relationship advice following a study that says most women are unhappy in their relationships.

Jun 17, 2009

The state's Department of Public Health is plugging into modern-day messaging systems to help stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Jun 15, 2009

According to a Penn and UCLA study women who socialize with their female friends tend to be healtheir and better mothers.

Jun 12, 2009

An Egyptian teenager with a rare heart condition has a new lease on life, thanks to doctors at Rush University.

Jun 12, 2009 | 13 comments

Cameron Diaz thinks your kids are bad for the environment... and other reasons not to procreate.

Jun 11, 2009 | 2 comments

Domestic violence appears to be on the rise amid these difficult economic times.

Jun 9, 2009 | 5 comments

A unique treatment can help add some lift to a bustline that has "headed south."

Jun 5, 2009 | 3 comments

A healthy sex life - from the deed itself to the aftermath - does a body good in all kinds of ways.

Jun 4, 2009 | 1 comment

The Institute of Medicine has come up with new health guidelines on how much weight some pregnant women can safely gain.

Jun 4, 2009

A recently published study shows that time spent with close friends helps a woman stay emotionally healthy.

Jun 3, 2009

Women who take folic acid for at least a year before they conceive are 50 to 70 percent less likely to have a premature baby.