As a registered mammographer, Lisa Smith had preached for years the importance of having regular mammograms. But her message became personal in 1997.
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Health care for female military veterans lags behind the care offered to male vets at many VA facilities, an internal agency report says.
If her fetus is fatally ill or her own health is threatened, a pregnant woman deserves the most humane treatment possible. Yet new laws force doctors
Midlife women are twice as likely as men to have a stroke. So why do doctors overlook the danger? What you must know to protect yourself.
A German folk saying that means "every child costs the mother one tooth" may hold a lot of truth, research published on Thursday indicates.
Menopausal women who take hormone-replacement therapy pills more than double their risk of developing a potentially fatal blood clot, French researche
Women entering menopause should not worry about hormone replacement therapy -- despite a highly publicized study that put off many woman from the drug
Heavy drinking causes high blood pressure, stiff arteries and rigid heart muscles in men and enlarged hearts in women, boosting their risk of having h
Women who breast-feed their babies longer are less likely to get rheumatoid arthritis, Swedish researchers said on Tuesday.
