FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) — When preteen children or very young teenagers become pregnant, they face higher rates of complications and a greater risk of winding up in the intensive care unit than older teens do, a new study finds. The question about what happens when a youngContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Experts are once again advising doctors and women against using menopausal hormone therapy to ward off chronic diseases — 20 years after a landmark trial dashed those hopes. In updated recommendations, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is reiterating its past adviceContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 31, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Intermittent fasting has taken off as a way to lose weight without having to limit types of a food a person eats. But there was little research on how eating only during a few hours of the day and then only drinking waterContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s well known that Black women in the United States have an increased risk of childbirth complications. Now, a large new study finds even larger racial disparities when women conceive through infertility treatments. Researchers found that among U.S. women who’d undergone various infertilityContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — It’s not anyone’s idea of a fun choice, but researchers recently asked 200 women which part of menopause is worse for them – hot flashes or night sweats? Both can significantly affect a woman’s quality of life, but night sweats may be theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) – CVS Health announced Wednesday that it will lower the prices of its brand of menstrual products by 25% in 12 states that tax tampons, pads and similar items. Twenty-one states tax these essential products, according to USA Facts. But their high cost canContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While working on a senior research project as part of her undergraduate degree from Rutgers University, Serah Sannoh decided to analyze peer-reviewed studies on diet and menstrual period pain, partly because of her own struggles with the issue. What did she find? SannohContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 12, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The earlier a woman is diagnosed with diabetes, the sooner she may enter menopause, new research shows. Rates of diabetes have grown steadily, so researchers wanted to understand the long-term implications of premenopausal diabetes on women’s reproductive health. Their study of more thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 6, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Millions of women routinely check Instagram after giving birth, only to see posts by other new moms showing off how fast they got back into svelte shape. Of course, photos like those can be a real downer for women who don’t have theContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Birth control pills that contain both estrogen and progestin do not contribute to growth of enlarged breasts in teens and young women, a new study finds, and may actually be associated with developing less severe breast enlargement. Moreover, the combination pills don’t increaseContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Sept. 29, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Terlisa Sheppard knows the value of tracking changes in her body. The Orlando Health patient was eight and a half months pregnant and just 31 years old when she felt a lump under her arm. She left work to get it checked outContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Former TV newswoman and TODAY show anchor Katie Couric has breast cancer. Couric shared that information Wednesday on Instagram, while also releasing an essay about the experience on her media website. “Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Women may experience a small, but temporary, delay in their menstrual cycle after receiving a COVID shot, a new study finds. The delay was, on average, less than one day and, for most women, it resolved after the first cycle post-vaccination, according toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Sept. 26, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While an increasing number of women are freezing their eggs with the hope of having a baby later, a new study shows there are no guarantees. Being younger when having the egg retrieval procedure and freezing more eggs tends to lead to moreContinue Reading