Women's Health

The FDA today cleared a first-of-its-kind pregnancy test that can determine a woman's pregnancy status by analyzing her blood.

The United States landed the number 15 spot on the 2015 World Happiness Report, which ranks 158 countries.

Women with a history of depression may have greater odds of developing gestational diabetes.

Gastroprotective agents may be needed in postmenopausal women taking bisphosphonates.

The levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system can prevent pregnancy for up to 3 years.

Often considered a consequence of the mother's illegal drug use, drug withdrawal in babies may also be linked to legally obtained narcotics.

Accurate blood pressure measurement is key in detecting hypertensive disorders that contribute to more than half of all maternal deaths.

The Pharmacy Workforce Center's latest career survey suggests pharmacists are increasingly committed to the profession and expanding their role beyond drug dispensing.

Mylan has launched the first generic version of the chewable contraceptive.

The high cost of bisphosphonates may outweigh the drugs' benefit in reducing hip fracture rates.

Negative stereotypes about women's mathematical abilities can lead to worse performance on math tests.

Pharmacists can play an important role in counseling pregnant women.

Although glyburide is commonly prescribed for gestational diabetes mellitus, the drug's use among pregnant women may put newborns at greater risk for complications.

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Tablets that incorporate mobile health (mHealth) technology may help health care professionals screen pregnant patients for depression.

Vitamin D insufficiency may raise the odds of depressive symptoms in college-aged women.

Women who smoke during pregnancy may be putting their children at risk for developing diabetes in adulthood.

Without allocating more funds toward human papillomavirus vaccinations, there may be better public health results if funds were devoted to vaccinating boys as well as girls.

The new Gardasil vaccine protects against 9 different strains of the virus.

Almost all women and seniors with atrial fibrillation should be receiving blood thinners, advises a new analysis of updated clinical practice guidelines.

A new FDA approval has given women seeking long-term birth control an additional option.

Breast-fed babies are typically exposed to less arsenic than babies who are fed formula.

Given the growing number of women taking a custom-compounded hormone therapy, a new study highlighted a greater need for patient education on the formulations.

A postmenopausal woman's score on a fracture risk scale can tip off her clinicians to gum disease.

For some women, frequent menopausal vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats could last for more than 7 years.

Three women connected to pharmacy burglaries in North Dakota last year have been sentenced to prison.

Women tend to experience more stress after acute myocardial infarction, which can translate to a worse recovery, according to a new study.

Roughly half of all women experience at least 1 urinary tract infection in their lifetime. The problem becomes recurrent for many, so effective non-antibiotic preventive therapies are needed.

Exposure to even low levels of mercury may be associated with autoimmune disorder development among women of childbearing age.

Although there have been concerns that the human papillomavirus vaccine promotes unsafe sex among adolescents, a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that there is no such association after all.