Women's Health

Emergency contraception is often confused with abortion pills – here's how Plan B works to prevent pregnancy

Shackling pregnant inmates would be banned in Pennsylvania prisons under proposed law

Pregnant Women Bill

Philly's soda tax has reduced risk of pregnancy complications, study finds

Soda tax maternal health

Before Roe v. Wade, a Philadelphia drug company sold women a fake abortion pill

Chichester abortion pills

Temple Health's new campus seeks to combat city's high maternal death rate

Temple Women & Families Campus

Gut microbes may help doctors diagnose gestational diabetes earlier in pregnancy, study finds

Gestational Diabetes Pregnancy

How to stop peeing when you laugh

Women Laugh Pee

To reduce infant deaths, Philly will give guaranteed incomes to 250 mothers

Infant mortality

Maternal deaths have surged to their highest mark since 1965, despite being mostly preventable

U.S. maternal mortality

To prevent ovarian cancer, more women should have their fallopian tubes removed, physicians say

Fallopian Tube Removal

Black women wait longer for uterine cancer tests and diagnoses, study finds

Racial Disparities Uterine Cancer

Pregnant women should be screened for all hypertensive disorders, U.S. task force recommends

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

Ovarian cancer often is not caught until its late stages; here are the symptoms that should prompt a doctor's visit

Ovarian Cancer

Women who get migraines may have higher risk for pregnancy complications, study shows

Pregnancy Complications Migraine

Eating ultra-processed foods like hot dogs and soda may increase risk of cancer, research shows

Ultra-processed foods cancer

Breast density is a risk factor for breast cancer, but many women don't realize it

Breast Cancer Density

6ABC reporter TaRhonda Thomas says she'll miss months to undergo surgery for uterine fibroids

TaRhonda Thomas Uterine Fibroids

COVID-19 has worsened the maternal health crisis in the U.S.

maternal health crisis in US

Hernias are often overlooked as the cause of chronic pelvic pain in women

Hernias women

Retail pharmacies now can sell abortion pills, but there are compliance issues, potential backlash to weigh

Abortion Pills Pharmacies

More women are choosing to give birth at home, but to do so safely requires certain precautions

Home Births

Expectant mothers with autism face extra challenges, studies show

Expectant mothers with autism

Hair straighteners may increase the risk of uterine cancer, study finds

Hair straighteners cancer risk

Eating certain foods can make menstrual cramps worse, research shows

Diet menstrual pain

Breast cancer awareness campaigns often overlook those with metastatic cancer – here’s how they can do better

Breast cancer ribbon

Children's Health

Tylenol use during pregnancy may contribute to sleep, memory problems in preschoolers

Sexual struggles after cancer treatment are common, but help is available

Cancer Sex Life

'Abortion absolutely is healthcare': U.S. House panel told as GOP pursues nationwide ban

Using frozen embryos during IVF may increase the risk of preeclampsia, research shows

Preeclampsia risk IVF

Breast implants may be linked to additional cancer types, FDA says

Cancer breast implants

Mood swings, anxiety caused by PMS should be a 'key' public health concern, study concludes

Premenstrual symptoms

Generation Z is more prone to high blood pressure during pregnancy, data shows

Millennials Gen Z hypertension

After years of slight declines, C-sections are increasing again – and the CDC expects the trend to continue

C-section birth rates

Self-managed abortions gain attention, but helpers risk legal trouble

How much does it cost to have a baby? About $3,000 – with insurance, analysis finds

The cost of pregnancy

To address racial disparities, IBX is now connecting members to maternal health organizations

Maternal Mortality Disparities

French drugmaker asks FDA to approve first over-the-counter birth control pill

Mothers who breastfeed children after their 1st birthday should be supported, AAP says

Breastfeeding stigmas

Genetic screening results just got harder to handle under new abortion rules

Genetic Testing Abortion

National tampon shortage underscores existing gaps in access to menstrual products

Children's Health

Super antibodies from pregnant women may help scientists develop new therapies for deadly infections

Pregnant Women Antibodies

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