It’s popular on TikTok, but is beef tallow really a natural moisturizer?
Despite state-level abortion bans following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, the number of abortions performed in the U.S. decreased by only 2% that year, according to a CDC report.
A study published in BMJ Mental Health found that the oral microbes in pregnant women are linked to their stress levels and mental health symptoms.
After analyzing genetic data from over 600,000 people, researchers found that depression likely causes period pain–rather than resulting from it.
Alex Taylor of Perelel and Kathryn Schubert of the Society for Women’s Health Research argue that investing in women’s health is not only a moral imperative, but also an economic one.
Research funded by the NIH found that sleep affects blood pressure differently in men and women.
A panel discussion featured in The American Journal of Managed Care explores how sleep disturbances during menopause significantly impact women’s health – even if they aren’t hot flashes.
In one example, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s entire OB-GYN department is shutting down, highlighting the severity of the crisis.
The Texas committee responsible for examining all pregnancy-related deaths in the state has decided to skip cases in 2022 and 2023, the first two years after the state’s full abortion ban went into effect.
Looking at infertiity rates in the wake of Trump administration officials, like top health nominee RFK Jr., claiming that it is on the rise.
In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, a dentist in Ireland, died after doctors failed to give her an abortion when her amniotic sac ruptured at 17 weeks pregnant.
Porsha Ngumezi had a miscarriage at 11 weeks, and bled so much in emergency department she had needed two blood transfusions.
A study in JAMA found that first-time mothers who suffered serious complications during their pregnancy, delivery, or postpartum period were 12 percent less likely to have a second baby.
The TikTok birth control content that gets clicks? It’s often about rare side effects or straight up misinformation.
What the second Trump administration and Republican Congress might do to Medicaid, the national health insurance program that covers just over 40% of births in the United States and 40% of children.
A recent documentary on menopause made a big splash, but some experts are criticizing it for overstating the risks of cancer and heart disease associated with hormone replacement therapy.
Georgia state officials shut down an entire committee dedicated to reviewing maternal mortality in the state, after ProPublica reported in September on the deaths of two women as a result of the state’s abortion ban.
Anti-abortion groups aren’t thrilled about his nomination, and they are demanding that he commit to hiring anti-abortion leaders at HHS and publicly commit to antiabortion policies during his confirmation hearings.
The variant accelerates reproductive aging, leading to a greater number of abnormal eggs.
Researchers found postpartum depression more than doubled, going from 9% in 2010 to 19% in 2021.