Women's Health News, Features & Updates

Abortion rates are down. Why Americans aren't having less sex, but they are doing a better job of family planning.

Considered by some to be the stealth technology of women's health care, the computer-aided second reading is now regarded as a reliable way for doctors to look for breast abnormalities that the naked eye may have missed.

It's no surprise that sickness in the family can lead to lots of stress. But why do women suffer more than men?

Tips to Help Women Cope

The Internet has made it simple for women to spread health information with a click of the mouse. Some of these health claims gain steam as women discuss the alleged dangers of everyday products.

Ten years ago, a woman suffering a heart attack was too often misdiagnosed. Without the chest pains commonly seen in men, her symptoms of dizziness or back pain were often dismissed as unimportant.

Taking prescription drugs in a wrong way can lead to serious problems -- even poisoning.

Women have been going to their gynecologists for Pap tests for more than 50 years. And their vigilance has paid off: Mortality rates from cervical cancer have dropped 70%, according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. But a woman's chance of getting a false negative -- a result that says she's healthy when she really has cancer or pre-cancerous cells -- is still between 10

Information on how to cope with menopause and where to go for additional information about it.

Although the numbers are small, more and more women are choosing a self-directed approach to birth.

Sure, cigarettes can harm anybody, men and women alike. But some of smoking's ill effects, from ectopic pregnancy to premature menopause, are reserved for women only.