A woman recalls how it took two decades to get her endometriosis diagnosis, thanks to multiple doctors dismissing her ...

A recent article in Nature, “Girls are starting puberty younger—why, and what are the risks?”, highlights a trend that has increasingly drawn the attention of scientists and clinicians: Girls are ...

In the case of birth control, it’s especially hard to tell fact from fiction or legitimate medical concern from TikTok hot air.

One of my abiding memories of the politics class at my high school was when we learnt about Shulamith Firestone (1945–2012), the feminist and author of The Dialectic of Sex: The Case for Feminist ...

Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

Chelsea Handler’s thirst trap video comes with an important message for women, men, and young girls. In case you missed it, Handler uploaded a naked video of herself with an important message on her ...

ATTLEBORO — The Bishop Feehan High girls baskeball team cruised past No. 31-seeded Peabody Veterans 71-30, picking up a win in the first round of the MIAA Division 1 tournament on Friday. The No. 2 ...

Pain related to sickle cell disease (SCD) increases during menstruation, as do emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, for many women and girls—according to a new, nationwide study led ...

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ...

Women may hold up half the sky, as Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong once famously declared, but these days they must do so while also holding a baby — or preferably three — in their arms at ...

The company behind the controversial app launched a wristband that tracks your temperature, heart rate, and movement while you sleep. The company behind the controversial app launched a wristband that ...

For many girls in Kenya, menstruation does not arrive as a natural milestone of growth. Instead, it enters their lives as a season of fear, confusion and deep shame. The first bleed often comes ...