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Women’s bodies and medical needs are vastly different than men’s way beyond their reproductive systems. (Read content ‘Gender Approach Recommended In Medicine’…)

Endoscopic techniques are transforming the practice of surgery, yet their adoption in certain specialties, particularly gynecology, lags far behind that of other specialties. (Read content ‘Women Must Become Empowered To Ask For Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery, Experts Say’…)

A team of scientists created a new technology intended to detect breast cancer earlier and more precisely through intra-operative 3D imaging to win the 3rd Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge (IBTEC) last night. (Read content ‘Navaris Medical Lauded For New Technology That Can Detect Breast Cancer Earlier, More Precisely’…)

Short but intense sessions of exercise may help women on bed rest stay strong and recuperate more quickly, according to a NASA funded study by researchers at Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. (Read content ‘NASA Funded Study Finds Exercise Could Help Women On Bed Rest’…)

The on Tuesday examined the global health group ’s efforts to gain approval of its redesigned female condom. According to the Times, the female condom has never been widely used in the U.S. (Read content ‘PATH Seeks To Gain WHO, FDA Approval Of Redesigned Female Condom, New York Times Reports’…)

A new, simpler model for predicting breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women appears to be as accurate as a more complicated method currently used to decide if women would benefit from medication to reduce their risk of getting cancer, according to research published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

A team of researchers led by Rowan T. (Read content ‘LA BioMed Research Finds Simpler Way To Determine Breast Cancer Risk In Postmenopausal Women’…)

A woman who suffers from heart failure is less likely to get the recommended investigations and treatment than a man when she is admitted to hospital as an emergency, according to an article published in the journal Heart (British Medical Journal).

The findings come after analysis of a survey involving nearly 9,500 heart failure patients. (Read content ‘Women With Heart Failure Losing Out In UK Hospitals’…)

Two University of Illinois scientists have found a way to help health-care providers, social workers, and abused women’s families understand the stages that these women go through when deciding to leave their partners. (Read content ‘How Women Decide To Leave An Abusive Relationship Explained By Model’…)

New research has found that one in five endometrial cancers among younger Australian women may be caused by a specific genetic syndrome, a meeting of cancer experts will hear today. (Read content ‘Gene Syndrome Behind A Significant Number Of Endometrial Cancers, Australia’…)

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is recruiting participants for a multicenter study into a new treatment approach for premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), a severe and debilitating form of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) that affects up to 8 percent of women. (Read content ‘Participants Recruited For NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Study On Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder’…)