Women's Health

Ariel Levy first wrote about the miscarriage she suffered in Mongolia in the Nov. 17, 2013 issue of The New Yorker.

'I Was Somebody's Mother': Reflections On The Guilt And Grief Of Miscarriage

12:41am August 02, 2017

by Terry Gross

Ariel Levy was five months pregnant and alone in a hotel room in Mongolia when she gave birth. Her son lived only 10 minutes. Afterward, Levy was haunted by the notion that she had caused his death.

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Lara Hogan developed preeclampsia when she was pregnant with her son Zion in 2016. Both are fine now, but she's taking extra precautions to stay healthy.

Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Are More Likely To Develop Heart Disease

9:41am July 10, 2017

by Anna Gorman

Women who develop diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy, or whose babies are born prematurely, often are unaware of their own increased risk of heart disease later. So are their doctors.

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Mammography has helped increase the early detection of breast tumors. Now, researchers say, the goal is to discern which of those tumors need aggressive treatment, including chemotherapy or radiation after surgery.

Tumor Test Helps Identify Which Breast Cancers Don't Require Extra Treatment

6:47pm June 29, 2017

Researchers say the test, which measures gene activity, can help avoid "overtreating" tumors that are not life-threatening. It might allow some patients to avoid radiation and chemotherapy.

Women have gotten conflicting advice from doctors about when to have mammograms.

OB-GYNs Give Women More Say In When They Have Mammograms

3:55pm June 23, 2017

by Katherine Hobson

Updated guidelines on mammograms from the nation's gynecologists are intended to incorporate recommendations from three other medical societies and consider women's preferences, too.

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A new study suggests that some small tumors are small because they are biologically prone to slow growth.

Health & Safety

Some Small Tumors In Breasts May Not Be So Bad After All

5:32pm June 07, 2017

by Rob Stein

Research indicates a significant number of the tumors detected through mammography are small because they are prone to slow growth. The findings suggest many are unlikely to become life-threatening.

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Chester with Ivory (left), 11, Skylar (right), 12, and Kameron (center), 21 months.

In Texas, Abstinence-Only Programs May Contribute To Teen Pregnancies

12:23pm June 05, 2017

by Lauren Silverman

Teenage pregnancy rates have declined across the country, but some parts of Texas have made much less progress on that. Abstinence-only sex ed policies may be one reason why.

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A scientist holds a bioprosthetic mouse ovary made of gelatin with tweezers.

Scientists One Step Closer To 3-D-Printed Ovaries To Treat Infertility

10:38am May 20, 2017

by Rob Stein

Researchers printed gelatin scaffolds into which they placed ovarian tissue, and then implanted the new organs in mice. Three out of seven female mice produced healthy offspring using the technology.

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Women Opt To Skip Pelvic Exams When Told They Have Little Benefit

4:50pm May 18, 2017

by Patti Neighmond

OB-GYNs and primary doctors disagree on whether women need a pelvic exam every year. When women were told a medical society recommended against it, they were much less likely to have the exam.

Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal deaths around the world.

Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth

12:57pm April 27, 2017

by Michaeleen Doucleff

An inexpensive drug could dramatically reduce the number of deaths of mothers from bleeding after childbirth in low- and middle-income countries around the world.

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EVATAR is a book-size lab system that can replicate a woman's reproductive cycle. Each compartment contains living tissue from a different part of the reproductive tract. The blue fluid pumps through each compartment, chemically connecting the various tis

Device Mimicking Female Reproductive Cycle Could Aid Research

5:15pm March 28, 2017

by Rob Stein

Scientists have assembled a lab system from living tissue that can replicate a woman's 28-day hormonal cycle. The goal is to use the system to find new ways to treat a host of women's health problems.

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