Women's Health

Health & Safety

Seeing Red During Breast Cancer Awareness Month

3:16pm November 03, 2014

by Anne Loeser

Decades of effort to raise awareness of breast cancer hasn't helped to reduce the death toll once it spreads. One woman living with metastatic breast cancer says it's way past time for a change.

Women Increasingly Pick Brains Over Looks In Choosing Egg Donors

1:50pm November 03, 2014

by Robin Marantz Henig

As using egg donors becomes more common, women are more likely to choose donors based on smarts and athletic skill rather than trying to have a child who will look like just them.

Can Changing How You Sound Help You Find Your Voice?

9:55pm November 01, 2014

by Laura Starecheski

Women's voices are often criticized, especially at work. We're called "shrill," told we "lack authority." Here's the story of two women who changed their voices in a quest to be heard.

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A man walks past the former site of a clinic that offered abortions in El Paso, Texas.

Despite Legal Reprieve On Abortion, Some Texas Clinics Remain Closed

8:24am October 20, 2014

by Carrie Feibel

Texas clinics that provide abortion services were surprised by a ruling from the high court this week that allows them to reopen. But the bruising legal battle may have already changed the landscape.

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A doctor uses a microscrope to view a human egg during in vitro fertilization (IVF), which is used to fertilize eggs that have been frozen.

Women Can Freeze Their Eggs For The Future, But At A Cost

6:35pm October 16, 2014

by Patti Neighmond

Until recently, freezing human eggs was reserved for young women at risk of infertility due to cancer treatments. But some companies now pay for it for healthy women who want to delay motherhood.

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Three Butterflies flew to Geneva to accept a humanitarian award: Maritza Asprilla Cruz (from left), Gloria Amparo, Mery Medina.

Gangs Can't Stop Colombia's Butterflies From Rescuing Women In Need

4:09pm October 10, 2014

by Rich Preston

By bus, by bike and by foot, they come to the aid of abused and displaced women in Colombia. And they've just won a $100,000 humanitarian prize for their efforts.

The history of how the birth control pill was developed in the 1950s is recounted in Jonathan Eig's new book The Birth of the Pill.

The Great Bluff That Led To A 'Magical' Pill And A Sexual Revolution

4:20pm October 08, 2014

In the '50s, four people collaborated to create a pill so women could enjoy sex. They fibbed about their motivations and skirted the law. Jonathan Eig details the history in The Birth of the Pill.

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I Thought It Was Just Stress, Until It Broke My Heart

4:20pm October 02, 2014

by Wendy Wolfson

Sure, she felt sick, but it was probably just stress. She had to make it to the crucial meeting at her son's school and solve the day care problem. But all along her heart was whispering, "enough."

Health & Safety

Cone Health Plans New Women's Hospital

8:22pm September 29, 2014

Greensboro's Women's Hospital is moving to the campus of Moses Cone Memorial Hospital.

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Contraceptive coverage has long been required by state laws or sought by nonreligious employers the religious health plans serve.

How Catholic Insurance Companies Outsource Contraceptive Coverage

11:15am September 22, 2014

by Julie Rovner

For years Catholic health plans have been arranging for independent insurance firms to provide contraceptive coverage to their enrollees.