Women's Health

Treating vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbance, and mood disorders can remove barriers to weight loss for women during menopause, experts say.

Which hormonal contraceptives are still safe, when should women stop using them, and what other benefits do they offer during the menopause transition?

Different cultural, linguistic, and systemic barriers could impact how Indigenous and Hispanic women access menopause care, said Lisa Taylor-Swanson, PhD.

Can women feel relief from tinnitus and burning mouth syndrome during perimenopause and menopause?

Experts also explained how hormone therapy can benefit women managing chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension on top of their menopause.

Telehealth medication abortion service requests double after the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, as patients seek accessible and cost-beneficial care.

Researchers will present new findings on how menopause affects cardiovascular, brain, metabolic, and digestive health.

Education on birth control and its potential adverse effects is vital to women choosing the type that best suits them.

Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, explains how value-based models empower a single pharmacist to manage multiple layers of these disease states.

Lindsey Valenzuela, PharmD, explains how pharmacists can prevent drug interactions and improve coordination for women with arrhythmia and chronic disease.

Research reveals that Medicaid accountable care organization (ACO) designs significantly impact maternal health outcomes, highlighting the importance of structural partnerships in care delivery.

Louisiana and Mississippi had the highest rates of maternal and child mortality in the country, respectively.

From 2017 to 2023, women were especially underrepresented in trials in arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndrome, and heart failure.

Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is 100% preventable as an environmental cause of intellectual disability and represents the most severe form of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

This retrospective analysis explored the impact of infertility health benefit design on the use of infertility medications and procedures and pregnancy outcomes.

The Commonwealth Fund’s updated July 2025 brief on maternal mortality highlights how systemic disparities, Medicaid coverage gaps, and behavioral health challenges continue to drive poor maternal and infant outcomes across the United States.

Access to obstetric care declined across the US, especially in rural areas, with more than 7 states seeing more than 25% of hospitals lose obstetric services from 2010 to 2022.

Jayme Ambrose, DNP, RN, CCM, of Adobe Population Health, explores how addressing social determinants of health transforms maternal care delivery, reduces disparities, and improves outcomes for mothers and infants.

It's a critical time to spotlight the dire health disparities affecting Black Americans, from premature deaths to maternal care, and the urgent need for systemic reforms.

New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the question before the court is whether First Choice Women's Resource Centers can ignore a subpoena amid a state consumer fraud investigation.

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with hematological diseases have unique needs that require a multidisciplinary strategy to ensure their mental and sexual well-being during and beyond treatment, clinicians and patients agreed.

Supported value-based care improves prenatal care while reducing neonatal intensive care unit stays, preterm birth rates, low birth weight rates, and costs for mothers and infants.

In the US, individuals die during pregnancy and the postpartum period at a greater and increasing rate than in any other high-income country.

These populations are still included in the CDC’s COVID-19 immunization schedules despite the HHS secretary saying the shots are no longer recommended for them.

Jessica Horwitz, MPH, FNP-C, highlighted the crucial need for public health professionals and health care providers to address the intersectionality of women's health by acknowledging diverse experiences and ensuring equitable, coordinated care that goes beyond physical health.