Why Women Gain Weight and Don't Know Why

Guest bloggers, Kenneth Schwarz PhD and Julie North Schwarz are the authors of Maria's Last Diet and Breaking Up with Food. Dr. Kenneth Schwarz is a psychologis...

Aug 21, 2010 1:27PM

Higher cholesterol level in Aussie women, regardless of income status

A.l. Zanahs

According to the study findings gathered by medical research group Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, four out of five women ages ranging from 45 to 64 pre...

Aug 13, 2010 4:47PM

Female sex-boosting pill has hit the market

A.l. Zanahs

A new contraceptive pill for boosting female's libido is going through scientific tests across Australia.

Aug 12, 2010 4:57PM

Menstrual pain changes brain’s workings, experts say

A.l. Zanahs

Experts reveal period pain may change the way women's brains function and how they deal with aches throughout the body even if there are no monthly cramps that ...

Aug 11, 2010 5:00PM

Prenatal Yoga Benefits Pregnant Women and Postpartum

Brandi

Just recently I had my first child, a little girl. Before I got pregnant, I had a lot of nerves about what would happen to my body during and, maybe more import...

Jul 07, 2010 9:23PM

Maternal diet and genes interact to affect heart development

A pregnant mother's diet may be able to interact with the genes her unborn child inherits and influence the type or severity of birth defect according to resear...

Jul 07, 2010 9:30AM

Babies Born at Home at Higher Chance of Death

Results of a new study demonstrate that pregnant women who decide to give birth at home are at an increased rate of newborn deaths.

Jul 05, 2010 12:44PM

Air pollution doesn't increase risk of preeclampsia, early delivery, study finds

While pregnant women may worry about the effects of air pollution on their health and that of their developing child, exposure to carbon monoxide and fine parti...

Jul 05, 2010 9:36AM

A key mechanism links virgin olive oil to protection against breast cancer

The researchers decoded a complete cascade of signals within breast tumour cells activated by virgin olive oil, and concluded that benefits include decrease in ...

Jul 02, 2010 8:59AM

Counseling increased mammography use among low-income women with health insurance

Even with health insurance, low-income women had lower rates of mammography screening than middle-class women, but a counseling program increased the likelihood...

Jun 30, 2010 8:46AM