The revised position statement issued by the North American Menopause Society evaluates the latest evidence and offers recommendations on who should pursue hormone therapy.

The human papillomavirus vaccine is effective in most adult women who have never been infected, interim data from an ongoing study suggest.

A large Danish investigation found that the risk of ovarian cancer increased up to 38% among hormone therapy's users.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea were the two most common infectious diseases in 2007, hitting young women and minorities especially hard, the CDC announced in its annual report on sexually transmitted disease.

You can add incontinence relief to the list of benefits obese patients gain when they shed pounds, according to a recent NIH-funded clinical trial.

Is there scientific evidence that women have more difficulty suppressing cravings than men?

Are the recommendations for inhaled steroids different for pregnan patients?

If you want to encourage your patients to exercise more, try writing a prescription. The tactic has been successful for women in New Zealand, a recent study reported in BMJ.

In the course of working up a patient for chronic lower back pain, I discovered that her vitamin B12 level was in the second percentile (195 pg/mL; normal 180-900). She then told me that she was three weeks pregnant....

Does the current standard of care call for stopping Pap smears after age 65 in women with negative Pap histories? Should human papillomavirus (HPV) testing be routine with Pap smears?