Mar 1, 2020 by Harrison Wein, PhD

Strength training, also called resistance training or weight training, is particularly important. It brings many benefits. First, it makes your muscles stronger. That can help you keep up the activities you enjoy—at any stage of your life.

Jan 30, 2020 by Joshua Eferighe

Sex matters at the pharmacy. Women are nearly twice as likely to report an adverse reaction to their medications, with more serious side effects, compared to men.

Jan 23, 2020 by Endocrine Society

Center for Women's Health scientist Melanie Cree-Green and colleagues linked polycystic ovarian syndrome with altered patterns of gut bacteria - a step toward finding new mechanisms and treatment options.

Sep 18, 2019 by Prateeti Khazanie, MD Mark H. Drazner, MD

Classical ethical questions often arise during the transplant allocation process because of an inadequate number of donor organs relative to potential recipients. One such question is how to weigh the benefit for one recipient versus a potentially greater good for the overall population following an alternative allocation.

Dec 18, 2019 by Nicola Slawson

There is five times more research into erectile dysfunction, which affects 19% of men, than into premenstrual syndrome, which affects 90% of women.

Dec 7, 2019 by Rachel Treisman

Research shows that bystanders are less likely to perform CPR on women than men, and experts say superficial anatomical differences may lead people to assume chest compressions must be performed differently on men and women, which is not true. The Womanikin campaign is part of a larger discussion among public health advocates working to solve this problem.

Dec 6, 2019 by David Robson

Researchers evaluate possible reasons for greater risk of concussions in women than men and kick-start a "pink concussions" awareness movement.

Nov 26, 2019 by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, Ph.D.

When you think about your mental health, how often do you consider that your physical health may be part of the picture? A new study suggests that a lack of physical activity has additional consequences for people with serious mental illness.

Nov 28, 2019 by Medical Plastics News

A new report reveals more women than men have been injured by a medical device, such as a metal hip implant. It urges the FDA to further investigate possible sex differences in adverse reactions to implantable medical devices to assure safety for women and men.

Dec 5, 2019 by Susan Fitzgerald

A large study shows women survive stroke more often than men but have worse disability as a consequence of the stroke, with possible contributors being the lower use of cardiovascular preventive medications in women.

Nov 18, 2019 by Eve Glicksman

Recent research suggests that implicit gender bias leads to incorrect diagnoses. Check out these experts' tips to head bias off at the pass.

Oct 14, 2019 by RICHARD HARRIS

Nearly half of all children who develop Type 1 diabetes don't know they have the disease until they end up in the hospital with a condition that puts them at risk of coma or even death.

Oct 28, 2019 by Marc Iskowitz

Facebook is taking a step toward leveraging its social media platform for public health. The social giant said it’s teaming up with four national medical groups to launch a preventive health tool offering tailored advice, the ability to set check-up reminders and other actionable information.

Sep 24, 2019 by Serena Gordon

One of the biggest risk factors for Type 2 diabetes is excess weight. But you don't have to be overweight to have the disease -- and new research revealed that some racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to have diabetes at lower weights.

Sep 27, 2019 by Vishwadha Chander

People in certain occupations have a three-times-higher risk of type 2 diabetes compared to those in other jobs, probably because of lifestyle factors, a nationwide study in Sweden suggests.

Sep 25, 2019 by Lisa Rapaport

Women who have frequent hot flashes early in menopause or over a long period of time may be more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women who don’t suffer from regular hot flashes, a new study suggests.

Aug 30, 2019 by Claire Trageser

Unfortunately, there is not a lot of research on whether runners are more or less susceptible to type 2 diabetes, says Jane Reusch, M.D., the associate director of the Center for Women's Health Research at the University of Colorado’s School of Medicine.

Jul 31, 2019 by Gretchen Reynolds

People who exercise in the morning seem to lose more weight than people completing the same workouts later in the day, according to a new study of workouts and waistlines. The findings help shed light on the vexing issue of why some people shed considerable weight with exercise and others almost none, and the study adds to the growing body of science suggesting that the timing of various activities, including exercise, could affect how those activities affect us.

Jun 11, 2019 by James Ives

For women, gender bias can result in poorer diagnosis and treatment. As María Teresa Ruiz Cantero, Prof. in Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the University of Alicante states, "We can no longer pursue the 'one size fits all' model based on men," as this negatively impacts the quality of health care, medical education and research.

May 30, 2019 by JoAnna Klein, New York Times

"The first time I had a heart attack, no one took me seriously. The emergency room doctors assumed I was having a panic attack...