For many women, hearing that their labs are “normal” feels less like reassurance and more like dismissal. That doesn’t mean a ...

During perimenopause, progesterone often declines first and becomes increasingly erratic. As allopregnanolone levels ...

A federal judge in New York has ordered the city to reform its welfare system after finding that it illegally prevents aid and food stamps from reaching battered immigrant women and their children, ...

Decades of neglect have left clinicians and researchers with an incomplete understanding of the unique features and risk factors that drive cardiovascular disease in women, including FMD.

Dr. Allison Cowett, medical director at Family Planning Associates, discusses how Illinois clinics are becoming overburdened hubs for patients traveling from across the Midwest. Abortion providers ...

Having already withdrawn from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. has adopted an increasingly isolationist and obstructive stance within international institutions. Will the United States become the ...

Gun-safety laws–often ignored by law-enforcers and elusive for potential victims–are the focus of a national campaign to stem domestic-violence bloodshed. (WOMENSENEWS)–In every way she knew how, ...

Teen girls often get into cosplay, or costume play, for the creative expression and community it provides. But they can also face infantilization and harassment from outsiders. As a teenage girl, you ...

The fact that medical professionals seldom ask women whether they served in the military upon assigning them a diagnosis is just one of the reasons why many female veterans fail to receive the ...

Our organization, Survivor Justice Center, honored Dolores Huerta at our Bridge to Justice Gala last May. We honored her for her legacy for championing rights of others, and yet we now have learned ...

As reported in Part One and Part Two of this series, the many barriers to healthcare for women with disabilities ­have been entrenched in our society. Breaking down those barriers has been a slow ...

(WOMENSENEWS)– At the beginning of the 20th century, the major causes of death for women were infectious diseases (tuberculosis, syphilis, pneumonia and influenza). By the end of the 20th century, ...