Women folk healers were branded as witches, but their treatments may have been medically sound
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain "Double double toil and trouble" is a quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth that conjures images of evil ...
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NHS to Include Menopause in Health Checks from 2025 – What It Means for Women
In what campaigners are calling a 'historic breakthrough', the NHS in England will, for the first time, include questions about ...
Fewer women receive lung transplants despite policy changes, study finds
Credit: CC0 Public Domain New research from UCLA Health reveals that women continue to face barriers in accessing lung transplants ...
Med Students Must Stop Performing Pelvic Exams on Unconscious Women Without Their ConsentÂ
Please note: This blog contains descriptions of sexual assault. “Recent reports of medical students performing pelvic exams for training purposes ...
Sleep Disorders Show Up Differently In Women, Says An M.D.
One way to do so, Afolabi-Brown says, is to build breaks into your schedule (like, actual breaks). "We have to ...
Pelvic Exams by Med Students on Anesthetized WomenÂ
Please note: This blog contains descriptions of sexual assault. From Heart Failure, a book I wrote about my time at ...
How Much Fish Oil Women Need For Optimal Reproductive Health
It's no secret that omega-3 fatty acids (ones typically found in fish like salmon and sardines) are critical for the ...
Women who miss their first mammogram face higher risk of breast cancer death, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Women who miss their first mammogram run a higher risk of being diagnosed with advanced breast ...
Analysis: More American women went without Pap smears during COVID-19 pandemic
A survey of almost 2,000 US women published today in PLOS Global Health shows that the COVID-19 pandemic, with its disruptions ...
MedCity FemFwd: Designing Healthcare Spaces for Women
Welcome back to another episode of MedCity FemFwd, a podcast dedicated to discussing the breakthroughs and challenges in women’s health. ...
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