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Dozens of women may be pregnant with a stranger’s sperm after blunder at IVF clinic
Up to 26 women undergoing in vitro fertilization treatment in Holland could have been affected by the 'procedural error' between April 2015 and November 2016 -
Why a growing number of young women are using Botox — before they have wrinkles
Some beauty and medical 'experts' tell young women that the best time to start using Botox is when their wrinkles are minimally visible -
Woman is first to give birth using ovary cryo-frozen in liquid nitrogen before the onset ...
Before chemotherapy, Moaza Al Matrooshi's ovary was removed when she was nine. She has given birth at 24 after the ovary was re-implanted last year -
World C-sections evolving bigger babies that can’t squeeze through narrower pelvises, study suggests
Philipp Mitteroecker, an anthropologist at the University of Vienna, said women with a particularly narrow pelvis wouldn’t have survived childbirth a century ago -
Sex on the brain: Regular heterosexual intercourse may improve memory in women, study suggests
Women ages 18 to 29 who reported having the most frequent sex remembered more abstract words, but not more faces -
‘In Between Days’: Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, an artist finds inspiration to share her ...
For Teva Harrison, everything changed when she developed pain in her back. It started out as an annoyance, but quickly progressed until it became debilitating -
‘Does this make me look big?’ Researchers explore what makes women ‘fat talk’
Fat talk occurs among women of all ages and all body types and women often engage in it to receive ‘validation or re-affirmation that their bodies are appealing’ -
DIY breast reconstruction: Device lets women do part at home
This might be the ultimate do-it-yourself project: Doctors are testing a device that would let women do part of their own breast reconstruction at home
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Crowdsourcing effort takes aim at deadliest breast cancers
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Morning sickness linked to fewer miscarriages, stillbirths
It's dreaded by moms-to-be but morning sickness is actually a good sign -- for the baby, a U.S. study shows, confirming common pregnancy lore and less rigorous research -
Doctors who tell obese women they are 'dangerous' potential mothers practise soft eugenics, study says
The research was based on interviews with just 24 women in two Canadian cities -
Studies shine light on mysterious placenta, how it goes awry
The placenta is the ultimate multitasker: It nourishes a fetus, acts as its lungs, kidneys and liver, provides immune defence, and even produces key hormones -
Risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke increase before menopause
The time before menopause begins might actually carry heightened risk factors associated with heart disease and stroke -
Why a popular fitness magazine stopped asking women whether they're 'bikini ready'
Here's the new message: "Any body — every body — is a bikini body" -
Pregnant women should avoid travelling to Miami after 14 infected with Zika virus: Health officials
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said men and women who recently visited Miami should wait at least eight weeks before trying to conceive a child -
Health Ditching the tampon: Some women seeking reusable period care
The more things change, the more they stay the same. -
Cholesterol-lowering statins could prevent breast cancer relapse
The Institute of Cancer Research study has shown that breast cancers use cholesterol to produce a molecule which has the same impact as oestrogen -
Researchers slowly homing in on risk of Zika birth defect
What is the chance that a Zika-infected pregnant woman will have a baby with birth defects? Researchers don't yet have a complete answer, but they are homing in on one
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