From a woman's teens until menopause, her body makes a fair amount of the hormone testosterone in addition to estrogen. Testosterone affects sexual desire and response... muscle and bone formation...hair growth...immune function. In women, testosterone is produced by...
An injection of a local anesthetic into the nerves of the neck that regulate temperature could give breast cancer patients long-term relief...
Hot flashes can strike at the most inconvenient moments, soaking your clothes and melting your makeup...night sweats can steal slumber...and...
Trouble in your marriage can cause trouble in bed, but not necessarily the kind of trouble that first comes to mind. New...
Have you ever felt frustrated watching a man sleep like a baby while you tossed and turned? Do the strategies that used...
What is it with women's waistlines? Even if you work out and watch what you eat—and even if you...
Up to half of American women don't get enough vitamin D, even though this nutrient has significant health benefits. Some...
Imagine having a softball-size growth in your uterus. That's a real threat for the one in four American women in...
Uterine artery embolization is an effective, nonsurgical therapy for fibroids-common, benign growths of the muscular wall of the uterus that can result...
Exercise does a body good-two bodies, in fact, when the one exercising is a pregnant woman. A new study shows that when...
She died of a heart attack in the parking lot outside the emergency room—after the ER physician sent her away with...
Women can and do suffer more damage to their cardiovascular health because of lack of sleep than men do, and researchers at...