Health and Wellness

England offers free at-home cervical cancer testing kits

New book explores why women are essential to health care leadership

Channel Medsystems lands $30M to scale non-hormonal treatment for menstrual bleeding

For women, getting strong is about more than muscle

Women have spent decades trying to get smaller. What if they got stronger instead?

Most women blame initial perimenopause symptoms on stress, burnout

Alysa Liu to take year off from skating

How exercise cuts stress and reduces mortality, especially for women

Why women win big at the gym

Legal concerns, mistrust, shape views of remote abortion services

Plant-rich diets could lower weight gain during menopause

Researchers get $2M to study how lifestyle changes affect lupus

Breast cancer rates spike among younger Asian American women

Women turn to pharmacists as obstetric care shrinks

NIH launches $3.1M challenge to fight maternity care deserts

Komen launches fall schedule at ‘critical moment in fight against breast cancer’

The shrinking map of maternity wards

More than one-third of all U.S. counties qualify as maternity care deserts

Telehealth startup Midi broadens its scope

Forbes honors 200 women on 50 Over 50 list

Study links estrogen therapy to lower odds of Alzheimer’s, dementia

Women power 70% of health care workforce, but face a pay and leadership gap

Unwell, Babylist join forces

How emotional disconnection shapes men and politics

Women executives view health as a core business strategy

Younger leaders in particular are pushing health to the top of their agenda

Women’s hormones are affecting their careers, but employers aren’t ready

Insurance snafus deter women’s health innovations

Endometriosis may trigger type 2 diabetes