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May 16, 2022 -- When Lindsay S. learned she had inflammatory bowel disease at 24 years old, her first concern was how it might affect her plans to have a family and the potential impact on a child.Even when I was first being put on…

May 12, 2022 Emma, a 29-year-old communications manager, recently found out that she is six weeks pregnant. The choices she faces about her health and body are starkly different from eight years ago when, as a college student in…

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, May 10, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Colonoscopies in younger women can significantly cut their risk of colon cancer, a new study claims."While there's been an alarming increase…

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay ReporterWEDNESDAY, May 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Women and people of color with chest pain the most common symptom signaling a heart attack face longer waits in U.S. emergency departments…

April 25, 2022The effects of long COVID can last a long time, especially for women, a new study says.Only 25.5% of the study participants whod been hospitalized with long COVID reported a full recovery five months after discharge and…

SOURCES:Ilene Ruhoy, MD, neurologist, medical director, EDS/Chiari Center, Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital.Sarah Diekman MD, chief resident, occupational and environmental medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital.Jenneh Rishe, RN, founder,…

Heal To Last talks to cardiologists about possible symptoms of heart attack in women. Chest pain is one we all know, but what about nausea or fatigue? Source link

By Robert PreidtHealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, March 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Men are more likely than women to be offered surgery to ease carpal tunnel syndrome, but a small new study from one hospital suggests that gender may have…

Note: in this article, women refers to cisgender women -- those who identify as women and were assigned female sex at birth. Menopause also affects transgender men and non-binary people, but published research on the menopause experience…

March 10, 2022The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to renew the Violence Against Women Act, a lapsed law designed to reduce domestic violence and sexual assault, The New York Times reported.The VAWA provides funding for programs…