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Book Review of Everything Below the Waist: Why Health Care Needs a Feminist Revolution by Jennifer Block  Jennifer Block…

Small amounts of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) can remain in the body for a long time. It also said that “it is not known how GBCAs may affect you long term” and emphasized that “studies have not found any harmful effects in patients with normal kidney function.”

This article was originally published on STAT on December 18, 2018. How would you feel if you were harmed by…

Your gender may influence how you experience chemotherapy side effects, as a new study has found that women are more…

Bayer will stop selling Essure, a permanent birth control device, by the end of the year. Why? Because of patients…

Mothers-to-be who consume moderate to high levels of caffeine may unknowingly increase their child’s risk of being overweight in early…

Valuable health information — particularly on women’s health — has been scrubbed from government websites by the Trump Administration. Why?…

Women may have a shorter life span if they take antibiotics for a long period of time, according to a…

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is recommending that women avoid ovarian cancer screening if they do not show…

Some breast cancer treatments may increase your risk of heart disease, according to a scientific statementissued by the American Heart…