Video: Breast Self-Exam
Breast Self-Exams: Don't Let the News Confuse
If you feel a lump in your breast, no matter how you find it, get it checked out.
Diseases & Conditions
Detailed articles on the symptoms, treatments and management of diseases that specifically affect women.
Diet & Nutrition
Author of <i>Hungry Girl</i>, Lisa Lillien (Courtesy of St. Martin's Press)
Diet Advice From the Hungry Girl
Lisa Lillien tells me how she deals with hunger and shares some favorite cooking secrets.
Breast Cancer
Avoiding a False Positive on Your Mammogram
Facilities that get the most accurate results have several things in common.
Jessica Queller (Courtesy of Random House)
Mastectomy Before Breast Cancer: One Woman's Choice
In a new book, TV writer Jessica Queller faces up to carrying the BRCA gene mutation.
Three Ways to Lower the Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
A new study indicates that lower estrogen levels can help keep cancer from coming back.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Menopause montage (Getty Images)
HRT Is Safe for Healthy Women
But that blanket recommendation makes me cringe as much as the over-hyping of risks.
Pregnancy
Metformin: An Option for Gestational Diabetes
A study of women with problematic pregnancies finds that an old drug is safe for a newfound use.
A screen shot from the video "Conception to Birth" by two Harvard professors, a husband and wife.
On Women: Conception to Birth in 3-D
A new book offers a clear view of the whole nine months.
Can Diet Determine a Baby's Sex? Poppycock!
A new study suggests that skipping breakfast can give you a girl, but an expert questions the finding.
Sexual Health
A model wears a birth control patch that may be an alternative to birth control pills it's maker suggests. The patch is worn on the skin and delivers a hormone that produces the same results as the pill, researchers claim. The Food and Drug Administration approved the Ortho-Evra patch for women November 20, 2001. (Photo by Getty Images)
Should the Birth Control
Patch Be Pulled?
Women should also remember that the pill and the ring raise the risk of blood clots.
Bones, Joints & Muscles
A Bone Strength Quiz for Women
A quick test could identify 80 percent of older women who may break a hip within five years.
Pregnant young woman lying on sofa, reading book (Ghislain & Marie David de Lossy/Getty Images)
The Fertility Diet: Eat
Right to Get Pregnant
A new book lays out a 10-step dietary plan to help infertile couples.
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