Experts on eating disorders say an unregulated supplement industry, social pressure and online marketing have pushed adolescent girls toward diet pills that may do more harm than good.
Suicide and overdoses are among the leading causes of maternal death in the United States.
Ninety percent of the chemicals identified as potential breast carcinogens in a new study are found in everyday products in homes and workplaces.
With rural America hemorrhaging health care providers, the federal government is investing dollars and attention to family medicine physicians.
Despite strides in education and earnings, young women are faring worse in health and safety than their mothers' and grandmothers' generations, a new Population Reference Bureau report shows.
Researchers have identified a single hormone that triggers vomiting during pregnancy — and the potential for preventing these symptoms completely.
A growing share of people are getting pregnant in their late 20s, 30s and even 40s. But it’s unclear whether the United States is prepared — medically or socially — to care for older first-time parents.
In post-Roe America, the medical and legal stakes associated with losing a pregnancy are high, especially in the 14 states where abortion is now almost entirely outlawed.
Pregnant transmasculine people are vulnerable within a medical system that doesn’t understand them — so they’re turning to other trans people for help and solace.