Women

Planned Parenthood in Texas will have 90% of their funding cut. Texas has a unique law that they are allowed to cut Federal funding to any institution that is associated with abortion. Planned Parenthood does not provide abortions but has affiliations with clinics that do provide the service. The state had already cut its funding but Planned […]

The Center of Disease Control has issued a statement saying that all pregnant women should get vaccinated in order to protect their babies. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, ACIP, is run from the CDC and has issued this recommendation. Previously they had the recommended guidelines that pregnant women without previous vaccines should receive them. This […]

For many years, women have been encouraged by their doctors to have annual Pap tests to screen for cervical cancer but new guidelines released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists reveals that the wait time can actually be three to five years between tests. “Women can feel very comfortable with this,” said David […]

Lack of dietary calcium intake can increase women’s risk of a thyroid condition. Thyroid conditions can in turn lead to bone fractures and kidney stones, according to scientists. Women with the highest intake of dietary calcium had a 44% reduced risk of developing primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), compared with the group with the lowest intake, stated […]

It is known that kidney stones and other obstructions within the urinary tract are more common in men, but surprisingly women are twice as likely to develop infections related to this condition. In 2011 research showed a dramatic rise in the number of women developing kidney stones. This was attributed to an increase in bad […]