Noticeable hair loss can be deeply distressing. Here are some medical treatments that may help.
About one-third of women experience hair loss (alopecia) at some time in their lives; among postmenopausal women, as many as two-thirds suffer hair thinning or bald spots. Hair loss often has a greater impact on women than on men, because [...]
by Kerry Hannon
Face it, for most 20-somethings, getting pregnant isn’t top priority. Not getting pregnant is more like it. But the truth is, it’s never too early to protect your fertility for the future.
Otherwise, when you are ready to start a family, getting pregnant might not be as easy as you envisioned.
In [...]
Oral sex may be a risk factor for nongonococcal urethritis (NGU), one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases affecting both men and women, according to a new study in the February 1 issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases, now available online.
The study, by Australian researchers Catriona Bradshaw, MD, and colleagues at the Melbourne [...]
CHICAGO � Observational studies which report that influenza vaccination reduces winter mortality risk among the elderly by 50 percent may substantially overestimate the vaccination benefit, according to the February 14 issue of The Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Accurate determination of the impact of influenza on mortality is difficult because the [...]
ST. LOUIS — Doctors should advise overweight moms considering another pregnancy to take off extra weight first because they are at greater risk of having big babies, a new Saint Louis University study finds.
Researchers found that moms who don’t lose the weight they gained during the first pregnancy and continue to gain after their first [...]
You don’t need to be a Pisces for your heart, and the rest of you, to reap the benefits of swimming.
Any kind of exercise is better for your heart than no exercise at all.
Walking is often held up as the gold standard — most people can do it, it’s easy on the body, [...]