Women's Health

A growing number of US parents oppose doctors' recommendations to vaccinate teenage girls against human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, a study said Monday.

A doctor pleaded guilty in Britain on Friday to using a secret camera hidden in his wristwatch to film himself sexually assaulting female patients.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has warned that a UN document demanding global standards to prevent violence against women is un-Islamic and would lead to the "complete degradation of society."

A drunk driver who killed a young couple on their way to a hospital to give birth -- and whose baby died the next day -- was indicted Wednesday for fleeing the scene, a prosecutor said.

Britain announced a £35 million ($53 million, 41 million euro) global aid programme on Wednesday in a bid to end the practice of female genital mutilation.

A New York baby who was safely delivered after a car accident that killed his parents has also died, police said Monday.

US pop singer Anastacia has announced she is cancelling her "It's A Man's World" European tour after being diagnosed for the second time with breast cancer.

Morning sickness is an all-too-common side effect of pregnancy, and a new study said a medication used to treat the most serious cases is safe for fetuses.

The incidence of advanced breast cancer among women aged 25 to 39 in the United States has increased over the past thirty years, a study said on Wednesday.

The German Catholic Church ruled Thursday that the use of the morning-after pill was acceptable in certain cases for rape victims.

An Air India pilot faces the wrath of his bosses after appearing in a YouTube video rapping about bad pay, ageing female flight attendants and cancelled flights at the airline.

An Australian court on Friday dismissed a challenge against the patenting of human genetic material in a landmark case which has devastated a cancer group that says it could stifle research.

Syrian women waiting for pre-natal care at a Lebanese clinic know their pregnancies may end prematurely due to stress and fear, and that they may be unable to provide for their babies.

An Australian court on Friday dismissed a challenge against the patenting of human genetic material in a landmark case which has devastated a cancer group that says it could stifle research.

Cancer rates in Europe are generally falling, but lung cancer is poised to overtake breast cancer as the disease's biggest killer of women, a study published on Wednesday said.

A nine-year-old Mexican girl has given birth and authorities are looking for the presumed father, who is 17, officials said.

France has launched an investigation into a stillbirth that occurred after a full-term pregnant woman was sent home from an overrun maternity unit in a case that has raised concerns over the impact of EU-driven austerity on the country's renowned health system.

France on Wednesday suspended sales of an acne drug whose use as a birth control pill has been linked to the deaths of four women.

Swiss drug giant Roche said on Wednesday its net profit rose by 2.0 percent last year to 9.8 billion Swiss francs ($10.6 bn, 7.9 bn euros) and said it was increasing its dividend.

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Monday said it would review safety data for third- and fourth-generation birth control pills, responding to French concern that these contraceptives may cause dangerous blood clots.