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U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine
U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns
U.S. Women More Likely to Skip Meds Than Men, Study Finds
Urinary Incontinence Can Affect a Woman's Mental Health
Urinary Incontinence Surgery Won't Raise a Woman's Cancer Risk
Use of Frozen Embryos Tied to Higher Odds for Dangerous Complication of Pregnancy
VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review
Vaginal Bacteria Could Help Predict Risk of Premature Birth: Study
Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later
Vaginal Ring Could Shield Women From HIV for 3 Months at a Time
Vasectomy Reversal Just as Successful in Men Over 50
Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients
Vision Troubles Could Raise Midlife Depression Risk for Women
Weight Loss in Childhood May Protect Boys Against Future Infertility
Weight Loss May Not Affect Fertility Treatment Success
Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study
Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows
Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens
What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?
What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?
What Are Your Chances of Having a Second IVF Baby?
What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?
What Do Bans on Abortion Mean for People Using IVF?
What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?
What Is Endometriosis, and How Is It Treated?
What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know
What Works (and Doesn't) to Raise Success Rate of IVF
What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer
What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold
What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?
When Climbing Corporate Ladder, Women Are as Competitive as Men: Study
When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes
When Diabetes Strikes in Pregnancy, Do Women Eat Healthier?
When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?
When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too
Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?
White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping
WHO Approves First Long-Acting Device to Shield Women From HIV
Why Are Sports-Linked Concussions Rising Among Girls?
Why COVID Infection Raises Risks in Pregnancy
Why 'Night Owl' Women Might Be at Higher Risk During Pregnancy
Why Quitting Smoking Might Be a Bit Tougher for Women
Why So Many Older Women Develop UTIs
Why Strokes Can Affect Women, Men Differently
Will Pandemic Produce a Summer Baby Boom?
Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
Women Are Much Safer Drivers Than Men, British Study Finds
Women at Higher Risk When Heart Attack Strikes the Young
Women Doctors Face Higher Levels of Harassment, Frustration: Survey
Women Feel More Stigma From 'Spare Tire' Around Middle Than Men
Women Get Help Later Than Men When Heart Attack Strikes
Women Get Worse Care for Heart Attack
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men After Bypass Surgery
Women Have Poorer Survival Than Men in Years After First Heart Attack
Women in Their 50s Can Lower Their Stroke Risk – Here's How
Women Less Likely to Ask for More Time When Deadlines Loom
Women Less Likely to Get Best Care for Deadly Form of Stroke
Women Less Likely to Get Standard Heart Medications
Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study
Women More Prone to Concussion's Long-Term Harms: Study
Women More Prone to Nighttime Cardiac Arrest Than Men
Women Smokers Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings
Women With Type 1 Diabetes May Have Fewer Childbearing Years: Study
Workplace Sexual Harassment Might Raise Suicide Risk: Study
Years Leading to Menopause See Uptick in Women's Heart Risks: AHA
Young Women at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Male Peers: Study
Your Hospital Room Could Affect Outcomes After Surgery
Your Sex Affects Your Genes for Body Fat, Cancer, Birth Weight
Your State's Laws Might Save Your Life If Breast Cancer Strikes
You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?
'Yo-Yo' Dieting May Mean Sleepless Nights for Women