Cause Marketing Fundraisers, in association with sponsors M-Net and Pfizer's Global Health Programme, is launching two new mobile breast check units this month that will initially tour Gauteng. 26 Jun 2009 09:21
Women are being warned that they should consider starting a family before the age of 35 or they will risk missing out on motherhood. 22 Jun 2009 07:26
If you are pregnant and your mate complains your frequent snoring is rattling the bedroom windows, you may have bigger problems than an annoyed, sleep-deprived partner. 17 Jun 2009 07:22
Researchers in New Zealand say shame and self-blame often stop women leaving violent relationships and campaigns advocating choice and empowerment aimed at prompting abused women to leave their abusers may in some cases have the opposite effect. 10 Jun 2009 11:47
Checking lymph nodes during surgery and assessing the hormone status of tumours could help improve breast cancer survival in the UK, according to research published in Annals of Oncology. 9 Jun 2009 07:31
According to researchers in the United States many women suffer from bleeding disorders, but are unaware they have one because doctors are not looking for the condition. 4 Jun 2009 10:44
Reports in the media of a New Zealand woman's extreme Red Bull diet where her weight plummeted from 105kg to 60kg by drinking 10 to 14 cans of the 'energy' drink each day say she has been left with serious health issues. 27 May 2009 11:53
Philips recently donated twenty duvets and fifty chairs to the Riet Family Guidance Centre, a home for abused women and children and those living with HIV/AIDS, in Randfontein, Krugersdorp. 25 May 2009 09:23
Fit Pregnancy workshops is in its fourth consecutive year, and will be hosted in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town respectively. These workshops are aimed at expectant mothers and their partners with a focus on healthy mothers and healthy babies. 30 Apr 2009 10:37
[Tracy Lee] In northern Nigeria, merely trying to give birth puts women up against a struggle between life and death. 28 Apr 2009 10:08
The number of women dying from breast cancer in the United Kingdom has fallen to less than 12 000 for the first time since national statistics were recorded almost 40 years ago, Cancer Research UK reveals today. 23 Apr 2009 07:07
According to American researchers women who take oral contraceptives (OC) could find any muscle which might be gained from resistance exercise training is impaired. 20 Apr 2009 07:11
In the UK, black Caribbean and black African women have twice as much risk of experiencing severe pregnancy complications than white women, according to research published on BMJ.com. 16 Apr 2009 06:48