Women's Health

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What you can do to support breastfeeding

Digestive issues are common in menopause, but a woman's race may play a role in their severity

Menopause Symptoms GI

Blood pressure has spiked during the pandemic, but these tips can help you lower yours

High Blood Pressure Pandemic

10 Philly-area hospitals recognized for high-quality maternity care by U.S. News & World Report

Best Hospitals Maternity Care

Children's Health

Drinking alcohol while pregnant significantly alters the baby's brain structure, MRIs reveal

Alcohol Brain Development

Getting COVID-19 while pregnant does not affect the baby's brain development, study says

COVID-19 Pregnancy Brain Development

Stillbirths are more prevalent since the delta variant emerged, CDC study finds

Pregnancy stillbirths COVID

Temple to open hospital for women's health at former cancer treatment facility

Temple Women's Health Hospital

Racial disparities in preterm birth rates still wide in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Preterm birth Racial disparities

Drug used to prevent preterm birth may increase cancer risk in offspring, study suggests

Risk of preterm birth

Children's Health

COVID-19 has shortened hospital stays for childbirth – and that change may be worth keeping

COVID-19 Childbirth Hospital

Symptomatic COVID-19 increases chance of C-section delivery, study finds

COVID-19 C-section delivery

Drinking alcohol increases breast cancer risk, but many women don't realize it

Alcohol breast cancer risk

Ovarian cancer symptoms can be vague so listen to your body, doctors say

Ovarian cancer symptoms

For women with infertility, baby boy born through Penn's uterus transplant program is a symbol of hope

Penn Uterus Transplant

Vaccinated pregnant women pass COVID-19 protection to their newborns, data shows

COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many couples to pause – or abandon – pregnancy plans, study finds

Family planning COVID-19

Trying to lose pregnancy weight? Six tips for effectively shedding baby fat

Pregnancy weight loss

Pregnant or worried about infertility? Get vaccinated against COVID-19

COVID-19 Vaccine Infertility

New app helps expectant mothers navigate the unique challenges of pregnancy after child loss

Pregnancy After Loss app

A simple blood test may be able to identify women at risk of preterm delivery, study finds

Preterm delivery risk in expectant mothers

Preconception health is a bigger fertility factor than many couples realize, doctors say

Preconception health

Menopause symptoms differ for every woman — and so does treatment

Menopause

Black women do not face greater genetic risk of breast cancer, Penn study finds

Racial disparities breast cancer

Women now drink as much as men — and are prone to sickness sooner

Alcoholism Gender Gap

Period poverty remains a critical, yet overlooked, health issue, advocates say

Black women in Philly are far more likely to have severe childbirth complications, report shows

Racial disparities Maternity

Poorly managed gestational diabetes can lead to complications for mom and baby

Controlling gestational diabetes

Untreated thyroid conditions can adversely impact pregnancy

Hypothyroidism pregnancy

Freezing tumors has become a popular treatment for slow-growing cancers

Preeclampsia may triple a woman's lifetime stroke risk, study finds

Preeclampsia and stroke risk

Blue Cross Blue Shield pledges to cut maternal health disparities in half by 2026

Black Maternal Mortality

The gender vaccine gap: More women than men are getting COVID-19 shots

Exhausted by too many Zoom meetings? Here's how to relieve the fatigue

Zoom fatigue

Obesity may increase a breast cancer survivor's risk for other cancers, study says

Weight loss

Racial disparities still persist in genetic testing for BRCA-related breast cancer

Carlette Burton Breast Cancer

COVID-19 vaccine effective among pregnant, nursing women and their babies, study shows

Black women represent more than 70% of Philly's pregnancy-related deaths, report shows

Philly Maternal Mortality

Pregnant women vaccinated against COVID-19 pass antibodies to babies, data shows

COVID vaccine and pregnancy

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