Dr. John West says the way to survive breast cancer is to detect it at an early stage.
An advocacy group is suing over an Oklahoma law that prohibits a woman from getting an abortion unless she first has an ultrasound and the doctor describes to her what the fetus looks like.
Girls who live in urban areas start sports at a later age and have lower rates of participation than urban boys and suburban girls, according to a report released Thursday by the Women's Sports Foundation.
One in four teen girls have rolled up their sleeves for the relatively new vaccine against cervical cancer, federal health officials said Thursday.
So much has been written about breast cancer it's hard to imagine there's anything new to say about a topic that will directly affect more than 182,000 women this year in the United States.
A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found.
It is common today for women to pursue their chosen careers in the work force while simultaneously balancing family life.
Sandra Bernhard says the decision by a women's shelter to cut her act from its annual benefit was based on a misleading account of what she said about Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
An expensive cervical cancer vaccine is now needed by young female immigrants before they can become legal U.S. residents, a requirement that immigration advocates say is unfair.
If you're a divorced woman from 29 to 47, with or without kids, you've got some clout you may not be aware of. Generational expert Ann Fishman thinks you hold the key to the next presidential election.
As Sarah Palin gets set for this week's debate grilling on topics from foreign policy to the economy, some fellow working mothers are hoping she'll get grilled on something else, too: Her ability to stand up for them in Washington.
