Health

I have no interest in speculating about whether Ariana Grande is ill or healthy. But I can't stop thinking about what our collective reaction to her body reveals about our culture.

It turns out it isn't just ageing eggs that make it harder for women in their late forties to conceive.

New research from the University of Cambridge shows how chronic stress linked to racism and inequality may trigger physiological changes in the body and increase risk during pregnancy.

Support for menopause at work isn’t just a nice thing to do. It’s an economic imperative.

A new wave of menopause-related research is revealing just how much menopause can affect women's working lives. And it's not all bad.

My old self left the building when I received a diagnosis of Stage I breast cancer. And while it’s true I survived, I can’t bring myself to quite love the body that walked back in.

In its efforts to combat infertility, France is missing the point. That's because a decision to have a child isn't just a medical issue, it's a social one, too.

A new report reveals the systemic underinvestment in women’s health and the economic potential of correcting it.

As New York City nurses strike, the depth and breadth of the profession’s mental health crisis is reflected in a new study.

A new study suggests adults living in countries with greater gender equality have greater cardiorespiratory fitness.

New research suggests the way embryos are scored might be favoring boys.

When I went on maternity leave, I assumed I’d be lonely. Instead, I connected with the world in a whole new way.

The swirl of misinformation around Tylenol and pregnancy points to a bigger problem: An overall reluctance to include pregnant women in medical research.

'These things should not be really questioned,' the World Health Organization said. Other agencies and foundations weighed in.

My mother was always the one in the family who took care of everyone and everything. Now, her mind is going, and none of us know quite where we stand.

A significant influx of funding could change one of the most marginalized and overlooked areas in medicine.

Birth control gave women control over their bodies, their careers and their futures. A cultural campaign against the pill risks rolling all this back.

Little has changed in the way we bring humans into the world since the popularization of the cesarean section in the 1960s. It’s 2025. What is going on?

Amid a parenting mental health crisis, it helps to remember that whatever private hell you might be feeling, you’re likely not alone.

For many people, pregnancy announcements are a joyous thing, but when you’re struggling to conceive, they really are not.

The photographer Nancy Borowick takes on a taboo topic and puts mothers at the center.

By supporting IVF, Trump drove a wedge between two factions of his followers. So-called “ethical IVF” may be how he stitches them back together.

The pandemic’s effects linger in the form of a sweeping mental health crisis that’s burdening young women. And then there's long Covid.

When it comes to medical diagnoses and health markers, period blood is something of a superpower. We should leverage it.

Her name may not be a household name, but ‘HeLa cells’ from Henrietta Lacks's cervix changed the world.